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Suicideboys (stylized as $uicideboy$) is an American hip hop duo from New Orleans, Louisiana,[8] founded in 2014 by cousins Ruby da Cherry and Scrim (stylized as $crim). Via the music sharing platform SoundCloud, the duo rose to popularity for their abrasive, self-produced beats, as well as their harsh lyrical content and themes prominently featuring substance use disorder and suicidal ideation. They own and operate their own label, G*59 Records, under which all of their music is distributed by Virgin Music Label & Artist Services.[9]

Suicideboys
Ruby da Cherry (left) and Scrim (right)
Background information
Also known as	$B
Origin	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States[1]
Genres	Hip hop punk rap[2] horrorcore[3] trap metal[4]
Years active	2014–present
Labels	G*59 Virgin[5]
Members	Scrim[6] Ruby da Cherry[6][7]
Website	g59records.com

The duo are considered one of the most popular acts in the underground rap scene, and are also considered to have a cult following.[10] After several years of solely releasing EPs and mixtapes, Suicideboys' debut studio album I Want to Die in New Orleans was released on September 7, 2018. It fared well commercially, becoming their first top-ten album on the US Billboard 200.[11] In May 2019, they released their collaborative six-track EP with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker entitled Live Fast, Die Whenever, which also featured Korn guitarist James Shaffer.

Early years and formation

$crim was born Scott Anthony Arceneaux Jr. on April 11, 1989 in Marrero, Louisiana. Arceneaux originally was inspired by T-Pain and Kanye West to produce music, buying his first laptop which he used to start DJing with money gained from selling drugs. Arceneaux's passion for DJing extended when he started to attend Delgado Community College, where he was hired to DJ parties. He also worked selling used furniture, getting fired for his new hand tattoos after three years.[12]

Ruby da Cherry was born Aristos Norman Petrou on April 22, 1990 to an American mother and Greek Cypriot father Pavlos Petrou, a former association football head coach at Mount Carmel Academy who arrived in the country after obtaining an athletic scholarship to the University of New Orleans.[13] Raised in Metairie, Louisiana, Petrou's interest in music began when he was seven, playing violin and then drums when he was ten, eventually joining bands in middle school. He worked at his father's restaurant as a waiter, a job he held until 2015.[12] His experience with the punk rock scene continued as he joined the band Vapo-Rats as its drummer; however, disillusioned with the apathy his bandmates showed towards the future of the band, Petrou left in order to pursue a career in hip-hop with Arceneaux.

Arceneaux and Petrou are cousins, and as such shared a close relationship growing up. Realising that both were interested in taking a musical career seriously, and both dissatisfied with the direction of their lives, the two formed Suicideboys, making a pact that if their musical career didn't work out, they would both commit Suicide.[14] Elaborating on this in an interview with Mass Appeal, Arceneaux states that, “it was pretty much like cutting the hand, bleeding, and making a pact that there's no plan B, that if this doesn't happen by the time we’re 30, I'm blowing my head off”.[10]

Musical career

The duo's first project together, a three-track EP named Kill Yourself Part I: The $uicide $aga, was released in June 2014 on SoundCloud and Bandcamp, attracting attention for their collaboration with notable underground rapper Bones. In the following months, the duo released a further nine iterations of the Kill Yourself series.^{[citation needed]} After a number of collaboration EPs with fellow underground artist Black Smurf, their first full-length project titled Gray/Grey was released on March 3, 2015.^{[citation needed]}

Suicideboys' underground breakthrough came with the release of 2015 EP $outh $ide $uicide, a collaboration with established South Florida rapper Pouya, which thrust the duo into the underground rap spotlight. As of June 2022, the track has gained 128 million plays on streaming platform Spotify alone. The duo's first foray onto the mainstream musical charts came with the release of Radical $uicide in the summer of 2016. The five-track EP, produced by EDM musician Getter, peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Rap charts.[15]

On September 7, 2018, their debut studio album I Want to Die in New Orleans was released.[1][16] A statement posted by the duo's official Instagram account stated, "We started recording this album in the beginning of 2017. Initially we wanted to write about our experiences on the road and express how our lives had become slightly more extravagant."[17]

Suicideboys have gained a cult following in the hip hop scene, in part due to their niche subject matter involving subjects scarcely seen in rap such as suicidal ideation, anti-religion and depression. As of August 2021, their most viewed music video on YouTube is for their song Paris, reaching nearly 150 million views; Kill Yourself (Part III) is the song with the most plays on their Spotify page, with 399 million plays.[18] The duo were featured in Billboard's list titled "Billboard Dance's 15 Artists to Watch in 2017".[19]

In late 2018, a rumor arose that the group had broken up following a series of ominous tweets. However, they soon clarified that the tweets were in relation to "personal issues" facing Arceneaux, and that they had in fact not broken up.[20]

In May 2019, the group put this rumor to rest with the release of their six-track EP Live Fast, Die Whenever in collaboration with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, and prominently featuring Korn guitarist James Shaffer.[21]

In July 2019, the duo started their first nationwide "Grey Day Tour", with guests Germ, City Morgue, Trash Talk, Denzel Curry, Shoreline Mafia, Night Lovell, Pouya, and Turnstile as openers. The tour started with a show on July 24, 2019 at the WaMu Theater in Seattle, Washington and ended on August 23, 2019 after a show at the Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California.[22]

In August 2021, after a hiatus of over a year, the duo released their second studio album Long Term Effects of Suffering. The album was received well by their fans, while being divisive in general media.[23] Shortly after the release of the album, the duo began the Grey Day Tour 2021 along with other members of G*59.

In November 2021, the duo were awarded with their first RIAA platinum single, as their hit song "...And to Those I Love, Thanks for Sticking Around" reached one million sales.[24]

In July 2022, the third studio album and 47th project from the duo, "Sing Me a Lullaby, My Sweet Temptation", its tracklist and covers were all announced on June 2, 2022, via an Instagram post made by both of the Boy$.

Side projects

Along with their work in Suicideboys, Petrou and Arceneaux have both released sporadic solo work as well as worked with other artists individually.

Before Suicideboys, Arceneaux was an aspiring solo hip-hop artist, releasing several mixtapes under the name $crim. These include Narcotics Anonymous, #DrugFlow2 and Patron Saint of Everything Totally Fucked, all of which were released before the group's formation in 2014. Arceneaux has also worked as an in-house producer for Universal/Republic, producing several songs for artists, including one song that was commercially successful.[25] In 2020, Arceneaux released his first solo album since the formation of $uicideboy$. The album, A Man Rose from the Dead, received mixed reviews among fans.

Petrou has released two solo mixtapes under the name Oddy Nuff da Snow Leopard; The Jefe Tape in 2012 and Pluto in 2014. Pluto contained the first collaboration between Arceneaux and Petrou on a commercial project; Arceneaux featured on the song Smoke a Sack.

Controversies

Suicideboys have come under much criticism by mainstream music critics for their often abrasive and offensive image, including their name, lyrical content, and behaviour. Many of their songs contain themes and insinuations of devil worship; however, as Arceneaux states on an interview with Adam Grandmaison, their use of satanic imagery is simply a metonym for the negative effects of money, drugs, and other items that have the potential to manipulate people.[12]

Arceneaux is a former opioid addict, claiming in his No Jumper interview that he would lure people to him on Craigslist in order to rob them just to feed his addiction.[12]

In September 2016, Canadian DJ and record producer Deadmau5 accused the duo of copyright infringement following the success of their song Antarctica (off of the 2016 mixtape Dark Side of the Clouds).[26] The song samples parts of Deadmau5's "I Remember", with Kaskade; the DJ lambasted the duo for this, claiming that Suicideboys were "publicizing other people's intellectual property without consent".[27] The song, which had been out since January and subsequently reached millions of plays on both YouTube and SoundCloud, was taken down by Suicideboys on both platforms and no further action was taken. However, in time for their upcoming Grey Day Tour 2021, Antarctica was cleared for streaming after nearly four years of being off streaming services in September 2021.

Musical style

The music of Suicideboys varies between different subgenres of rap; while some songs have melancholy tones with lyrical content that focuses on subjects such as depression and suicidal ideation (topics not widely exposed in rap music), others are wildly aggressive, with themes of violence and sexual content.[28] Some of their music is based around life growing up in New Orleans; song titles such as Audubon, Tulane, Elysian Fields and St. Bernard reflect streets and neighborhoods that influenced the life of Arceneaux and Petrou.

There is a clear Three 6 Mafia influence in much of their music, with many earlier Suicideboys songs using samples from the group's songs, most notably in Mask & Da Glock.[29] While the use of Three 6 Mafia has been met with reservations by some of its former members, particularly Gangsta Boo,[30] it has been embraced by others; founding member Juicy J has been vocal about his support and mentorship of Suicideboys, and enlisted the duo to produce his mixtapes Highly Intoxicated and ShutDaF*kUp, featuring artists such as ASAP Rocky, Cardi B, Wiz Khalifa and XXXTentacion.[31]

A large portion of their music focuses on depression and its symptoms, an angle not often received in mainstream hip hop; Arceneaux elaborated on this in an interview with Mass Appeal, stating, “A lot of people take it as emo, or depressed music, or negative music... it's really just connecting. It's therapy, through music".[32]

Excluding occasional guest producers and usage of purchased instrumental loops, the entirety of Suicideboys' discography is self-produced, mainly by Arceneaux under his pseudonym Budd Dwyer (an homage to the former politician of the same name). Arceneaux has produced tracks for multiple artists, including Denzel Curry, Dash and Juicy J; additionally, he states that he once held an in-house deal with Universal/Republic.[33]

Personal life

Arceneaux and Petrou are quite secretive when it comes to their personal lives. However, they both refer to women they have dated in their songs, most notably being CLYDE (I Hope at Least One of My Ex-Girlfriends Hears This).

Arceneaux has a history of drug addiction, most notably being heroin. However, he claims to have been sober since February 2019. Arceneaux has stated that he maintains his sobriety by attending 12 Step programs and therapy sessions.[34]

Petrou has also dealt with drug addiction. He has not been as open about his addiction as Arceneaux, however he has been more vocal about his addiction after the release of Long Term Effects of Suffering. After an intervention by their management, Petrou checked into a drug rehabilitation facility in October 2020. Petrou has stated that he is not completely sober, due to him continuing to smoke marijuana.[34]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions									Sales
		US [35]	AUS [36]	BEL (FL) [37]	CAN [38]	FIN [39]	GER [40]	NLD [41]	NZ [42]	SWI [43]
I Want to Die in New Orleans	Released: September 7, 2018 Label: G*59 Format: Digital download, streaming, CD, vinyl, cassette	9	10	44	26	6	89	74	15	87	US: 31,000[11]
Long Term Effects of Suffering	Released: August 13, 2021[44] Label: G*59 Formats: Digital download, streaming, CD, vinyl	7	18	76	26	12	61	—	8	29
Sing Me a Lullaby, My Sweet Temptation	Released: July 29, 2022 Label: G*59 Format: Digital download, streaming, CD	7	42 [45]	158	26	14	47	—	6 [46]	51

Charted EPs

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		US R&B/HH [47]	US Ind. [48]	US Heat [49]
Radical $uicide[50]	Released: July 22, 2016 Label: G*59 Format: Digital download	17	20	5

Other EPs

2014

• Kill Your$elf Part I: The $uicide $aga
• Kill Your$elf Part II: The Black $uede $aga
• Kill Your$elf Part III: The Budd Dwyer $aga
• Kill Your$elf Part IV: The Trill Clinton $aga
• Kill Your$elf Part V: The Fuck Bitche$, Get Death $aga
• Kill Your$elf Part VI: The T$unami $aga
• Kill Your$elf Part VII: The Fuck God $aga

2015

• Kill Your$elf Part VIII: The $eppuku $aga
• Kill Your$elf Part IX: The $oul$eek $aga
• Kill Your$elf Part X: The Re$urrection $aga
• Black $uicide (w/ Black Smurf)
• Black $uicide Side B: $uicide Hustle (w/ Black Smurf)
• G.R.E.Y.G.O.D.S. (w/ Ramirez)
• Grey Sheep
• I No Longer Fear the Razor Guarding My Heel
• Black $uicide Side C: The Seventh Seal (w/ Black Smurf)
• $outh $ide $uicide (w/ Pouya)
• I No Longer Fear the Razor Guarding My Heel (II)
• G.R.E.Y.G.O.D.S.I.I. (w/ Ramirez)

2016

• DIRTYNASTY$UICIDE (w/ Germ)
• Grey Sheep II
• I No Longer Fear the Razor Guarding My Heel (III)

2017

• DIRTIERNASTIER$UICIDE (w/ Germ)
• Kill Yourself Part XI: The Kingdom Come Saga
• Kill Yourself Part XII: The Dark Glacier Saga
• Kill Yourself Part XIII: The Atlantis Saga
• Kill Yourself Part XIV: The Vulture Saga
• Kill Yourself Part XV: The Coast of Ashes Saga
• Kill Yourself Part XVI: The Faded Stains Saga
• Kill Yourself Part XVII: The Suburban Sacrifice Saga
• Kill Yourself Part XVIII: The Fall of Idols Saga
• Kill Yourself Part XIX: The Deep End Saga
• Kill Yourself Part XX: The Infinity Saga

2019

• Live Fast, Die Whenever (w/ Travis Barker)

Mixtapes

• Gray/Grey (2015)
• 7th or St. Tammany (2015)
• YUNGDEATHLILLIFE (2015)
• High Tide in the Snake's Nest (2015)
• My Liver Will Handle What My Heart Can't (2015)
• Now the Moon's Rising (2015)
• Dark Side of the Clouds (2016)
• Eternal Grey (2016)
• Stop Staring at the Shadows (2020)

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions					Certifications	Album
		US Bub. [51]	US R&B/HH [52]	FIN Stream [53]	NZ Hot [54]	WW [55]
"Runnin' Thru the 7th with My Woadies"	2015	—	—	—	—	—	RIAA: Gold[56]	$outh $ide $uicide
"Kill Yourself (Part III)"		—	—	—	—	—	RIAA: Gold[56]	My Liver Will Handle What My Heart Can't
"Fuckthepopulation"		—	—	—	—	—
"Paris"		—	—	—	—	—	RIAA: Gold[56]	Now The Moon's Rising
"Kill Yourself (Part IV)"	2016	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
"For the Last Time"	2017	—	—	—	—	—		Kill Yourself Part XX: The Infinity Saga
"2nd Hand"		—	—	—	—	—	RIAA: Gold[56]	Kill Yourself Part XII: The Dark Glacier Saga
"Fuckallofyou2k18"	2018	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album singles
"Either Hated or Ignored"		—	—	—	—	—
"Carrollton"		—	—	—	—	—	RIAA: Gold[56]	I Want to Die in New Orleans
"Meet Mr. Niceguy"		—	—	32	—	—
"Hung Up on the Come Up"		—	—	—	—	—		Non-album singles
"Scrape"		—	—	—	—	—
"Nothingleftnothingleft"	2019	—	—	—	—	—		Live Fast, Die Whenever
"Aliens Are Ghosts"		—	—	—	—	—
"Scope Set"		—	—	—	—	—		Stop Staring at the Shadows
"Fuck Your Culture"		—	—	—	—	—
"...And to Those I Love, Thanks for Sticking Around"	2020	5	46	—	35	128	RIAA: Platinum[56]
"New Profile Pic"	2021	—	—	—	—	—		Long Term Effects of Suffering
"Avalon"		—	—	—	—	—
"Materialism as a Means to an End"		—	—	—	—	—
"The Evil That Men Do"	2022	—	—	—	17	—		Sing Me a Lullaby, My Sweet Temptation
"Escape from Babylon"		22	—	—	13	—

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Album
		US Bub. [51]	US R&B/HH [52]	NZ Hot [57]
"All Dogs Go to Heaven"	2020	—	—	26	Stop Staring at the Shadows
"Putrid Pride"		—	—	32
"That Just Isn't Empirically Possible"		—	—	34
"If Self-Destruction Was an Olympic Event, I'd Be Tonya Harding"	2021	—	—	26	Long Term Effects of Suffering
"Life Is but a Stream~"		—	—	21
"5 Grand at 8 to 1"		—	—	28
"Avalon"		—	—	15
"Materialism as a Means to an End"		—	—	15
"Ugliest"		—	—	16
"Genesis"	2022	5	41	13	Sing Me a Lullaby, My Sweet Temptation
"Matte Black"		2	36	10
"Fucking Your Culture"		14	49	18
"1000 Blunts"		12	45	12

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Other performer(s)	Album
"Soul"	2014	Chetta	Diary of a Felon
"Cult II"		Queen Michael	—
"$u$hi"		$hroomhead
"$uicideWave"		XtheDolphin
"Hotline"	2015	IZREAL
"$ix Feet Deep"		YPH
"Lethargy"		J Trauma
"G Double O D"		Swag Toof	FOE
"I Met A Witch In The Woods"		Raziah Jones	—
"Dark Cry$tal"		Noah23	Peacock Angel
"666House"		Mike Good	—
"The Invocation"		Wavy Jone$	Beyond the Black Rainbow
"Psychedelic $uicide"		Trez	—
"Hatred"		Smug Mang	Lil Gwoupo
"Seppuku"		Ghostemane, JGrxxn	For the Aspiring Occultist
"Polluted Paradise"		Chetta	Polluted Paradise
"Avant Garde"		JGrxxn, Rozz Dyliams	LILBOXCHEVYMANE
"Avant Garde II"		JGrxxn, Ramirez	Ra
"Make Your Own Way"		Supa Sortahuman	HATE HATE
"Dipped In Gold"		B.C. tha Hybrid	—
"Sarcophagus II"		Ramirez	Meet Me Where the River Turns Grey
"Guillotine"	2016	CP97	—
"Check"		EndyEnds
"Fuck Y'all Hoes"		Germ	Bad Shit
"Chamber"		Mikey the Magician	Manifest
"But Wait, There's More"		Pouya	Underground Underdog
"Fat Hoes"		Pouya, SDotBraddy, Germ
"Agora"		Yung Dori, Crackhead Jynn	SUSPECT
"2 Hot 4 U"		Fat Nick	When the Lean Runs Out
"TTYL" (Remix)		Fat Nick, Pouya, Sir Michael Rocks, Robb Banks
"I Can't Fold"		Wifisfuneral	Black Heart Revenge
"2 High"		Getter	Wat the Frick
"Depraved $uicide"		Yung Dori	—
"666 Below"	2017	Kold-Blooded	FaceKloud 1.0
"Rukus"		Germ	Bad Shit (Bootleg)
"Suicide Bay"		Mitchell Bay	—
"Grey Gods"		Ramirez	The Grey Gorilla
"As the Bridges Burn"		Craig Xen	—
"Freaky"		Juicy J, A$AP Rocky	Highly Intoxicated
"Joan of Arc"	2018	Night Lovell	Goodnight Lovell
"Cutthroat Smile"		Bexey	—
"Awkward Car Drive"	2019	Germ	Germ Has a Deathwish
"Zuccenberg"	2021	Tommy Cash, Diplo	MoneySutra
"Solutions"	2022	Shakewell	Pray 4 Shakewell
"Poydras"		Chetta	Been Here Forever

Alter egos

All known Suicideboys alter egos[58]

Alter Egos of Aristos Petrou	Alter Egos of Scott Arceneaux Jr.
Ruby Da Cherry	$crim
SLAMDUNKASAUR (Used only as a producer)	Budd Dwyer* (Used only as a producer)
Yung Plague	$lick $loth
7th Ward Lord	Yung $carecrow
7th Ward Dragon	Lil Cut Throat
7th Ward Charizard	Lil Remains
James $pleen	Anthony Mars
Yung Mutt	Yung Heath Ledger
Norman Atomic	$uicide Christ
Oddy Nuff da Snow Leopard	Pontius Pilate
Spooky da Scary	Lil Half Cut
Lil Uzi the Anti-Christ	Yung Christ
Yung $lumber	$witchblade $crim
Lord of Loneliness	Tony With The Tommy
Yung $now	Tony wit Da Tommy
Romeo da Black Rose	Trap House $crim
Ruby Soho	OG Giraffe Neck
Shawty Burn-A-Church	Lil Murder
Lil No Flash	Yung Death
The $uicidal $hepherd	Lil Life
Papa Pine	Yung Hank Moody
OG Lion Mane	Hearse Boy
Lil Oozing	Lil Choppa
Choking Boy	Lil Famine
Prince Mononoke the Frozen Shogun	Northside Shawty
$nowmane	Big Grieve
Yung Maraschino	Yung Lowdown
Lil Infected	Lil 2/3rds
Lil Waaaaaa	Who Boy Boy
Yung Ooze	Soulja Rag Murder
Raindrop Walka	Lil Cig
Prince of Tides	Yung October
DuckBoy	Banny da Pint Drinker
George Washington's AR-15	El Wetto
Southside Shawty	Black Window
Maire de Gras Ville	OG Corpse
Ruby Rougarou	Yung Mane
That Guy with the Diamond Horns	Lil Hurt
40 Blunts	Junior
Ruby Da Archangel	God of the Liars
@SuicideLEOPARD (Instagram and Twitter handle)	OG Worry
	Yung Sex Symbol
	Lil' Dark
	Half Cig
	@yungxrist (Instagram Handle)
	@SuicideChrist (Twitter Handle)

*Named after the politician R. Budd Dwyer, who committed suicide on live TV.

References

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[es] Suicideboys

Suicideboys (estilizado como $uicideboy$) es un dúo estadounidense de hip hop formado en Nueva Orleans en 2014.[6] Sus miembros son los raperos Scrim (estilizado como $crim) y Ruby da Cherry. Son considerados como uno de los exponentes del indie hip hop.[7][8]

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