$UICIDEBOY$
ON SALE FRI 31 MAR, 9AM
Aiken Promotions presents
$UICIDEBOY$
plus support
_ Main Venue _
New Orleans duo $uicdeboy$ bring their live show to Whelans, Dublin on 19 June 2017.
$uicideboy$ is a duo consisting of two cousins, Ruby da Cherry and Slick Sloth. Both members tackle all aspects of multimedia including beat production, sound engineering, video production, merch design and visual artwork.
$uicideboy$ combined their talents in 2014, but the pair were already well-acquainted. The cousins grew up together, white kids in black neighbourhoods on the east and west banks of the Crescent City. However, they initially veered down different paths. Ruby (aka Suicide Leopard) dabbled in punk rock, influenced by the Misfits, Minor Threat, and Leftover Crack. Meanwhile, $lick (aka Suicide Christ) was a DJ and songwriter. Once they joined forces, the result was a dark blend of horrorcore glitch-trap bubbling with booming bass, ominous atmospherics, and occultish, drugged-out rhymes.
Signed to G59 Records, the Boy$ released the ambitious ten-part series, Kill Your$elf. With titles like The $uicide $aga, The $eppuku $aga, and Re$urrection, $uicideboy$ layered their twisted raps over short tracks, releasing additional EPs like Black $uicide (with Black Smurf), Grey Sheep, G.R.E.Y.G.O.D.S., and My Liver Will Handle What My Heart Can’t in 2015. By 2016, with SXSW and international shows under their belts, the recordings continued, notching nearly 30 full efforts within two years. Radical $uicide, their 29th release, arrived in the summer of 2016. The five-track EP produced by Getter peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Rap charts.