$uicideboy$

Biography

Suicideboys (stylized as $uicideboy$) is an American hip-hop duo from New Orleans, Louisiana. Suicideboys were founded in 2013 by cousins Scott "Scrim" Arceneaux Jr. and Aristos "Ruby da Cherry" Petrou. The duo initially rose to popularity on SoundCloud for their abrasive, self-produced beats and harsh lyrical content, as well as their music videos and themes prominently featuring substance abuse and suicidal ideation. They own and operate their own label, G*59 Records, under which all of their music is distributed by The Orchard.
The duo is considered one of the most popular acts in the underground rap scene. After several years of solely releasing EPs and mixtapes, Suicideboys' debut studio album I Want to Die in New Orleans×I Want to Die in New Orleans7 September 2018 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks1King Tulip3:052Bring Out Your Dead1:463Nicotine Patches2:36410,000 Degrees3:095122 Days3:046Phantom Menace2:227Krewe du Vieux (Comedy & Tragedy)1:448War Time All the Time2:269Coma2:1810Long Gone (Save Me From This Hell)2:1911Meet Mr. NICEGUY2:2612Carrollton3:2413Fuck the Industry3:5514I No Longer Fear the Razor Guarding My Heel (IV)7:54 was released on September 7, 2018. It fared well commercially, becoming their first top-ten album on the US Billboard 200. In May 2019, they released their collaborative six-track EP with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker entitled Live Fast, Die Whenever, which also featured Korn guitarist James Shaffer.

Early years and formation

Scott Anthony Arceneaux Jr. was born on April 11, 1989, in Marrero, Louisiana. Arceneaux originally was inspired by T-Pain and Lou Reed to produce music, buying his first laptop which he used to start DJing with money gained from selling drugs. Arceneaux’s passion for DJing extended when he started to attend Delgado Community College, where he was hired to DJ parties. He also worked selling used furniture, getting fired for his new hand tattoos after three years.
Aristos Norman Petrou was born on April 22, 1990, to an American mother and Greek Cypriot father Pavlos Petrou, a former soccer head coach at Mount Carmel Academy who arrived in the country after obtaining an athletic scholarship to the University of New Orleans. Raised in Metairie, Louisiana, Petrou's interest in music began when he was seven, playing violin and then drums when he was ten, eventually joining bands in middle school. Petrou graduated from college in 2013. He worked at his father's restaurant as a waiter, a job he held until 2015. His experience with the punk rock scene continued as he joined the band Vapo-Rats as its drummer; however, disillusioned with the apathy his bandmates showed towards the future of the band, Petrou left in order to pursue his career with Arceneaux.
Petrou and Arceneaux are first cousins and shared a close relationship since childhood. Realizing that both were interested in taking a musical career seriously, and both dissatisfied with the direction of their lives, the two formed Suicideboys, making a pact that if their musical career did not work out, they would both kill themselves. Elaborating on this in an interview with Mass Appeal, Arceneaux states that "it was pretty much like cutting the hand, bleeding, and making a pact that there's no plan B, that if this doesn't happen by the time we're 30, I'm blowing my head off".

2014–2017: Formation and popularity

The duo's first project together, a three-track EP named Kill Yourself Part I: The $uicide $aga, was released in June 2014 on SoundCloud and Bandcamp, attracting attention for their collaboration with notable underground rapper Bones. In the following months, the duo released a further nine iterations of the Kill Yourself series.
After a number of collaboration EPs with fellow underground artist Black Smurf, their first full-length project titled Gray/Grey was released on March 3, 2015.
Suicideboys' underground breakthrough came with the release of 2015 EP $outh $ide $uicide×$outh $ide $uicide1 September 2015 · EPSpotifyYouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks1Cold Turkey3:022Muddy Blunts3:073Runnin’ Thru the 7th with My Woadies3:264Gluttony3:375$outh $ide $uicide2:49, a collaboration with established South Florida rapper Pouya, which thrust the duo into the underground rap spotlight. The duo's first foray onto the mainstream music charts came with the release of Radical $uicide in the summer of 2016. The five-track EP, produced by EDM musician Getter, peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Rap charts.

2018–2020: I Want to Die in New Orleans, alleged separation, Live Fast, Die Whenever, and Grey Day

On September 7, 2018, their debut studio album I Want to Die in New Orleans×I Want to Die in New Orleans7 September 2018 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks1King Tulip3:052Bring Out Your Dead1:463Nicotine Patches2:36410,000 Degrees3:095122 Days3:046Phantom Menace2:227Krewe du Vieux (Comedy & Tragedy)1:448War Time All the Time2:269Coma2:1810Long Gone (Save Me From This Hell)2:1911Meet Mr. NICEGUY2:2612Carrollton3:2413Fuck the Industry3:5514I No Longer Fear the Razor Guarding My Heel (IV)7:54 was released. A statement posted by the duo's official Instagram account stated, "We started recording this album at the beginning of 2017. Initially, we wanted to write about our experiences on the road and express how our lives had become slightly more extravagant."
Suicideboys have gained a cult following in the hip-hop scene, in part due to their niche subject matter involving subjects scarcely seen in rap such as suicidal ideation and depression. As of August 2023, their most viewed music video on YouTube is for their song "Paris×Paris15 September 2016 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Paris1:47", with 184 million views. Their most streamed song on Spotify as of August 2023, is "...And to Those I Love, Thanks for Sticking Around" with 544 million streams. The duo were featured in Billboard's list titled "Billboard Dance's 15 Artists to Watch in 2017".
In late 2018, a rumor arose that the group had broken up following a series of ominous tweets. However, they soon clarified that the tweets were in relation to "personal issues" facing Arceneaux and that they had in fact not broken up.
In May 2019, the group put this rumor to rest with the release of their six-track EP Live Fast, Die Whenever in collaboration with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, and prominently featuring Korn guitarist James Shaffer.
In July 2019, the duo started their first nationwide "Grey Day Tour", with guests Germ, City Morgue, Trash Talk, Denzel Curry, Shoreline Mafia, Night Lovell, Pouya, and Turnstile as openers. The tour started with a show on July 24, 2019, at the WaMu Theater in Seattle, Washington, and ended on August 23, 2019, after a show at the Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California.

2021–present: Long Term Effects of Suffering, Sing Me a Lullaby, My Sweet Temptation, and following success

In August 2021, after a hiatus of over a year during which both became sober, the duo released their second studio album Long Term Effects of Suffering×Long Term Effects of SUFFERING13 August 2021 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks1Degeneration in the Key of A Minor2:082If Self-Destruction Was an Olympic Event, I’d Be Tonya Harding2:233Life Is but a Stream~2:0345 Grand at 8 to 12:505WE ENVY NOTHING IN THE WORLD.2:516Lighting the Flames of My Own Personal Hell1:507New Profile Pic2:088Bleach2:409Forget It3:1910Avalon2:2111Materialism as a Means to an End2:4612Ugliest2:5813The Number You Have Dialed Is Not in Service2:46. The album was received well by their fans while being divisive in general media. Shortly after the release of the album, the duo began the Grey Day Tour 2021 along with other members of G*59, and with other artists, like Slowthai, Turnstile, and Yung Gravy.
In November 2021, the duo was awarded their first RIAA platinum single, as their hit song "...And to Those I Love, Thanks for Sticking Around" reached one million sales.
In July 2022, the third studio album and 47th project from the duo, Sing Me a Lullaby, My Sweet Temptation×Sing Me a Lullaby, My Sweet Temptation27 July 2022 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks1Genesis2:422Matte Black3:583Fucking Your Culture3:1541000 Blunts2:555In Constant Sorrow2:386Escape from BABYLON2:217Ashes of Luxury1:378Resistance Is Useless2:229Eulogy3:4710No Matter Which Direction I'm Going in, I Never Chase These Hoes2:3411$uicideboy$ Were Better in 20152:2312Unlucky Me2:3513THE_EVIL_THAT_MEN_DO2:53, its tracklist and covers were all announced on June 2, 2022, via an Instagram post. On November 27, 2022, the duo alongside fellow G59 member, Germ, announced DirtiestNastiest$uicide, a third and final addition to their DN$ trilogy. They also announced the release date for the EP to be on December 16, 2022. On December 1, 2022, they released a single for the upcoming EP called "My Swisher Sweet, But My Sig Sauer×My Swisher Sweet, But My Sig Sauer2 December 2022 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1My Swisher Sweet, But My Sig Sauer3:47". On December 16, 2022, the duo officially released DirtiestNastiest$uicide to streaming services, and lyric videos to their YouTube. On December 13, 2022, the duo announced a European Tour to go from March 6, 2023, to March 26, 2023. The tour featured other artists, like Ski Mask the Slump God, and other G59 artists, like Germ, Shakewell, and Chetta.
In May 2023, the duo released a series of four YIN YANG TAPES extended play mixtapes. The mixtapes took elements from 90's Memphis rap. The first installation, YIN YANG TAPES: Spring Season (1989–1990), was released on May 5, 2023. The second installment in the series, YIN YANG TAPES: Summer Season (1989–1990), was released on May 12, 2023, featuring Ghostemane on the track "Bloody 98". The third tape, YIN YANG TAPES: Fall Season (1989–1990), was released on May 19, 2023, featuring Freddie Dredd on the track "Provolone & Heroin". The fourth and final tape, YIN YANG TAPES: Winter Season (1989–1990), was released on May 26, 2023. On May 19, 2023, the duo announced the 4th year of their annual tour "Grey Day" to go from August 25, 2023, to October 30, 2023. Grey Day 2023 brings other artists Ramirez, City Morgue, Ghostemane, Freddie Dredd, and Sematary.
On July 27, 2023, the duo announced their single "Kill Yourself (Part IV)×Kill Yourself (Part IV)9 October 2016 · SingleSpotifyYouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track1Kill Yourself (Part IV)1:54" is officially released to streaming platforms. On August 9, 2023, the duo posted an announcement for their upcoming EP I No Longer Fear the Razor Guarding My Heel (V)×I No Longer Fear the Razor Guarding My Heel (V)11 August 2023 · EPSpotifyYouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks1Not Even Ghosts Are This Empty3:002Finding Shelter in My Larynx2:203A Little Trauma Can Be Illuminating, and I'm Shining Like the Sun2:13, which released on August 11, 2023. On December 11, 2023, the duo announced a tour of Australia and New Zealand in March 2024. The tour featured other artists, like Ghostemane, Pouya, Germ and Shakewell. The tour passed through cities such as Auckland, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
On March 11, 2024, the duo announced their fourth album titled New World Depression×New World Depression13 June 2024 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks1Lone Wolf Hysteria1:472Mental Clarity Is a Luxury I Can’t Afford2:253The Thin Grey Line1:464Thorns2:105Misery in Waking Hours3:406Burgundy4:287Transgressions2:178Are You Going to See the Rose in the Vase, or the Dust on the Table2:319All of My Problems Always Involve Me2:0210The Light at the End of the Tunnel for $9.99 a Month2:2011Drag ’Em to the River (Totalitarian remix)3:4712Us Vs. Them3:0513Kill Yourself V1:56, which was released on June 14. On April 3, 2024, the duo announced the fifth year of their annual Grey Day tour, featuring fellow G59 member Shakewell and other artists including Pouya, Denzel Curry, Haarper and Ekkstacy. The tour passed through the United States and Canada.
On April 3, 2025, the duo announced that year's Grey Day tour, including G59 members Night Lovell, Germ, and Chetta, as well as guest artists Bones and Joeyy. It began on August 5, 2025 in West Palm Beach, Florida, and concluded on October 11 in New Orleans. A month later, the duo released the first single from their studio album Thy Kingdom Come×Thy Kingdom Come31 July 2025 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks1COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS4:082Napoleon2:363Oh, What a Wretched Man I Am!2:404Full of Grace (I Refuse to Tend My Own Grave)3:005Chain Breaker2:146Now and at the Hour of Our Death4:157Self-Inflicted1:278GREY+GREY+GREY2:419Carried Away3:4410Monochromatic2:18, titled "Self-Inflicted×Self-Inflicted9 May 2025 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Self-Inflicted1:27". The album was released on August 1, 2025, with the second single "Now and at the Hour of Our Death" featuring Bones, releasing on June 20.
On December 24, 2025, fans of the duo began sharing images through social media of the unannounced project Thy Will Be Done, which released the following day on December 25.
On March 31, 2026, the duo announced that year's Grey Day tour, including G59 member Shakewell, as well as guest artists Destroy Lonely, Shoreline Mafia, Drain, Slim Gucci, and Black Kray.

Side projects

Along with their work in Suicideboys, Petrou and Arceneaux have both released sporadic solo work as well as their collaborations with other artists.
Before Suicideboys, Arceneaux was an aspiring solo hip-hop artist, releasing several mixtapes under the name Scrim. These include Narcotics Anonymous, #DrugFlow and Patron Saint of Everything Totally Fucked, all of which were released before the group's formation in 2014. Arceneaux has also worked as an in-house producer for Universal/Republic, producing several songs for artists, including one song that was commercially successful. In 2020, he released his first solo album since the formation of Suicideboys. The album, A Man Rose from the Dead, received mixed reviews among fans. Starting near the end of 2023 and in to early 2024, Arceneaux released several teasers for a new solo album, often in western styled outifts. Finally, in late January 2024, he unveiled the album, titled Lonely Boy. The release date was set on February 2, and was subsequently released with a track list of 26 song. 2 weeks later on February 16, a deluxe edition of the album was released. This version added 18 more songs for a total of a 44 song track listing.
Petrou has released two solo mixtapes under the name Oddy Nuff da Snow Leopard; The Jefe Tape in 2012 and Pluto in 2014. Pluto contained the first collaboration between Arceneaux and Petrou on a commercial project; Arceneaux was featured on the song Smoke a Sack. In 2023, Petrou released his first solo album in nine years titled tragic love songs to study to [vol. 5], under the persona Duckboy. The album takes a punk rock vibe similar to the tracks he released with his former band Vapo-Rats in the early-2010s. Petrou's second album, existential hymns for the average sigma (vol. 9), was released in December of the same year. He also went on to release a third album on April 18th 2025, titled coping strategies to combat the algorithm.

Controversies

Suicideboys have come under much criticism for their often abrasive and offensive image, including their name, lyrical content, and behavior. Many of their songs contain themes and insinuations of devil worship; however, as Arceneaux states in an interview with No Jumper, their use of Satanic imagery is simply a metonym for the negative effects of money, drugs, and other items that have the potential to manipulate people, and a dislike for organized religion.
In September 2016, record producer Deadmau5 accused the duo of copyright infringement following the success of their song "Antarctica×Antarctica26 January 2016 · SingleSpotifyYouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track1Antarctica2:07" (off of the 2016 mixtape Dark Side of the Clouds×Dark Side of the Clouds3 February 2016 · Studio album · Mixtape/StreetSpotifyYouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks1Paper Bag Mask2:402Cherry P.I.E.2:123praisethedevil1:484Jeffer Drive1:515AM/PM2:056Jon Voight (Live Fast, Die Young)1:077Marlboros & White Widow3:028Golden Calf3:329Aite, Bet.2:0510Grayscale3:3411Antarctica2:0712Novus Ordo Seclorum1:36). The song samples parts of Deadmau5's "I Remember", with Kaskade; the DJ lambasted the duo for this, claiming that Suicideboys were "publicizing other people's intellectual property without consent". The song, which had been out since January and subsequently reached millions of plays on both YouTube and SoundCloud, was taken down by $uicideboy$ on both platforms and no further action was taken. However, in time for their upcoming Grey Day Tour 2021, "Antarctica" was cleared for streaming after nearly four years of being off streaming services in September 2021.

Musical style

The music of Suicideboys varies between different subgenres of rap; while some songs have melancholy tones with lyrical content that focuses on subjects such as depression and suicidal ideation (topics not widely exposed in rap music), others are wildly aggressive, with themes of violence and sexual content. Some of their music is based around life growing up in New Orleans; song titles such as Audubon, Tulane, Elysian Fields and St. Bernard reflect streets and neighborhoods that influenced the lives of Arceneaux and Petrou.
There is a clear Three 6 Mafia influence in much of their music, with many earlier Suicideboys songs using samples from the group's songs, most notably in Mask & Da Glock. While the use of Three 6 Mafia has been met with reservations by some of its former members, particularly Gangsta Boo, it has been embraced by others; founding member Juicy J has been vocal about his support and mentorship of Suicideboys and enlisted the duo to produce his mixtapes Highly Intoxicated and ShutDaF*kUp, featuring artists such as ASAP Rocky, Cardi B, Wiz Khalifa, and XXXTentacion.
A large portion of their music focuses on depression and its symptoms, an angle not often received in mainstream hip-hop; Arceneaux elaborated on this in an interview with Mass Appeal, stating, "A lot of people take it as emo, or depressed music, or negative music... it's really just connecting. It's therapy, through music".
Excluding occasional guest producers and usage of purchased instrumental loops (especially from the website "Big Citi Loops"), the entirety of Suicideboys' discography is self-produced, primarily by Arceneaux under his pseudonym Budd Dwyer (an homage to the politician of the same name). Arceneaux has produced tracks for multiple artists, including Denzel Curry, Dash, and Juicy J; additionally, he states that he once held an in-house deal with Universal/Republic.

Drug addiction

Both Arceneaux and Petrou have struggled with drug addiction. Arceneaux revealed in a No Jumper interview that at one point in his life he would lure people to him on Craigslist in order to rob them just to feed his addiction. Arceneaux states that he has been sober since February 2019 and maintains his sobriety by attending twelve-step programs and therapy sessions. In October 2020, following an intervention by their management, Petrou checked himself into a drug rehabilitation facility and claims to have "remained sober" despite smoking marijuana.

2014

Kill Your$elf Part I: The $uicide $aga
Kill Your$elf Part II: The Black $uede $aga
Kill Your$elf Part III: The Budd Dwyer $aga
Kill Your$elf Part IV: The Trill Clinton $aga
Kill Your$elf Part V: The Fuck Bitche$, Get Death $aga
Kill Your$elf Part VI: The T$unami $aga
Kill Your$elf Part VII: The Fuck God $aga

2015

Kill Your$elf Part VIII: The $eppuku $aga
Kill Your$elf Part IX: The $oul$eek $aga
Kill Your$elf Part X: The Re$urrection $aga
Black $uicide (w/ Black Smurf)
Black $uicide Side B: $uicide Hustle (w/ Black Smurf)
G.R.E.Y.G.O.D.S. (w/ Ramirez)
Grey Sheep
I No Longer Fear the Razor Guarding My Heel
Black $uicide Side C: The Seventh Seal (w/ Black Smurf)
$outh $ide $uicide (w/ Pouya)
I No Longer Fear the Razor Guarding My Heel (II)

2016

G.R.E.Y.G.O.D.S.I.I. (w/ Ramirez)
DirtyNasty$uicide (w/ Germ)
Grey Sheep II
I No Longer Fear the Razor Guarding My Heel (III)

2017

DirtierNastier$uicide (w/ Germ)
Kill Yourself Part XI: The Kingdom Come Saga
Kill Yourself Part XII: The Dark Glacier Saga
Kill Yourself Part XIII: The Atlantis Saga
Kill Yourself Part XIV: The Vulture Saga
Kill Yourself Part XV: The Coast of Ashes Saga
Kill Yourself Part XVI: The Faded Stains Saga
Kill Yourself Part XVII: The Suburban Sacrifice Saga
Kill Yourself Part XVIII: The Fall of Idols Saga
Kill Yourself Part XIX: The Deep End Saga
Kill Yourself Part XX: The Infinity Saga

2019

Live Fast, Die Whenever (w/ Travis Barker)

2023

Yin Yang Tapes: Summer Season (1989–1990)
Yin Yang Tapes: Fall Season (1989–1990)
Yin Yang Tapes: Winter Season (1989–1990)
I No Longer Fear the Razor Guarding My Heel (V)

Mixtapes

Gray/Grey (2015)
7th or St. Tammany (2015)
YungDeathLilLife (2015)
High Tide in the Snake's Nest (2015)
My Liver Will Handle What My Heart Can't (2015)
Now the Moon's Rising (2015)
Dark Side of the Clouds (2016)
Eternal Grey (2016)
Stop Staring at the Shadows (2020)