: : Basic Info

Lil Skies originally known as Kimetrius Foose born on 4^th August 1998 in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. He started making mixtapes when he was only 4. The boy who don’t do drugs or promote drugs, he has 2 songs “Nowadays” (on 55) & “Red Roses” (on 69) in Billboard Hot 100. His album “Life of a Dark Rose” peaked at number 10 in Billboard 200 chart.

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: : Lil Skies’ Childhood

Lil Skies started writing and singing songs when he was only 4, his father introduced him to music. His father, Michael Burton was also a hip hop artist and he was known by name Dark Skies. As Foose’s father introduced him to music so he adapted his name as Lil Skies.

When he was 11 his step-father was injured in a workplace chemical explosions at Rust-Oleum plant in Maryland. He has done his studies from Waynesboro Area Senior High School in 2016 and later he started focusing on his music.

: : Why Lil Skies Declined to XXL Freshman 2018

According to XXL team, selection of XXL’s rappers are based on audience’s vote, so as much as you vote for your favorite rapper then they’ll appear in XXL Freshman Cypher. But this time XXL asked Skies months ago and the list was not even released and they already wanted him to come.

Lil Skies said that he’s not interested in it due to inside politics of XXL. In his Instagram live session he said that, "When you guys were allowed to vote, I still won. I still got on the list. Even before that, they chose me to be on the XXL Freshmen." He said, "C'mon, now. The list is rigged. You're not placing me in no category." He said that, he don’t feel the process of selecting rappers is fair and he did not show up on XXL Freshman’s cover shoot.

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: : Lil Skies Tattoo’s Meaning

i. Lil Skies has Shelby(his momma's name) tatted under his right eye in red ink.

ii. The Quote :- Lil Skies has a quote tatted on his arm for his friend Shack when he was 16. Shack was sick in hospital and last thing he said to Skies was “Tomorrow is another day, but it’s not promised”. So this was his first tattoo and it is one of his favorite tattoo.

ii. Dark Rose :- After completing his project “Life of a Dark Rose”, he wanted to get a new tattoo for his album cover. He asked tattoo artist to draw a rose with thorns and leaves coming downwards and he did it and after doing that he did cover shoot and that’s why the tattoo looks so fresh and dark in cover photo.

iii. “98” & “16” :- Lil Skies have number “98” tattoo on his both eyelids, it is the birth year 1998. And he has number “16” on his stomach, which is the Skies lucky number and he has the race car with number 16 on it.

iv. Music Note :- To ensure his commitment to music, he got his face tattooed, so that he would never be able to give up and settle for a day job. He also dropped out of college, further cementing his decision

v. Cold Heart :- Lil Skies has a “Cold Heart” tattoo under his left eye, which is written in Japanese language and it is written backwards so no one can read it.

vi. Fate & Destiny :- He has Fate and Destiny tattoo on his right and left chick, he believes that looking at his tattoos keeps him motivated, so whenever he wakes up he look into mirror and keep himself motivated.

: : Lil Skies in Music Industry

As you all read above that, he came into music because of his father. When one day Lil Skies was doing freestyle infront of his dad, and his dad decided to get him into studio and record some shit. He recorded his first song when he was only 4.

Lil Skies was fan of Cameron Haller and London Cube, these guys used to do vlogs. Lil Skies heard London’s song “Beach Town” and Skies wanted to collaborate with London. Later coincidently London Cube played his song in his vlog and Skies instantly messaged him for collab.

Lil Skies got a mail from an unknown person. He sent him a beat of “Red Roses” and Skies loved that beat and decided to do a song with it, he asked London Cube to feature in his music and they sat together and done the song. After making the full song, they spent lot of hours to change and add something new.

Lil Skies and London Cube in Red Roses

Lil Skies wanted his song “Red Roses” to be on a good platform, so London Cube gave him contact of Cole Bennette and they face-timed and later decided to do music video on it. The song “Red Roses” done very well, it has 100M views on YouTube and reached on number 69 in Billboard Hot 100.

: : Tech News

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