# Lil Tracy

Jazz Ishmael Butler (born October 3, 1995), professionally known as Lil Tracy, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Butler was also known under the name Yung Bruh during the beginning of his career. Tracy is best known for his collaborations with the late rapper Lil Peep, specifically "Awful Things", which peaked at 79 on the Billboard Hot 100, and for being a prominent member of the "SoundCloud rap" and underground rap scene. He is the son of Coko, a member of the girl group SWV, and Ishmael Butler of the Digable Planets.

## Early life

Jazz Butler was born on October 3, 1995, in Teaneck, New Jersey, to Ishmael Butler of Digable Planets and Cheryl Gamble, known professionally as "Coko" from SWV. When talking about growing up in Virginia Beach, Butler said "it sucked but I love it." He grew up listening to punk rock music and Southern hip-hop artists who inspired him to make music. Butler's parents split up when he was young and he would spend time between his mother and father's homes. Butler lived in Seattle, Washington during his adolescent years and attended McClure Middle School and Garfield High School, and chose to be homeless at age 17.

## Career
### 2012–2016: Career beginnings

Butler started to make music when he was 15 before moving to Los Angeles at 18 (without alerting his parents) to focus more on his music career and due to being homeless. Butler originally started rapping under the name "Yung Bruh" taking heavy influence from the artist "90's bambino" and going as far as releasing dozens of songs with her, then releasing several mixtapes under the Thraxxhouse collective, which both were a part of. Some members of Thraxxhouse, including Tracy eventually started their own group, the collective GothBoiClique. Through the group, Butler met New York rapper Lil Peep, the two quickly collaborated on the song "White Tee" from Peep's Crybaby mixtape, which gathered attention through the hip-hop underground. He also released a single "Overdose", which escalated his career further.

### 2017: Tracys Manga, XOXO, and Life of a Popstar

In mid-2016, Butler changed his stage name from Yung Bruh to Lil Tracy due to discovering that there was already another artist using the "Yung Bruh" moniker. Under his new name he released his long-awaited mixtape Tracy's Manga on February 1, 2017. Butler went on to release XOXO two months later on April 3. Butler was featured on the single "Awful Things" from Lil Peep's debut album Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 1 and it peaked at number 79 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Butler released Life of a Popstar on July 31, 2017.

### 2018–2019: Designer Talk, Sinner, and Anarchy

In 2018, Lil Tracy released two EPs: Designer Talk on October 5 and long-awaited Sinner on November 2. Lil Tracy released his debut album, Anarchy, on September 20, 2019, with two singles "Bad For You" and "Beautiful Nightmare" promoting it. Additional the music video for "Shame" released the same day on his Youtube channel. The album is dedicated to his late friend and frequent collaborator Lil Peep. The tracklist was later updated due the song "I Love My Fans" having been omitted on the first release, although it was listed on the album back cover.

### 2020–present: Designer Talk 2 and Saturn Child

On November 13, 2020, Lil Tracy released his second album, Designer Talk 2.
On June 3, 2022, Lil Tracy released his third album, Saturn Child.

## Discography
### Albums

| Title | Album details |
| e m o c e a n (as lil Tracy) | Released: October 15, 2014 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Anarchy | Released: September 20, 2019 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Designer Talk 2 | Released: November 13, 2020 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Saturn Child | Released: June 3, 2022 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |

### Mixtapes

| Title | Mixtape details |
| Cascadia Vibes (as Persian Dolphin) | Released: October 1, 2013 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Information (as 1995 REBEL) | Released: December 13, 2013 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Indigo Soul (as Yung Bruh) | Released: May 27, 2014 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Asaku's Forest (as asakufox) | Released: July 11, 2014 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Elegantangel (as Yung Bruh) | Released: January 4, 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| When Angels Cry (Death Has Wings) (as Yung Bruh) | Released: March 22, 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| u,_u (as Yung Bruh) | Released: July 4, 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Heaven's Witch *eternal spells* | Released: September 25, 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Baeboyy (as Yung Bruh) | Released: November 24, 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| 757 Virginia Hood Nightmares (The Unknown Story) | Released: May 2, 2016 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Moonstones (as Yung Bruh) | Released: Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Tracy's Manga | Released: February 1, 2017 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| XOXO | Released: March 31, 2017 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Life of a Popstar | Released: July 31, 2017 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |

### Extended plays

| Title | Extended play details |
| Depression (as Yung Bruh) | Released: July 2014 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Icy Robitussin (as Yung Bruh) | Released: July 25, 2014 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Gucci Chastity Belt (as Yung Bruh) | Released: 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Kim K & Kanye | Released: June 10, 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Tracy World EP (as Yung Bruh) | Released: January 7, 2016 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Vampire Spending Money | Released: January 20, 2016 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Desire (as Sicko Tracy) | Released: April 27, 2016 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Castles (with Lil Peep) | Released: July 4, 2016 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Castles II (with Lil Peep) | Released: February 6, 2017 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Fly Away (with Lil Raven) | Released: February 23, 2017 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Hollywood High (with Mackned) | Released: August 26, 2017 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Designer Talk | Released: October 5, 2018 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Sinner | Released: November 2, 2018 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Pray (with Drippin So Pretty) | Released: January 20, 2023 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Under Your Spell (with Horse Head and Nedarb Nagrom) | Released: June 2, 2023 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Compilation album details |
| S Q U A R E P A N D A S | Released: September 13, 2014 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Angels Get High Too | Released: June 5, 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Vintage LSD Compilation (as Yung Bruh) | Released: August 19, 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Free Tracy! Campaign | Released: February 4, 2016 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| ATS001 | Released: April 24, 2016 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Tracy's World | Released: May 29, 2020 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |