Early Life: Beware The Book of Eli Billboard 200 Stokeley
Early Life: Beware The Book of Eli Billboard 200 Stokeley
Early Life: Beware The Book of Eli Billboard 200 Stokeley
God (formerly stylized as $ki Mask "The Slump God"), is an American rapper and songwriter. He
originally collaborated with fellow American rapper XXXTentacion and their collective Members Only,
[8]
and in 2017 released his songs "Catch Me Outside" and "Babywipe", which are both featured on
his mixtape YouWillRegret and certified Gold by the RIAA.[9]
Goulbourne's mixtape, Beware the Book of Eli, was released in May 2018, and peaked at No. 50 on
the Billboard 200 chart.[10][11] On November 18, Goulborne uploaded the cover art for his debut studio
album on his social media, Stokeley, which was released on November 30, 2018.[12]
Contents
1Early life
2Career
3Musical style
4Personal life
o 4.1Controversies
4.1.1Concert incidents
4.1.2Legal issues
5Discography
6References
Early life
Stokeley Clevon Goulbourne was born on April 18, 1996 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is
of Jamaican descent.[13]
Goulbourne grew up listening to Busta Rhymes, Missy Elliott, Wu-Tang Clan, and Lil Wayne, among
other artists. He has said that his parents often played Jamaican music around the house.
Goulbourne's father—a rapper who used the stage name "Sin City"—would often force his son to
focus on writing his own rap music.[14][15] In 2013, Goulbourne was sent to a juvenile detention center
for possession of "around $10 worth of weed", where he met XXXTentacion.[16] The duo became
friends and frequently collaborated on songs after being released from detention.[17]
Career
Following Goulbourne's release from detention, he formed the rap group "Very Rare” with
XXXTentacion and released his first song "Catch Me" on the streaming service SoundCloud.
Goulbourne eventually co-founded XXXTentacion's collective Members Only[9][18] after the release
of Members Only Vol. 1, a collaboration mixtape with XXXTentacion, in 2015. The mixtape would
eventually be followed up with Members Only, Vol 2 and then Members Only, Vol 3 on June 26,
2017.[19][20]
Goulbourne has released multiple singles on the SoundCloud platform including "Catch Me
Outside", "Where's the Blow" featuring Lil Pump, "Stunt!" featuring UnoTheActivist, "Life Is Short",
"Like a Soccer Mom", "Take a Step Back", and "BabyWipe". "Catch Me Outside" used the
instrumental of Missy Elliott's "She's a Bitch". Elliott responded positively to Goulbourne's rendition,
writing, "Oh he rode the heck out of this Fiyahthis my She's a Bit[c]h beat!" on Twitter.[21] The song
would eventually be certified Gold.[22] Goulbourne has performed twice at the Rolling Loud Festival[23]
[24]
and has released songs with other artists including Offset,[25] Lil Yachty, A$AP Ferg,[26] Lil Peep,
[27]
Desiigner,[28] and Denzel Curry.[29] Goulbourne has also collaborated with artists from the 88Rising
label including the Higher Brothers and Keith Ape.[30] Goulbourne also worked with Timbaland, which
he has previously said was his favorite producer.[31]
In May 2016, Goulbourne released his first mixtape Drown in Designer, which included the songs
"Take a Step Back", which was later certified Gold,[32][33] and "Where's the Blow".[30] In June 2017,
Goulbourne released his debut commercial mixtape You Will Regret under Victor Victor
Worldwide and Republic Records.[34][35] In May 2018, Goulbourne released his third mixtape Beware
the Book of Eli, which featured the single "DoIHaveTheSause?". In June that same year, he was
named one of XXL's "2018 Freshman Class".[36]
On November 30, 2018, Goulbourne released his debut studio album, Stokeley, which includes the
songs "Faucet Failure" and "Nuketown" featuring Juice Wrld.[37] The album peaked at number 6 on
the Billboard 200 chart.[38]