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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 signed to All We Got Entertainment through Atlantic Records. His 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 in 2018 and peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200 chart. The mixtape was certified Platinum by the RIAA in 2020.[1] He released his debut studio album, Shelby, in 2019. He followed it up by releasing his second studio album, Unbothered, in 2021.

Lil Skies
Lil Skies performing in 2019
Background information
Birth name	Kimetrius Christopher Foose
Born	(1998-08-04) August 4, 1998 (age 24) Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Origin	Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop trap emo rap SoundCloud rap pop rap
Occupation(s)	Rapper singer songwriter
Years active	2010–present
Labels	Roc Nation All We Got Atlantic
Partner	Jacey Fugate (2018–present)
Children	1
Website	lilskiesofficial.com

Early life

Kimetrius Christopher Foose was born August 4, 1998, in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.[2][3] He began freestyling at age three. He was introduced to music by his father, Michael Burton Jr., a hip hop artist formerly known as Dark Skies, now as BurntMan, and his mother Shelby Foose. Foose's stage name is a play on his father's.[4][5] Foose and his family moved to Waynesboro, Pennsylvania when he was in third grade.[3] When he was 11, his father was injured in a workplace chemical explosion at the Rust-Oleum plant near Williamsport, Maryland.[6]

Career

2016–2018: Career beginnings and Life of a Dark Rose

Skies claims he used to have to sell marijuana and work "little jobs" to pay for studio time and music videos.[7] He also worked at a McDonald's and a Japanese restaurant in his hometown.[7] In the meantime, he would spend the summer at a relative's 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.[8] Foose graduated from Waynesboro Area Senior High School in 2016[9] and briefly attended Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania before dropping out to focus on his rap career.[10] His musical inspirations are Lil Wayne, Eminem, Wiz Khalifa, The Offspring, Punchline, MxPx, Audiovent and 50 Cent.[11]

In October 2016, Foose opened for Fetty Wap at Shippensburg University[5] and later released his first mixtape, Alone, in January 2017.[12] In July 2017, he released two songs, "Red Roses" featuring Landon Cube[13] and "Off The Goop" featuring Sprite Lee.[14] He would later release other songs that year, including "Rude" and "Signs of Jealousy."[15]

Foose's repertoire of singles caught the attention of Atlantic Records who partnered with his own label, All We Got.[10][16] He released his first major label mixtape, Life of a Dark Rose, on January 10, 2018.[17] The mixtape debuted at #23[18] on the Billboard 200 chart and went on to peak at #10.[19] The songs "Nowadays" and "Red Roses" (both featuring Landon Cube) debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 list at #85 and #98 respectively[20] and have since peaked at #55 and #69 (also respectively).[21] 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 pneumonia.[17] 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.[22] 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.[23]

2019: Shelby

On March 1, 2019, Lil Skies released his album Shelby, named after his mother, while simultaneously debuting the music video for lead single "I".[24] He made a short documentary for the album on his YouTube channel by interviewing her and surprising her during it by telling her he was going to name it after her.[25] On May 21, 2019, Lil Skies released a video for "Breathe", a song from his album, Shelby.[26] On July 14, 2019, Lil Skies collaborated with rapper Machine Gun Kelly on the song "Burning Memories".

2020–present: Unbothered

On March 4, 2020, Skies released the song "Havin My Way", which features close friend Lil Durk and serves as the lead single from his second studio album, Unbothered (2021).[27] It was followed by the second single, "Riot", which was released on May 14, 2020.[28] "On Sight", the third single, was released on November 6, 2020.[29] On July 10, 2020, he released the track "Red & Yellow" from the Road to Fast 9 mixtape.[30] On December 16, 2020, Foose announced Unbothered and its complete details along with the single "Ok". The album was released on January 22, 2021.

Lil Skies was also featured on the soundtrack for Madden NFL 19 with his song "Welcome to the Rodeo" and Madden NFL 20 with the song "Magic".

Personal life

Foose resides in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. In July 2019, Foose and his longtime girlfriend, Jacey Fugate, had a son.[31][32][33]

Foose cites his own song "Red Roses" as his personal favorite song, referring to the musical combination with him and Landon Cube as "epic".[34] He cites Lil Wayne as his biggest music inspiration.[35]

Foose tries to avoid drugs as much as possible after seeing it negatively impact the lives of his old friends.[36]

In an interview, Skies claims if he was not rapping, he would like to do some "Bear Grylls type, outdoor stuff" and that his favorite hobby is fishing.[37]

Discography

• Shelby (2019)
• Unbothered (2021)

Music videos

Year	Title	Release date	Director	Artist(s)
2013	"Live 4 the Moment"[38]	June 16, 2013	Skies	With Dark Skies (his dad)
2016	"Da Sauce"[39]	March 25, 2016	Nicholas Jandora	—
2017	"Some Way"[40]	April 18, 2017
	"Rude"	July 11, 2017
	"Signs of Jealousy"	November 14, 2017
	"Fake"	January 25, 2017
	"Red Roses"	October 19, 2017	Cole Bennett	With Landon Cube
	"Nowadays"	December 18, 2017
	"Lonely"	December 26, 2017		With Yung Bans
2018	"Lettuce Sandwich"[41]	February 1, 2018	Nicholas Jandora	—
	"Lavagirl"[42]	January 4, 2018		With Sprite Lee
	"Welcome to the Rodeo"[43]	March 29, 2018	Cole Bennett	—
	"Lust"	May 3, 2018	Nicholas Jandora
	"I Know You"	May 31, 2018		With Yung Pinch
2019	"Real Ties"	January 17, 2019	Xandros	—
	"Name In The Sand"	January 31, 2019	Nicholas Jandora
	"Breathe"	May 20, 2019
	"Going Off"	July 18, 2019	Louieknows
	"i"	March 1, 2019	Cole Bennett
	"Stop The Madness"	March 18, 2019	Sara Lacombe	With Gunna
	"More Money More Ice"	September 6, 2019	Cole Bennet	—
2020	"Havin My Way"	March 4, 2020	Astroknot and Nick Tabidze	With Lil Durk
	"Fidget"	April 20, 2020	Kristian Bennese	—
	"Riot"	May 14, 2020	LOUIEKNOWS
	"Lightbeam"	July 23, 2020	Nicholas Jandora	With NoCap
	"On Sight"	November 6, 2020	Kristian Bennese	—
	"OK"	December 16, 2020	STRIPMALL	—
2021	"Dead Broke"	January 22, 2021	Nicholas Jandora	—
	"Take 5"	March 22, 2021	Bobby Lee Palmer	—
2022	"Play This At My Funeral"	March 25, 2022	Nicholas Jandora	With Landon Cube
	"RAGE!"	October 21, 2022	Sam McGrath	—

References

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[es] Lil Skies

Kimetrius Christopher Foose (Chambersburg, Pensilvania; 4 de agosto de 1998), conocido profesionalmente como Lil Skies, es un rapero, cantante y compositor estadounidense.[1] Actualmente firma con All We Got Entertainment a través de Atlantic Records. Ha conseguido estar en el Billboard Hot 100 en seis ocasiones. Sus picos y éxitos más altos en el Billboard Hot 100 son: "I" (#39), "Nowadays" (#55), y "Red Roses" (#69). Su mixtape debut en el sello principal, Life of a Dark Rose, se lanzó el 10 de enero de 2018 y alcanzó el puesto número 10 en la lista Billboard 200. El mixtape fue certificado Oro por la RIAA el 9 de noviembre de 2018. El 7 de febrero de 2020, fue certificado Platino. El 1 de marzo de 2019, lanzó su álbum debut "Shelby" el cual dedica a su madre. Alcanzó el Número 5 en la Lista Billboard 200.

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[ru] Lil Skies

Киметриус Кристофер Фуз (англ. Kimetrius Christopher Foose, род. 4 августа 1998), более известный под псевдонимом Lil Skies — американский рэпер из Уэйнсборо сити, штат Пенсильвания. На настоящий момент подписан на лейбл All We Got Entertament, принадлежащий Atlantic Records. Его первый выпущенный на лейбле микстейп Life of a Dark Rose вышел 10 января 2018 года и достиг 10 строчки Billboard 200, а три песни с него, «Nowadays», «Red Roses» и «Lust», были сертифицированы RIAA как золотые и платиновые. Его топ 3 трека с самыми высокими позициями в чарте Billboard Hot 100 это: «I» (номер 39), «Nowadays» (номер 55) и «Red Roses» (номер 69). Киметриус 1 Марта 2019 года выпустил свой дебютный студийный альбом Shelby.

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