Swerzie

* Swerzie
* Swerzie and Zotiyac

ripswerzie (Instagram)

swerzie (SoundCloud)

Sergio Velasco, professionally known as **Swerzie**, is a 24 year old rapper from Chattanooga and the founder of the Icy Rotten collective.

## Friendship with Zotiyac

It is unknown when the two first encountered each other, but they met for the first time at SXSW 2017. Yac considers Swerzie one of his closest friends and has stated that they have tons of unreleased songs together.

## Icy Rotten

Swerzie is the founder of the collective Icy Rotten. In late 2017, he announced Zotiyac as a member of the group. As of 2020, Yac is still a part of the collective.

In addition to his collaborations with Swerzie, Yac has also worked with many other members of the group:

**downtime** (*"Hardbody", "Gucci Rotten", "Nothing to Me")*

**Sparks** (*"i won't die", "Flight"*)

**Keadrean** *("Gucci Rotten", "Postobon", "Kiccdoor"*)

**Zaya** (*"thoughts in my head"*)

**Apollo The Gemini** (*"Kiccdoor")*

## Evolution

Swerzie’s style of rapping has significantly evolved. From 2015 to 2016, he was a very lyrical rapper, reminiscent of artists like Eminem or Earl Sweatshirt. From 2016 to 2017, he joined the wave of artists making screamo music, with tracks like "WELCOME TO HELL" and "SHOOT ME!!!!". He never fully transitioned into a screamo rapper and only made a few songs in that genre. However, he has returned to screaming a few times in songs like "ENEMIES" (released 2018) and "My Life A Rotten Life"(released 2019). His style is now more flow-based, and he primarily produces trap music.

He and Zotiyac have a similar style of rapping and often get confused for one another.

He has deleted a large portion of his music. His first album had gotten wiped from the internet, but it was recently recovered and posted on SoundCloud.

## Discography

Please note that there are possibly many other projects besides these.

[EPs]

* *Swerzianity Is Coming\**(2015)​​​​​​
* *When I Die, Throw A Party* (2016)
* *Ice The World* (2017)
* *HOMEWRECKER SEASON VOL. 1* (2017)
* *HAVE AN ICY ROTTEN CHRISTMAS!!* (2017)
* *Love Will Blind You* (2018)
* *ROTTENBOY* (2018)
* *ROTTEN BASEDWORLD "THROWAWAY TAPE"* (2019)
* *B4 I ROT* (2020)
* *ROTSTAR* (2020)
* *ROTSTRONAUT* (2020)

\*Denotes a currently lost song/project

[Albums]

* *Swerzianity* (2015)

Swerzie has around 250+ tracks (including features). However, many have either been private or deleted.

## Popular Songs/Accomplishments

* "Doubles" w/ bbno$: 12m+ on Spotify, 900k on SoundCloud, and 600k on YouTube
* "Bunk" w/ bbno$: 9m+ on Spotify, 1m+ on SoundCloud, and 2m+ on YouTube
* "Diamonds": 3m+ on Spotify, 640k on SoundCloud, and 1.1m on YouTube
* "Heavensent": 1.3m on Spotify, 360k on SoundCloud, and 1.1m on YouTube
* 'Give Up": 170k on Spotify, 1.1m on SoundCloud, 1.2m on YouTube
* "Misbehaving" w/ Zotiyac: 849K+ on YouTube, and 811K+ on SoundCloud
* "POSTOBON" w/ Devonte Ze and Zotiyac: 140k on SoundCloud, 121k on SoundCloud, and 41k on YouTube
* "looklook!" w/ downtime: 201k on Spotify, 186k on SoundCloud, and 39k on YouTube

On January 17, 2020, his track "Rotten World Intro" hit Apple Music's top 100 Hot Tracks. On April 20, 2019, Swerzie's song "FADEAWAY"was used in a TikTok by Shareef O’Neal, the son of Shaquille O'Neal.

## Zotiyac and Swerzie collaborations

**"Misbehaving"** (released March 31, 2017)

* Their first collab together, made when Zotiyac was still in Midnight

**"I AM JUST HERE FOR THE CHECK"** (released May 28, 2017)

* There's no verse from Zotiyac, but he is heard during the chorus along with Swerzie in the outro

**"flight"** (released October 24, 2017)

**"GUCCI ROTTEN"** (released October 27, 2018)

**"POSTOBON"** (released February 19, 2019)

**"Crow Life, Rotten World"** (released July 12, 2019)

**"KICCDOOR"** (released January 14, 2020)

**"Nothing to Me"** (released March 21, 2020)

It's interesting to note that all of these tracks are Swerzie ft. Yac, and not Yac ft. Swerzie. However, that could change in the future.

In February 2020, Swerzie [1] a collab EP between the two with downtime].

On July 26, 2020, Swerzie said he didn't finish making the tape and said the wait would be worth it.

    This is the second time Swerzie has teased an EP between the two. Swerzie had initially announced a collab EP between the two in late 2017. However, it never ended up being released.

    Later, Swerzie confirmed that the tape was recorded, but the songs were lost when his laptop was stolen.