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Sickboyrari
Born
Timothy O'Neal

February 23, 1994
Richmond, Virginia

Early Life

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Sickboyrari was born in Richmond, Virgina to

Musical career

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Timothy begun making music in the 7th grade starting off his career by dropping his first song on MySpace around 2007[1]. Timothy had started a YouTube channel in December of 2007[2]. He started by posting skating videos around 2009 and 2010 and around this time Timothy started listening to rapper Lil B who iwas popular around this time and served his biggest insperation, This was around the same time Timothy started taking music more serously. Timothy would adapt the alias "Black Kray" and begun to release songs onto his SoundCloud and YouTube which would help boost his popularity as a rapper. In 2011, Timothy would join his first collective dubbed "The Terrorist Posse" which would influence help infleunce his heavlity. In 2012 Timothy would join Raider Klan[1] more specificly the Raider Klan Skating team. The same year Timothy would leave The Terrorist Posse and create his own collective called "Goth Money Records" or just "Goth Money" after taking heavy inspiration from Birdman's "Cash Money Records"[1]. Timothy would create Goth Money Records after meeting fellow artist Kane Grocerys in Los Angeles[1]. After joining Goth Money Sickboyrari had an extremly good run of mixtapes throughout 2012 to 2015 getting features from popular underground artists such as Chris Travis, BONES and SpaceGhostPurrp. In 2015 Timothy begun working with Philidelphia based production group Working On Dying. With the help of fellow Working On Dying producers F1LTHY, Oogie Mane, Forza and Brandon Finnesin, Timothy begun to create the Tread sound with fellow the fellow producers listed. Tread was named by fellow rapper and later girlfriend Bootychaaain[3]. Around this time Timothy would change his name from Black Kray to Sickboyrari, This change is mostly unknown today but some people believe it could range from him "Not wanting the industry to bite or steal his name" to him simply changing his name to match his new Tread sound. In 2017, Timothy begun working with Swedish rapper Bladee and featured on his mixtape "Working on Dying" which hense the name was entierly produced by Working on Dying members.

Influence

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Timothy's influence spans for over a decade and he has influenced multiple artists such as, xaviersobased, Hi-C, Lil Tracy, Lil Yachty, XXXTENTACION, Lil Uzi Vert and Playboi Carti and more and has proved himself to be one of the most succesful and influencal Underground rapper throughout the early and mid 2010's. Timothy's Tread style music has went on to pave-way to many modern sounds most imporantly Rage. Timothy and Working On Dying's sound can best be heard influenced in the 2020 project Whole Lotta Red.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Who is Black Kray? (AKA Sickboyrari, AKA Gvcci Kray, AKA La Goth, AKA...)". www.thecurrent.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  2. ^ "BLACK KRAY". YouTube. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  3. ^ "Tread". Music Producer Wiki. Retrieved 2024-07-19.