Lil Skies

Kimetrius Christopher Foose (born August 4, 1998), better known by his stage name Lil Skies, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter from Waynesboro, Pennsylvania currently signed to All We Got Entertainment through Atlantic Records. His top three highest charting tracks on the Billboard Hot 100 are "I" (number 39), "Nowadays" (number 55), and "Red Roses" (number 69). His major label debut mixtape, Life of a Dark Rose, was released on January 10, 2018 and peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200 chart. The mixtape was certified Gold by the RIAA on November 9, 2018.[2] He released his debut studio album, Shelby, on March 1, 2019.

Lil Skies
Lil Skies performing in May 2019
Background information
Birth nameKimetrius Christopher Foose
Born (1998-08-04) August 4, 1998
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OriginWaynesboro, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
Years active2012–present
Labels
Associated acts
Websitelilskiesofficial.com

Early life

Kimetrius Christopher Foose was born August 4, 1998 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania to multiracial parents.[3][4] Foose began writing songs at age 3. He was introduced to music by his father, Michael Burton Jr., a fellow hip hop artist formerly known as Dark Skies, now as BurntMan, and his mother Shelby. Foose's stage name is a play on his fathers'.[5][6] Foose and his family moved to Waynesboro, Pennsylvania when he was in third grade.[4] When he was 11, his father was injured in a workplace chemical explosion at the Rust-Oleum plant near Williamsport, Maryland. For the meantime he would spend the summer at a relatives' house; it was at that point in time he worked in collaboration with his dad on his first project released on August 14, entitled, "Birth of Skies Vol. 1". Foose and his father would write an album the following year, Father-Son Talk, discussing the recovery process.[7] Foose graduated from Waynesboro Area Senior High School in 2016[8] and briefly attended Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania before dropping out to focus on his rap career.[3] His musical inspirations are Lil Wayne, Travis Scott and 50 Cent.[9]

Career

In October 2016, Foose opened for Fetty Wap at Shippensburg University[6] and later released his first mixtape, Alone, in January 2017.[10] In July 2017, he released two songs, "Red Roses" featuring Landon Cube[11] and "Off The Goop" featuring Sprite Lee.[12] He would later release other songs that year, including "Rude" and "Signs of Jealousy."[13]

Foose's repertoire of singles caught the attention of Atlantic Records who partnered with his own label, All We Got.[3][14] He released his first major label mixtape, Life of a Dark Rose, on January 10, 2018.[15] The album debuted at #23[16] on the Billboard 200 chart and went on to peak at #10.[17] The songs "Nowadays" and "Red Roses" (both featuring Landon Cube) debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 list at #85 and #98 respectively[18] and have since peaked at #55 and #69 (also respectively).[19] He also toured nationally with Lil Uzi Vert in 2017 and began his "Life of a Dark Rose" tour in 2018, but had to end the tour short due to illness.[15] On May 4, 2018, the music video for "Lust" was released, peaking at number 87 on the Billboard Hot 100 and being certified platinum by the RIAA.[20] On May 31, he released "I Know You" featuring Yung Pinch which peaked at 79 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is now certified gold by RIAA.[21]

On March 1, 2019, Lil Skies released his album Shelby, while simultaneously debuting the music video for lead single "I".[22] On May 21, 2019, Lil Skies released a video for "Breathe", a song from his album Shelby.[23] On July 14, 2019, Lil Skies collaborated with rapper Machine Gun Kelly on the song "Burning Memories". On March 4, 2020, Skies released the song "Havin' My Way", featuring Lil Durk.[24] On July 10, 2020, he released the track "Red & Yellow" from the Road to Fast 9 mixtape.[25]

Personal life

In July 2019, Foose and his longtime girlfriend, Jacey Fugate, had a son named Kimetrius Jr.[26][27][28]

Foose cites his own song "Red Roses" as his personal favorite song, referring to the musical combination with him and Landon Cube as "epic".[29] Foose uses his social media solely for promoting his music, claiming he does so in order to "not live my life through the internet".[30] He cites Lil Wayne as his biggest music inspiration.[30]

Foose tries to avoid drugs as much as possible after seeing it negatively impact the lives of his old friends.[31]

Discography
Main article: Lil Skies discography

Music videos
Year Title Director Artist(s)
2016 "Da Sauce"[32] Nicholas Jandora N/A
2017 "Some Way"[33]
"Rude"
"Signs of Jealousy"
"Fake"
"Red Roses" Cole Bennett With Landon Cube
"Nowadays"
"Lonely" With Yung Bans
2018 "Lettuce Sandwich"[34] Nicholas Jandora N/A
"Lavagirl"[35] With Sprite Lee
"Welcome to the Rodeo"[36] Cole Bennett N/A
"Lust" Nicholas Jandora
"I Know You" With Yung Pinch
2019 "Real Ties" Xandros N/A
" Nicholas Jandora
"Going Off" Louieknows
"i" Cole Bennett
"More Money More Ice"
2020 "Havin My Way" Astroknot and Nick Tabidze With Lil Durk
"Fidget" Kristian Bennese N/A
"Riot" LOUIEKNOWS
”Lightbeam” Nick Jandora With NoCAP

References
  1. "The claustrophobic air of emo rap will kill the genre". REVOLT TV.
  2. "LIL SKIES - LIFE OF A DARK ROSE". RIAA.
  3. Mench, Chris (December 5, 2017). "From Waynesboro To The Web: Lil Skies Is On The Verge Of Breaking Out". Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  4. Adams, Joi S. (April 1, 2017). "New TSP Artist Alert: Lil Skies Releases Video For "Some Way"". The Stokey Project. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  5. McCarthy, Liam (September 5, 2017). "Going Up w/ Lil Skies". Elevator Magazine. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  6. Bonura, Denise (October 20, 2016). "Reaching for the stars: Lil Skies to open for Fetty Wap". Shippensburg News Chronicle. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  7. Bonura, Denise (March 28, 2014). "Michael Burton Jr. of Waynesboro emerges stronger after suffering third-degree burns in Rust-Oleum chemical…". The Record Herald. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  8. "Waynesboro Area Senior High School Class of 2016". The Record Herald. May 27, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  9. https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8240344/lil-skies-interview-nowadays-rapper-video
  10. Jackson, Shawn (January 25, 2017). "Lil Skies Drops 'Alone' An AyRap Delicacy". Drill Kings. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  11. Jackson, Shawn (July 24, 2017). "Lil Skies Teams Up With Landon Cube For 'Red Roses'". Drill Kings. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  12. Hef, Hollywood (July 17, 2017). "Lil Skies & Sprite Lee unleash catchy new jam "Off The Goop"". Elevator Magazine. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  13. Ortiz, Edwin (November 14, 2017). "Premiere: Lil Skies Stunts in "Signs of Jealousy" Video". Complex. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  14. Thomas, Fred (December 2017). "Artist Biography by Fred Thomas". AllMusic. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  15. Coleman II, C. Vernon (January 10, 2018). "Lil Skies Releases 'Life of a Dark Rose' Mixtape". XXL. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  16. Zellner, Xander (January 17, 2018). "Lil Skies Makes Billboard Hot 100 Debut With 'Nowadays' & 'Red Roses'". Billboard. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  17. "Billboard 200 - The Week of January 27, 2018". Billboard. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  18. Williams, Aaron (January 17, 2018). "Lil Skies Is Already Chartings And Showing All The Signs Of A Star In The Making". Uproxx. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  19. "The Hot 100 - The Week of January 27, 2018". Billboard. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  20. "Lil Skies' 'Lust' Continues a Tradition of Animated Hip-Hop Videos: Here Are 15 of the Best". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  21. "Lil Skies Drops Frenetic "I Know You" Video f/ Yung Pinch". Complex. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  22. Saponara, Michael (March 1, 2019). "Lil Skies Surprise Drops Debut Album 'Shelby' Featuring Gunna, Gucci Mane: Listen". Billboard. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  23. "Lil Skies Drops New Video For 'Breathe'". Top40-Charts.com. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  24. Zidel, Alex (March 4, 2020). "Lil Skies & Lil Durk Don't Miss On "Havin My Way"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  25. "Red & Yellow (From Road To Fast 9 Mixtape) - Single by Lil Skies on Apple Music". Retrieved July 11, 2020 – via Apple Music.
  26. Lil Skies (13 March 2019). "Lil Skies - Shelby (The Documentary)" – via YouTube.
  27. https://www.fuse.tv/videos/2019/05/lil-skies-mind-massage-interview
  28. https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/350858627220951247/
  29. "Going Up w/ Lil Skies". 6 September 2017.
  30. "Lil Skies Talks His Favorite Tattoo & Touring With Lil Uzi". Highsnobiety. 28 December 2017.
  31. Zisook, Brian "Z". "Lil Skies Explains Why He Avoids Lean & Xanax: "I'm Scared, Bro"". DJBooth.
  32. Lil Skies (2016-03-25), Lil Skies "DA SAUCE"
  33. Lil Skies (2017-04-18), LIL SKIES - SOME WAY (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
  34. Jandora Media, LIL SKIES - LETTUCE SANDWICH [OFFICIAL VIDEO] (Dir. by @NicholasJandora)
  35. Jandora Media, SPRITE LEE - LAVAGIRL ft. LIL SKIES (Dir. by @NicholasJandora)
  36. Cole Bennett, Lil Skies - Welcome To The Rodeo (Dir. by @_ColeBennett_)
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