![]() įerreira released two EPs, Things That Happen at Day and Things That Happen at Night, in January 2013. Released three months after I Wish My Brother Rob Was Here and was a lot more refined than the mixtape, spending more time crafting it and attempting to stray from the nerdcore lane he had established himself into with his first project. Milo Takes Baths was released on February 2, 2012. According to Ferreira, the project was recorded in his bedroom with gear he got over time and he called the quality of the recordings "rubbish." The mixtape, which title is a reference to Del the Funky Homosapien's I Wish My Brother George Was Here and Ferreira's deceased friend Robert Espinosa. įerreira released his first solo mixtape, I Wish My Brother Rob Was Here, under the Milo name in 2011. In 2010, Nom de Rap released their first joint mixtape, Greatest Hits Vol. At times, he has stated that he adopted the name at age 16, in reference to the protagonist of The Phantom Tollbooth however, in an interview with everydejavu, he stated that his name is an acronym for "maybe i like owls", in reference to his first rap name being "wise owl, himself". įerreira has given multiple explanations for the origin of the stage name Milo. Following high school, he studied philosophy at St. He first began rapping as part of the Kenosha and a Wisconsin hip-hop trio Nom de Rap, which additionally consisted of rappers Nicholas J and AD the Architect. ![]() By the time he got to college, Ferreira had been to 13 different schools. His father was often not home and at work so Ferreira frequented online forums to make friends, often on ProBoards. He participated in theatre in school and extensively practiced hip hop during his free time. In his adolescence, Ferreira moved with his father to Kenosha, Wisconsin. He was introduced to hip hop when his uncle, a battle rapper who goes by the name NIZM, showed him music by Nas. Ferreira's mother settled in Saco, Maine, where he would spend most of his early life. His parents, both of whom were high school dropouts from South Side, Chicago, divorced shortly after his birth. He operates this label from his record store, Soulfolks Records, in Nashville, Tennessee.įerreira was born in Chicago, Illinois, on February 3, 1992. Due to challenges he had faced in the album's rollout, Ferreira subsequently founded his own record label, Ruby Yacht (stylized RBYT). įerreira's debut studio album, A Toothpaste Suburb, was released in September 2014. He was noticed by rappers Busdriver and Open Mike Eagle, later going on his first tour with them and signing to their label, Hellfyre Club. ![]() įerreira received moderate popularity and a cult following after the release of his first two projects, I Wish My Brother Rob Was Here and Milo Takes Baths. Ferreira, formerly Milo (often stylized as milo) and Scallops Hotel, is an American rapper, producer, philosopher and poet from Kenosha, Wisconsin. Rory Allen Philip Ferreira (born February 3, 1992), better known by his stage name R.A.P.
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