Īfter 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.
In the following months, the duo released a further nine iterations of the Kill Yourself series. 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. 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”. 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. 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.Īrceneaux and Petrou are cousins, and as such shared a close relationship growing up. He worked at his father's restaurant as a waiter, a job he held until 2015. 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. Ruby da Cherry was born Aristos Norman Petrou on Apto 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. He also worked selling used furniture, getting fired for his new hand tattoos after three years. Arceneaux's passion for DJing extended when he started to attend Delgado Community College, where he was hired to DJ parties. 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. $crim was born Scott Anthony Arceneaux Jr. It also prominently featured Korn guitarist James Shaffer. In May 2019, they released their collaborative six-track EP with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker entitled Live Fast, Die Whenever. It fared well commercially, becoming their first top-ten album on the US Billboard 200. 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. The duo are considered one of the most popular acts in the underground rap scene, and are also considered to have a cult following. They own and operate their own label, G*59 Records, under which all of their music is distributed by Virgin Music Label & Artist Services. 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. Suicideboys (stylized as $uicideboy$) is an American hip hop duo from New Orleans, Louisiana, founded in 2014 by cousins Ruby da Cherry and Scrim (stylized as $crim).