Killy is a Canadian rap artist. The guy so wanted to record songs of his own composition in a professional studio that he took on any side jobs. At one time, Killy worked as a salesman and sold various products.
Since 2015, he began to professionally record tracks. In 2017, Killy presented a video clip for the track Killamonjaro. The public approved the new artist in the rap industry. On the wave of popularity, he released another video for the song No Romance.
Childhood and youth Killy
Calil Tatham (real name of the artist) was born on August 19, 1997. The biography of the future rap star began in the city of Toronto, where he spent the first years of his life. Subsequently, the guy, along with his father, moved to live in British Columbia.
Tatem grew up as an ordinary child. He, like all children, did not like to go to school. He didn't like the school system, from the class schedule to the overall workload.
All his energy and time, which Kalil had a lot of, he devoted to football. He loved to "kick" the ball and dreamed of becoming a football player. However, the young man soberly assessed his strength, realizing that he definitely would not get into big sport.
As a teenager, Tatham was involved in music. Initially, he did not plan to build a career as a singer, but soon began to take his hobby more seriously. Moreover, everything was conducive to this - the guy's parents were fond of hip-hop. The atmosphere at home was amazing.
Kalil was raised not in the richest family. He had to go to work early. The first job of the young man was the sale of various products, which he offered, bypassing residential buildings. For this work, Tatham was paid only 500 pounds. He soon worked at a grocery store where he worked as a sales clerk.
Kalil did all this for only one purpose - the guy dreamed of recording tracks. At first, this dream seemed sky-high to the guy, but when he was able to accumulate the amount, a spark of hope lit up in his eyes.
Killy's creative path
The guy started writing songs in 2015. Calil was inspired to write tracks by Kanye West (especially Tatham loved the first album of The College Dropout), Travis Scott and Soulja Boy.
Two years later, the rapper presented a video for the song Killamonjaro. Thanks to the presentation of the video clip, Killy was noticed. The video has received 17 million views in less than six months.
In the same 2017, the presentation of another video clip No Romance took place. Fans and music critics warmly welcomed the novelty and thanked the author with likes and flattering comments.
Debut album presentation
In 2018, the rapper's discography was replenished with a debut album. The first album was called Surrender Your Soul. By the way, there are 11 solo tracks of the singer on this disc. The absence of guest verses did not bother either the fans or the author himself.
The rapper says about his work:
“I don’t like to describe my work. I'd rather say this: “Listen to the songs yourself and draw your own conclusions. It is difficult to talk about your work, because everyone perceives music in their own way - it all depends on a particular person ... ".
Killy performs tracks in the so-called "emo-rap" style. The presented genre combines elements of dark melody, ambient (a style of electronic music), as well as trap.
Emorap is a subgenre of hip hop that combines hip hop with elements from heavy music genres such as indie rock, pop punk, and nu metal. The term "emo rap" is sometimes associated with Sound Cloudrap.
Personal life
Despite the fact that Killy is a public person, he prefers not to advertise information about his personal life. There are no photos with his beloved in his social networks, so it is difficult to say whether his heart is occupied or not.
More than 300 thousand users have signed up on the singer's Instagram. It was there that the actual information about the artist appeared.
Interesting facts about the rapper
- The singer's favorite number is the number "8". By the way, the figure eight is in the rapper's second studio album.
- There are dreadlocks on the singer's head.
- In 2019, he received the Juno Award for Artist of the Year.
- The track Killamonjaro was certified platinum by Music Canada.
Rapper Killy today
In 2019, the discography of rapper Killy was replenished with a second studio album. We are talking about the record Light Path 8. The rapper said about the new album:
“I have been recording the second studio album for over a year. I wrote the record when I went on tour. This is the vibe of different cities, combined into one project. I love all the tracks in this collection like my children, but Destiny was included in the list of my favorite songs. It's a very intimate song that means a lot to me..."
The release of each album of the rapper is accompanied by a tour. 2020 has not been without performances. The performer admitted that sitting on the couch during quarantine did not do him any good.
In 2020, Killy released the track OH NO with the participation of Y2K. Later, a video was also released for the composition, which gained over 700 thousand views in three weeks.
