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- When did you first discover the Rap & Sound cloud Rap genre of music and what intrigued you about the genre?.
- Who are your favourite artists of this genre and why do you prefer them over other artists?.
- What do you think it is about these kind of artists and genre that bring in such a huge audience in comparison to other
genres of music?.
- What are your opinions on the artists which are deceased and did you listen to them before they had passed away?.
- What is your favourite song from this genre and who is it by and also why is this your favourite song?.
- When did you first discover this genre and did any tell you about this genre of music?.
- Does the background of some of these artists change your opinion on them ,for example XXXTentacions Domestic violence
charges?.
- Do you like this new era of rap or do your prefer the old era of rap and how is it changing the the music industry?.
- Is this genre of music having a positive impact or negative impact on the music industry in the current day and age?.
- How easy do you think it is to up and coming artists in this genre to burst into the limelight and make it in the industry?.

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9. -When did you first discover the Rap & Sound cloud Rap genre of music and what intrigued you about the genre?.
I first learnt about sound cloud rap when my friends introduced me to artists such as peep, Lil skies and Lil xan. I
was intrigued because I thought it was such a unique genre of music and I thought some of the artists had some
real talent.
-Who are your favourite artists of this genre and why do you prefer them over other artists?.
My favourite artists are definitely people such as Lil peep, Lil skies, XXXTentacion and Juice Wrld. I definitely think
these artists have real talent, Peep has such a unique sound and I think he is someone that has always been
worth supporting. Lil skies just has real feel good music and I think if I had to pick a favourite artist in this genre it
would be him. X is rather controversial but I think his music is very varied and everyone can find at least one
track they will love. As for Juice Wrld he is insanely talented and is definitely one to watch over the next few
years.
-What do you think it is about these kind of artists and genre that bring in such a huge audience in comparison to
other genres of music?.
I think they are quite unique and the music relates to a lot of people because a lot of these artists are just people

10. -What is your favourite song from this genre and who is it by and also why is this your favourite song?.
My favourite song from this genre is Star Shopping by lil peep because I think its a really meaningful song and its
just a really nice song to chill out to.
-When did you first discover this genre and did any tell you about this genre of music?.
I first discovered this music about a month after peep passed away, I went to a party and my friends were all
listening to it and talking about the artists and what had happened. At first I really just got into the music but after
a while I really became interested in the culture and through peep and X I learnt about a lot of other artists. I
definitely tried to get a lot of other people into this genre but I think its definitely a genre people either love or
hate.
-What are your opinions on the artists which are deceased and did you listen to them before they had
passed away?.
I was heartbroken when these artists died. I am definitely guilty of finding out about peep before he
passed away but other artists such as XXX and definitely mac miller I'd been listening to before they
passed. I think the way these artists passed is also heartbreaking especially peep and Mac because I
think that addiction and drug use is a real issue within this culture.

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Juice
Wrld info
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Juice
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XXX
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Travis
scott
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XXX
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13. Artists
XXXTentacion
Lil Peep
Lil Uzi Vert
Playboi carti
Travis Scott
Juice Wrld
Ski mask the slump god
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In this fanzine I will be talking about the
artists associated around the genre of
rap and sound cloud rap which is a new
form of rap which has originated from
the music platform sound cloud, to cut it
short some of the artists which I will be
talking about will be from XXXTentacion
through to Juice Wrld.
In this fanzine I want to show you this
different kind of rap to your usual
Eminem, and show you that the new era
of music is on par or better than the
older generation of music, with the
different artists I will be talking about
how they got to the level they are at the
moment and also what they had to do
to get there and also if they have a dark
past I will try and talk about and show
that they are changing there ways.
Finally in this is I will highlight over the
two sound cloud rappers which have lost
their lives over the past year and a bit,
which are XXXTentacion and Lil Peep, I
will try and go into more detail about
these two.

14. Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy ( XXXTentacion) was an American rapper and singer.
In X’s early stage in his career he released his first song by the name of ”News/Flock” onto the music platform known as
SoundCloud, X came through the trap scene on SoundCloud which I quite known for quite depressing music. He began his
career while in juvenile detention for gun possession charges, where he went onto meet someone who would change his life
for the better Ski mask the slump god ( Stokely Clevon Gouldbourne). While in juvenile detention he was protective over fellow
inmates one in particular who was a homosexual, who he later on attacked and beat half to death for allegedly watching while
he changed clothes.
Xs breakout song was ”Look at me” which debut on August 25, 2017 in his album 17. This song had a lot of controversy around
it because while x was in juvenile detention Drake previewed as song called ”KMT” which people speculated that he stole Xs
flow, which led many to look at drake differently after this.
Xs past always held his potential back because everyone was too obsessed about what he had been accused of and he was
constantly reminded of this but he still kept on going and he wanted to make himself better and start earning the respect that
he deserves, which he said in one of his Instagram videos which said
One thing which X did to try and make himself a better person would have to be the “Helping Hand Challenge” which he started
where he would do donation or help people in need for example he helped a orphanage with loads of things for them which
included guitars and PS4s and other things, although this wasn’t going to make him instantly a better person he knew it was
going to be the start of something special.
Unfortunately on the 18 June 2018 X was shot dead in a robbery outside a motorcycle dealership, the attackers fled and now
they have been caught and waiting trial.
In some peoples opinions X is seen as this generations Tupac in the fact that he changed so many peoples lives and was so nice
to people no matter who they where and also the “Footprint” which he has left in the music industry forever.
XXXTentacion

15. Ski mask the slump god
Stokely Clevon Gouldbourne (Ski mask the slump god) is an American Soundcloud rap and
trap artist. The first song that ski released was “Catch Me” which was released after
release from Juvenile detention which he was sent there for “around $10 worth or weed”
this would be the start of his career as his he met XXXTentacion who he grew a very close
relation to which would be a real help later on in his career, they have collaborated on
many songs after they where released from Juvenile detention the main one being “Take a
step back” in 2017 when they where released. Alongside their songs they released three
albums together by the name of Member Only, Vol 1,2 and 3.
The songs which really propelled ski into the limelight would ”BabyWipe” and ”Catch me
outside” which where released in 2017 the same year which X blew up. Since
collaborating with X he has made music with many more artists which include Offset, Lil
peep and Denzel Curry, since collaborating he has been named one of XXL’s “2018
Freshman Class” which is a huge achievement for any musician.
With Ski’s controversial personal life there have been a few concert issues which include at
a concert on august 10, 2018 which he held a moment of silence for XXXTentacion who
had died a few months ago in a robbery gone wrong, A member of the audience shouted
“F*ck X, that woman beating piece of Sh*t” which Ski retaliated by encouraging the
audience to fight him when ski said “F*ck him up”.
Besides his concert issues he has had a few legal issues which includes him being arrested
in august 2016 for robbery, driving with a license and also a suspended license.

16. Lil Uzi Vert
Symere Woods (Lil Uzi Vert) is an American hip hop, trap and SoundCloud rapper who was born July 31, 1994 .
Uzi has been producing music since 2010 to the present day he started with his Ep called Purple Thoughtz Vol. 1 was
released on January 19,2014 and then he went onto other albums which include Luv Is Rage and Lil Uzi Vert vs. the
World. Uzi’s Luv is rage which was released on august 25, 2017 and it has deputed at number one on the billboard 200
chart, which is one of his greatest achievements the other main one would be a single which he featured on the migos
song “Bad and Boujee” and the final one would have to be his top ten song “XO Tour Llif3” which it went onto to peak at
its highest being number 7.
Uzi’s music style is very different from everyone else because it is a mix between rock and emo rap, which is strange
because there are not many people in this genre which sound the same as his besides Lil Wayne. Uzi’s style would have
been changed through his musical influences the main ones being Marilyn Manson and Paramore which are both very
big in the music industry, Along side his music style being strange to other his clothing style is very odd for example in
may 17,2016 he was spotted wearing a striped shirt which looks rather feminine and the internet turned him into a
meme but his reply was “You know what it is? They’ve never felt these fabrics before.”
Throughout Lil Uzi Vert’s career he has had many legal issues and feuds with other artists the most recent one being Rich
The Kid where he released a diss track on Uzi called “Dead friends" which is a song which is a play on words which Uzi's
song “XO Tour Llif3” , the main legal issue would be that he was caught reckless driving on a dirt bike and then he fell of
and then tried to run away from the police.

17. Travis Scott
Jacques Berman Webster II (Travis Scott) is an American Rapper, singer, songwriter from Houston, Texas.
Travis Scotts career began back in 2008 with his first release being ”Owl Pharaoh” in 2013 and the his debut
album in 2015 which is called Rodeo. His album Rodeo include many artists which include Justin Bieber,
Quavo and Yung thug and many more, this more than likely helped his album out because they would have
had the ability to help the publicity of the album, his main song from this album called “Antidote” which won
A “BET Hip Hop Awards” the “Peoples Champ award” in 2016. Travis Scott has only one two awards
throughout his career being Peoples Champ award and Teen choice award with “Know No better”. Although
he hasn’t won many he has been nominated for many different awards and is currently under the way the
main being the “People choice award” with “Butterfly effect” and his 2018 album called “Astroworld”.
Astroworld is one of Scotts biggest releases and albums of his career because it was hyped up so much by
many different artists as he has collaborations with unexpected artists the main one being Juice Wrld who
had wanted to work with Travis for a long time. Travis Scotts personal life is very normal compared to his
music life, in his personal life he is dating a reality TV star Kylie Jenner since April 2017 and they know have a
child together called stormi Webster who is a girl. We don’t know much about his life before his career
because they haven't said much about his life before music, besides the fact that his parents kicked him out
of their house when he was 16 which led him to return to Houston and had to sleep on his friends couch who
was studying at university.

18. Lil Peep
Gustav Elijah Åhr (Lil Peep) was an American Rapper, songwriter and singer who was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania U.S.
Peep Unfortunately died of a Fentanyl-Xanax overdose in November 15,2017 in Tucson, Arizona.
Peep initially started his career back in 2014-17 the first piece of music he released would be his mixtape called Lil Peep
Part One in 2015 which amassed a total of 4,000 play in its first week of releasing, the song which made his career blow
up would have to Beamer Boy that made then eventually led him to performing in march 2016 in Tucson.
The first album which he debuted was Come over when you're sober, which amassed millions of view around the world
and he had a tour for it but due to his death they have to cut it short by two days, in this album his hit single ”Awful
things” debuted on the hot 100 at number 79 being his one and only song onto the billboard hot 100, even after Peeps
death many songs where released which featured him because he had left loads of work to be complete but he had done
his side of song for example With marshmello who him and peep made a song called spotlight which came out 2 months
after his dead on January 12,2018 and then another song which he was featured on would have to be Juicy J,s ”Got ‘em
lie” with peep and Wiz Khalifa in it. The last collaboration which was published by him after his death would have to be
“Falling Down” which featured recently deceased rapper XXXTentacion, although it has gotten a lot of attention there is a
lot of controversy around this song because some people think that Peep wanted nothing to do with X because of his
violent background, but X wanted to reach out to him before peep passed and he refused him, this song was released on
September 19,2018 nearly a year after the passing of Lil Peep.
Peep was loved by so many other artists who payed there respects the day he died, there was a long list of them but the
main ones would have to be Post Malone, MarshMello and Lil Uzi Vert. Peep left a lasting impact on the emo rap scene
because he changed many different artists life's for the better, and has also alongside X changed Soundcloud rap and the
whole platform for the better.

19. Juice Wrld
Jarad Higgins (Juice Wrld) is an 19 year old American rapper, singer, songwriter born in Chicago, Illinois.
Juice Wrld rose to fame in 2018 with his hit song “Lucid Dreams” which wasn’t his only song but is the one
which put him into the limelight of the music industry, the song which has over 170millions views on YouTube
and over 400millions plays on Spotify which was released on may 10,2018. With this being his breakout song it
made people look back at the kind of music which he had released in the past on SoundCloud a furthest song
back from juice Wrld would be “Forever – JuiceTheKIdd” at this moment in time Juice Wrld went by a different
name which would be JuiceTheKIdd which doesn’t have the same ring to it as Juice Wrld. Juice began his
career in 2015 on SoundCloud, in 2017 December he released his first EP , which helped him grain traction for
“All Girls Are the Same”, from this Jarad was signed to Interscope Records for $3,000,000.
Juice Wrlds musical influences varied between Travis Scott, Wu-Tang Clan and also Chief Keef, which has
branded him as a kind of emo and rock genre which falls into the category of the current songs in this fanzine
and genre of music. After his album “Goodbye & Good Riddance” on May 23,2018 he released two songs
called “Too soon’ and “Legends” which where songs that where devoted to the late deceased rappers named
XXXTentacion and Lil Peep. His top song Lucid Dreams is pretty much the top ten for the majority of countries
including US, UK and New Zealand.
We don’t know much about Jarads personal life besides the fact that he fell off his motorcycle in June 2018 and
also he lives in Los Angeles with his girlfriend, Alexa. Another thing would have to be that he was a drug use in
his childhood, where he started drinking lean in Sixth grade, Percocet's and Xanax in 2013. He quite smoking in
his last year of high school and now only smokes cannabis due to health issues.

20. Playboi Carti
Jordan Terrell Carter (Playboi Carti) is an American rapper, record producer and songwriter. At the age 22
Carti has had a eventful career in the music industry so far and will have a long lasting career, He comes
under the Hip Hop, Trap genre and he started off through SoundCloud like the majority of new up and
coming rappers, although he started his career back in 2009 he is seen as a fairly new artists because it has
taken him time to breakthrough to the limelight in the music industry. The songs which started giving him
attraction would be “Broke Boi” and “Fetti” in 2015 which where both published to SoundCloud, after this
his career started to propel forward when he signed for AWGE in 2016 which is A$AP Mobs label. The main
year which he gained a lot of attention from his debut mixtape eponymous which had two songs which got
No. 29 and No. 76 being “Magnolia” and ”Woke Up Like This” which featured Lil Uzi Vert, this mixtape
reached No. 12 on the Billboard 200. Carti has collaborated with Lil Uzi Vert many different times with the
latest one being ”Die Lit” on May 11,2018, the first main album which people will know from Playboi Carti
will be “Playboi Carti” which featured artists such as Lil Uzi Vert, A$AP Rocky and Leven Kali this album is
certified gold with over 500,000 units sold world wide in January,2018. After this Carti released his 2018
album one May 11, which featured many more popular music artists which include one such as Skepta,
Travis Scott and Nicki Minaj