Lil Peep
Channel: the aleatoric learning channel
Date: 2021-12-02

Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and raised on Long Island, New York, Lil Peep started releasing music on SoundCloud in 2014, using the pseudonym Lil Peep because his mother had called him "Peep" since he was a child. Lil Peep began to grow in popularity soon after, with the song "Star Shopping" released around the same time as Lil Peep; Part One making waves in underground hip-hop circles. The original "Sunlight on Your Skin" was released on September 27, 2018.On October 14, 2018, Lil Peep's estate revealed that his first posthumous project, Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2, was finished in September 2018 and Lil Peep's executive producer for the project, Smokeasac, confirmed that it was just awaiting approval from Peep's family. Nico Amarca of Hypebeast said, "Even though Peep's brand of trendy sits on a far more niche spectrum than most modern-day tastemakers, something that largely attributed to his success. In a time where genuine individuality is becoming increasingly obsolete, Peep was the tattoo-covered, Manic Panic-hued mall rat the creative world needed to disrupt its ever-growing homogeny." Rapper Playboi Carti described Lil Peep as a "Trendsetter". According to Angus Harrison from The Guardian, Lil Peep was "Repurposing Kurt Cobain for bedroom diarists who are more used to rap than they are guitars."AllMusic described Lil Peep's music as a blend of hip hop and rock influences along with trap, punk, and dream pop. New York Times music critic Jon CaramanicaIn 2017, Pitchfork hailed Lil Peep as "The future of emo." Regarding his death, in January 2018, John Jeremiah Sullivan of GQ wrote, "When Lil Peep died late last year, he left behind an outsized legacy." Rolling Stone journalist Elias Leight concurred similarly and wrote that Lil Peep's "Rise to stardom was powered by relentless drive." A profile on his artistry was written by Billboard editor Steven Horowitz. On the contrary, rapper Fat Nick, a mutual friend of Lil Peep and XXXTentacion, said on Twitter that right before Peep died, he and Peep had a conversation about XXXTentacion and had planned to meet up with him, and that XXXTentacion was "Super happy about it". Fish Narc responded on Twitter, "I feel that people think I am trying to insult X. But really I wish him rest. I protest a posthumous collab between unaffiliated artists," and clarified that he did not wish to attack XXXTentacion and that his comments were, "How I interpreted what Peep told me as a friend." When the posthumous 2018 single, "Falling Down", uniting the two deceased rappers was created without Lil Peep's consent, some Lil Peep fans and some of Lil Peep's friends opposed the retroactive inclusion of XXXTentacion. According to The Atlantic, "If you were going to bet on the young musicians most likely to soon be superstars, until yesterday, a lot of smart money would have been on Lil Peep." Lil Peep had laid before him a promising career, which had been on the rise since 2015 thanks to a series of tracks, EPs and mixtapes released on SoundCloud.