Lil Tracy


Jazz Ishmael Butler, professionally known as Lil Tracy, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He was also known under the name Yung Bruh when he was starting his career. Tracy is best known for his collaborations with the late rapper Lil Peep, specifically "Awful Things" which peaked at 79 on the Billboard Hot 100 and for being a prominent member of the "SoundCloud rap" and underground rap scene.

Early life

Jazz Butler was born on October 3, 1995 in Virginia Beach, Virginia to Ishmael Butler of Digable Planets and Shabazz Palaces and Cheryl Clemons, better known professionally as "Coko" from SWV. Talking about growing up in Virginia Beach, Butler said "it sucked but I love it" and said he grew up listening to emo music and southern hip-hop artists who inspired him to make music. Butler's parents split up when he was young and he would bounce between his mother and father's homes, Butler went to high school in Seattle, Washington at Garfield High School, and chose to be homeless at age 17.

Career

Butler started to make music when he was 15 before moving to Los Angeles, California at 18 to focus more on his music career and due to being homeless. Butler originally started rapping under the name "Yung Bruh", releasing several mixtapes under the Thraxxhouse collective. Some members of Thraxxhouse, including Tracy eventually started their own group, the collective Gothboiclique. Through the group, Butler met New York rapper Lil Peep, the two quickly collaborated on the song "White Tee" from Peep's Crybaby mixtape which gathered attention through the hip-hop underground. He also released a single "Overdose" which sprouted his career even bigger.
In mid-2016, Butler left Thraxxhouse and as a result changed his stage name from Yung Bruh to Lil Tracy due to discovering that there was already another artist using the "Yung Bruh" moniker. Under his new name he released his long-awaited mixtape Tracy's Manga on February 1, 2017. Butler went on to release XOXO two months later on April 3. Butler featured on the single "Awful Things" from Lil Peep's Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 1 in August 2017. The single peaked at number 79 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Butler released Life of a Popstar on July 31, 2017.
In 2018, Lil Tracy released two EPs: Designer Talk on October 5 and long-awaited Sinner on November 2. Lil Tracy released his debut album, Anarchy, on September 20, 2019.

Discography

Albums