Lil Skies

Biography

Kimetrius Christopher Foose (born August 4, 1998), known by his stage name Lil Skies, is an American rapper and singer from Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. He signed with Atlantic Records in 2017 to release the singles "I", "Nowadays", and "Red Roses." The songs peaked at numbers 39, 55, and 69 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. His eighth mixtape and major label debut, Life of a Dark Rose×Life of a Dark Rose10 January 2018 · Studio album · Mixtape/StreetSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Welcome to the Rodeo2:492The Clique2:263Red Roses4:234Lust2:365Cloudy Skies3:136Signs of Jealousy2:587Big Money2:358Tell My Haters2:009Boss Up2:3610Garden3:0511Lettuce Sandwich3:1512Strictly Business2:3913Kill4u3:0114Nowadays3:24 (2018), peaked at number ten on the Billboard 200 and received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His debut studio album, Shelby×Shelby1 March 2019 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1I3:022Bad Girls3:403Breathe2:354Nowadays, Pt. 23:415Flooded1:566Blue Strips3:277Stop the Madness4:158OK 4 Now2:459When I’m Wasted3:2110Mansion2:3311Through the Motions3:1012Highs and Lows2:5513Name in the Sand2:4914No Rainy Days2:56 (2019), and its follow-up Unbothered×Unbothered22 January 2021 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Fade Away3:222Take 52:533Excite Me2:524Havin My Way3:325Ok2:356Dead Broke2:247On Sight2:418Think Deep Don't Sink4:079Red Wine & Jodeci2:2710Locked Up3:0511Trust Nobody3:3512Riot2:4613Sky High3:1914Mhmmm2:22 (2021), peaked at numbers five and 50 on the chart, respectively. He has since released the mixtape “Out Ur Body Music×Out Ur Body Music29 March 2024 · Studio album · Mixtape/StreetSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1CALL ME3:002DRANK TALK3:023THOUSANDS2:494DEATH3:045PIVOT3:376MISUNDERSTOOD3:127Runnin Out Of Time2:598CHANGE ON ME3:05” in March 2024, and the album “Evolution of the Rose” in June 2025, and his new album “LS4*” will be released in 2026.

Early life

Kimetrius Christopher Foose was born August 4, 1998, in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He began freestyling at age three. He was introduced to music by his father, Michael Burton Jr., a hip hop artist formerly known as Dark Skies, now as BurntMan, and his mother Shelby Foose. Foose's stage name is a play on his father's. Foose and his family moved to Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, when he was in third grade. When he was 11, his father was injured in a workplace chemical explosion at the Rust-Oleum plant near Williamsport, Maryland.

2016–2018: Career beginnings and Life of a Dark Rose

Skies claims he used to have to sell marijuana and work "little jobs" to pay for studio time and music videos. He also worked at a McDonald's and a Japanese restaurant in his hometown. In the meantime, he would spend the summer at a relative's house; it was at that point in time he worked in collaboration with his dad on his first project released on August 14, entitled, "Birth of Skies Vol. 1". Foose and his father would write an album the following year, Father-Son Talk, discussing the recovery process. Foose graduated from Waynesboro Area Senior High School in 2016 and briefly attended Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania before dropping out to focus on his rap career. His musical inspirations are Lil Wayne, Eminem, Wiz Khalifa, The Offspring, Punchline, MxPx, Audiovent and 50 Cent.
In October 2016, Foose opened for Fetty Wap at Shippensburg University and later released his first mixtape, Alone×Alone20 January 2017 · Studio album · Mixtape/StreetSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Life2:412Fake3:133NEWS4:034Don't Love Me3:135Pump 933:106Some Way3:137Groupies3:128Paranoia4:149Drift3:0810Foreign Whip3:57, in January 2017. In July 2017, he released two songs, "Red Roses" featuring Landon Cube and "Off The Goop" featuring Sprite Lee. He would later release other songs that year, including "Rude" and "Signs of Jealousy×Signs of Jealousy7 September 2017 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Signs of Jealousy2:58."
Foose's repertoire of singles caught the attention of Atlantic Records who partnered with his own label, All We Got. He released his first major label mixtape, Life of a Dark Rose×Life of a Dark Rose10 January 2018 · Studio album · Mixtape/StreetSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Welcome to the Rodeo2:492The Clique2:263Red Roses4:234Lust2:365Cloudy Skies3:136Signs of Jealousy2:587Big Money2:358Tell My Haters2:009Boss Up2:3610Garden3:0511Lettuce Sandwich3:1512Strictly Business2:3913Kill4u3:0114Nowadays3:24, on January 10, 2018. The mixtape debuted at #23 on the Billboard 200 chart and went on to peak at #10. The songs "Nowadays" and "Red Roses" (both featuring Landon Cube) debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #85 and #98 respectively and have since peaked at #55 and #69 (also respectively). He also toured nationally with Lil Uzi Vert in 2017 and began his "Life of a Dark Rose" tour in 2018, but had to end the tour early due to pneumonia. On May 4, 2018, the music video for "Lust" was released; the song peaked at number 87 on the Billboard Hot 100 and received platinum certification by the RIAA. On May 31, he released "I Know You×I Know You31 May 2018 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1I Know You3:31", featuring Yung Pinch, which peaked at 79 on the Billboard Hot 100 and received gold certification by the RIAA.

2019: Shelby

On March 1, 2019, Lil Skies released his album Shelby×Shelby1 March 2019 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1I3:022Bad Girls3:403Breathe2:354Nowadays, Pt. 23:415Flooded1:566Blue Strips3:277Stop the Madness4:158OK 4 Now2:459When I’m Wasted3:2110Mansion2:3311Through the Motions3:1012Highs and Lows2:5513Name in the Sand2:4914No Rainy Days2:56, named after his mother, while simultaneously debuting the music video for lead single "I". He made a short documentary for the album on his YouTube channel by interviewing her and surprising her during it by telling her he was going to name it after her. On May 21, 2019, Lil Skies released a video for "Breathe", a song from his album, Shelby.

2020–2022: Unbothered and standalone singles

On March 4, 2020, Skies released the song "Havin My Way", which features close friend Lil Durk and serves as the lead single from his second studio album, Unbothered×Unbothered22 January 2021 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Fade Away3:222Take 52:533Excite Me2:524Havin My Way3:325Ok2:356Dead Broke2:247On Sight2:418Think Deep Don't Sink4:079Red Wine & Jodeci2:2710Locked Up3:0511Trust Nobody3:3512Riot2:4613Sky High3:1914Mhmmm2:22 (2021). It was followed by the second single, "Riot", which was released on May 14, 2020. "On Sight", the third single, was released on November 6, 2020. "Ok", the fourth and final single, was released December 16, 2020. Skies released "My Baby" with American Singer Zhavia Ward, the lead single to the Unbothered Deluxe, on April 29, 2021.
Skies released multiple standalone singles during his Unbothered singles rollout. "Fidget×Fidget20 April 2020 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Fidget3:322Havin My Way3:32" was released April 20, 2020. On July 10, 2020, he released the track "Red & Yellow" from the Road to Fast 9 mixtape. "Lightbeam", featuring American Rapper NoCap, was released July 23, 2020.
After Unbothered released, Skies released "Play This At My Funeral×Play This At My Funeral25 March 2022 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Play This At My Funeral3:06", featuring Landon Cube, on March 25, 2022, and "Rage!", released November 27, 2022.

2023–present: Independence, Out Ur Body Music and The Evolution of The Rose

On February 21, 2023, Skies released "Make A Toast", his final release under Atlantic Records. Skies announced he had left the label via Instagram Live, and subsequently released several singles as an independent artist for the first time since 2017.
Skies is featured on Lyrical Lemonade's debut album All Is Yellow, on the song "This My Life" alongside Lil Tecca and The Kid Laroi. The song charted Number 19 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100, 49 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 20 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart.
Skies released the single "Thousands×THOUSANDS9 February 2024 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1THOUSANDS2:49" on February 9, 2024, marking his first solo release of the year. "Thousands" acted as the lead single to his mixtape Out Ur Body Music×Out Ur Body Music29 March 2024 · Studio album · Mixtape/StreetSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1CALL ME3:002DRANK TALK3:023THOUSANDS2:494DEATH3:045PIVOT3:376MISUNDERSTOOD3:127Runnin Out Of Time2:598CHANGE ON ME3:05. "Death×DEATH8 March 2024 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1DEATH3:04", the second single, dropped on March 8. The eight-track mixtape was released on March 29 and was the first full-length project from Skies since Unbothered (2021).
Since the release of Out Ur Body Music Skies released singles "Runnin Through The Fire" on July 2, "Pain" on July 5 and ended 2024 with "Pull The Trigger×Pull The Trigger6 November 2024 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Pull The Trigger3:38" alongside Masked Wolf on November 6, which featured on his debut album The Devil Wears Prada But God Wears Gucci. Skies also featured on singles "Givenchy×Givenchy1 March 2024 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Givenchy3:21" and "Counter-Strike" with Apel8.
Skies released "High Maintenance" on January 10, 2025, marking his first solo release of the year and in 6 months. Skies featured on "Halo" with Iann Dior as part of his third EP Nothings Ever Good Enough II.
Skies released "2Much 2Fast×2Much 2Fast28 February 2025 · EPSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks12Much 2Fast2:372High Maintenance2:50", featuring Landon Cube, on February 28, 2025, the lead single to his third studio album The Evolution of The Rose×The Evolution of the Rose27 June 2025 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Sick and Tired2:302Burn2:483Ganja2:4842Much 2Fast2:375My Anxiety2:276The Loners2:177Falling Backwards2:068Window Down2:599Bright Side2:2710Xs and Os2:3311Chaos3:0112Wildfire2:3113Renegade1:5414Benjis3:10. The song was produced by John Feldmann He then released "Falling Backwards" on April 11, 2025, the second single to the album also produced by Feldmann and RJ Pasin. Both singles adopted a Pop Rock/Rap sound. Skies took to Instagram to announce the album and it's presale. Skies released The Evolution of The Rose on June 27, 2025. The album featured appearances from Landon Cube and Ravenna Golden.

Personal life

Foose still resides in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. In July 2019, Foose and his longtime girlfriend, Jacey Fugate, had a son, also named Kimetrius. Foose and Fugate got engaged in April 2025.
Foose cites his own song "Red Roses" as his personal favorite song, referring to the musical combination with him and Landon Cube as "epic". He cites Lil Wayne as his biggest music inspiration.
Foose now tries to avoid drugs as much as possible after seeing it negatively impact the lives of his old friends.
In an interview, Skies claims if he was not rapping, he would like to do some "Bear Grylls type, outdoor stuff" and that his favorite hobby is fishing.

Legal issue

Foose was arrested on May 20, 2024, for an alleged hit and run on another vehicle. Foose allegedly sped off after the accident and did not exchange insurance information with the other driver. The inmate records at Franklin County Jail reveal Foose has since been released but the status of his bail and the potential case have yet to be commented on by Foose or the Police Department.