Grill Z

## Biography

**Christian Costa** (born June 26, 2010), known professionally as **Grill Z**, is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He is noted for his experimental music production, which his music genres are a blend of multiple; mainly R&B and Hip-Hop/Rap. His accolades include a special Incredibox merch box by the game's creator team, a notice from the creator of SpongeBob game "Krusty Cook-Off", and a Denniz Pop Awards nomination.

Born and raised in Fall River, Costa began his career in 2016 by anonymously releasing music on AutoRap with two of his cousins: Leilan Hill (Leilan The Savage) and Dylan Hill (dtoe\_Peel), under his dad's username "williamcosta81". In 2019, they would release multiple videos together on YouTube, under the channel name "skully xone" (ran by Grill Z). Shortly, he came up with the team's name, "ArmorStudios". Two years later, they released their first projects *Bad Memories* and *BEST BRO SUPER MODE* under the label—which the projects gained not a lot of popularity, but still somewhat made success. In late 2022, he released the R&B mixtapes *Moon of Blue*, *Ice Cold*, and *Abyssal*, then re-released the mixtapes in the compilation album *Ice Cold*. He experimented more with his compilation album *Mystery X3* (2023), which is mostly a collection of throwaways. In late 2023, Costa released the Hip-Hop/Rap mixtape *Calm Before the Storm*, which did better at success than his first three, and was the first project of his to feature another artist other than his family members.

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Grill Z is the 1st member and leader of the ArmorStudios team. He is a American rapper & singer, songwriter, and producer (with Portuguese descent). His real name is Christian Costa and was born on June 26, 2010, meaning he is 13 years old currently.

## Early life

Christian Costa was born on June 26, 2010, in Fall River, Massachusetts. He is the second child of American – immigrants William Costa and Christina Pereira, who separated shortly after his birth. He lived with his mother until 2020, but would still frequently visit her as she had not lived far away from his father's house. He has a brother, William Costa Jr..

Costa was religiously Christian for a few days in 2020, after watching a horror-comedy movie. His native language is English. In 2022, he wanted to learn French, but found himself with few learnt about it. In 2023, he wanted to learn Spanish, but the same thing happened. In 2024, he became fluent in Spanish by a Spanish class in his school. He was further educated at –.

At the age of 13, Costa wanted to use cigarettes, drugs, and alcohol, but didn't because he was afraid of the outcome. He was influenced to by The Weeknd and was influenced by his crush to take vape.

## Career

### 2016-present: Early beginnings

He began his career in 2016 by anonymously releasing music on AutoRap with two of his cousins: Leilan Hill (Leilan The Savage) and Dylan Hill (dtoe\_Peel), under his dad's username "williamcosta81". In 2019, they would release multiple videos together on YouTube, under the channel name "skully xone" (ran by Grill Z). That year, he came to the conclusion that the music project would be named "ArmorStudios". In 2021, he fully put his focus on the concept of the ArmorStudios record label and released the EP *Bad Memories* by Leilan (with GZ), few singles, and his first full project *BEST BRO SUPER MODE* (with Leilan), which gained recognition over the years it was recorded under AutoRap with around 100 followers, and plays all across the board. In 2022, he released two collaboration albums with Leilan, *TURBO POWER MODE* (30 tracks; also categorized as a compilation album) and *lavaland.*, which both had massive promotion and were managed by GZ very well. In Fall, he released the mixtapes *Moon of Blue*, *Ice Cold*, and *Abyssal* and put them in compilation album *Ice Cold*, a unique tribute to The Weeknd's *Trilogy*. In 2023, GZ signed with rights society The MLC and started publishing his music works. He experimented more with his compilation album *Mystery X3*, a collection of throwaways and newer stuff. After it was submitted, Costa was already working on more, but was put on writer's block for a really long time until summer—he began working on his mixtape *Calm Before the Storm*, which received positive feedback from BandLab users and became one of his most proudest works to date. He split from working on music with Leilan after releasing their fourth collaboration album early in the year, *7*, which did not receive proper support from Leilan and dtoe—causing the project to not reach as much success as their others did. After its release, their fifth collaboration album *DRIFT CITY* was announced and was ultimately canceled upon the split becoming furthermore worse. Grill Z is releasing his anticipated debut album in 2024.

## Personal life

Costa has Autism and attention deficit disorder.

## Discography

### Collaborative albums

* *BEST BRO SUPER MODE* (with Leilan The Savage) (2021)
* *TURBO POWER MODE* (with Leilan The Savage) (2022)
* *lavaland.* (with Leilan The Savage) (2022)
* *7* (with Leilan The Savage) (2023)
* *DRIFT CITY* (with Leilan The Savage) (2024)

## Other work

* *(show)* Halo Wars *-* 2019
* *(movie)* Chase of the Book *-* 2019
* *(mv)* Walking Through The Fire - **UNFINISHED**
* *(mv)* among some (interlude) - January 22, 2022
* *(mv)* i think about you - April 21, 2023
* *(show)* FNAF Cats *-* 2022