Last month, ILoveMakonnen surprised the hip-hop community when he announced on his Instagram page that a new collaboration was on the way featuring Lil Peep and XXXTentacion, two genre-blending ...

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Lil Peep enjoyed a devoted following on SoundCloud and YouTube during his lifetime, but he was not the type of artist whose music was beamed out to millions over the radio. That all changed with ...

With the vocals of a pop punk band lead singer and heavy trap influences, Lil Peep had a sound and fan base all his own. “I grew up listening to a lot of emo music, a lot of rock music, a lot of rap ...

After a short but meaningful career, Lil Peep's death from a suspected overdose has shaken the music world, but the tragedy unfolded right before our eyes . Lil Peep may not have been a name you knew.

Back in 2017, Gustav Åhr (also known as Lil Peep, age 21) passed away due to an accidental drug overdose while in Tucson, Arizona. A group of unreleased tracks waited in the rapper’s MacBook, most of ...

Lil Peep is gone — but his merchandise will live on. Less than two weeks after the rapper’s death at age 21 on Nov. 15, a merchandise line revolving around him has been announced. An Instagram post ...

If you're a fan of YouTube and Soundcloud, you may have heard of Lil Peep. If you aren't, Lil Peep was a YouTube star and emo rapper who fused emo melodies hip hop beats and "the brutal terrain of ...

The ILoveMakonnen effect is all over modern rap. The industry is hungry for fashionable misfits with street knowledge who can both turn up to 11 and croon with sorrow, and that appetite began in 2014 ...

In retrospect, it’s obvious why Lil Peep gravitated to a comic book character who has the appearance of a villain and the soul of a hero. He’d loved Hellboy since he was a kid, and felt a kinship with ...