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In a abbreviated magnitude of time, Toosii (pronounced ‘too-see,’ “like the fig 2 and the missive C,” helium says successful a video) has go 1 of the hottest rappers successful the game. The prolific 23-year-old rapper has released a fistful of mixtapes, astir arsenic galore EPs, and 2 workplace albums (2020’s Poetic Pain peaked astatine No. 17 connected the Billboard 200 chart) portion besides scoring his archetypal top-10 deed with 2023’s “Favorite Song.” At the commencement of 2022, helium crossed implicit the billion streams mark.
“It’s a bully feeling,” helium told Revolt of the accomplishment. “I don’t know, bro, I beryllium taking each time 1 measurement astatine a time. But, it’s brainsick due to the fact that I tin retrieve being an upcoming creator and ain’t cipher cognize who I was. So, for maine to person a cardinal streams is similar alright bet, I’m doing something.”
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Toosii has experienced immoderate greater mainstream occurrence acknowledgment to his opus “Favorite Song.” His erstwhile releases – “Sapiosexual,” “Love Is…” “Head Over Hills” – person built up a buzz, but “Favorite Song” tin beryllium considered his breakthrough. He performed the opus connected The Tonight Show successful April and is scheduled to execute it connected the play 23 finale of The Voice.
Before each that goes down, here’s what you request to cognize astir Toosii.
Toosii Considers Himself The Best Of Both Worlds…
Toosii was calved successful Syracuse, New York, and helium lived determination until helium was a teenager. He relocated to Raleigh, North Carolina, which offered a implicit alteration of gait compared to the Upstate New York city. However, helium seems to person blended the 2 antithetic vibes to make his chiseled style. I see myself to beryllium the Arnold Palmer of hip-hop, a premix of some cities,” helium told American Songwriter in 2023, referring to the portion made of lemonade and iced tea. “New York is simply a small spot much fast-paced and surviving down South is simply a small spot slower. So that’s wherever the premix comes in.”
“Honestly, increasing up successful Syracuse, determination wasn’t truly overmuch around,” helium said to Flaunt. “Small town, everybody knows everybody. Everybody thinks it’s the suburbs, but truly it’s 1 of the worst parts of New York. It was accelerated surviving and cipher to look up to. Till this day, it’s inactive the aforesaid way.”
…In More Ways Than One.
“I perceive to state euphony successful my escaped time,” Toosii told American Songwriter when asked astir however he’s been capable to span rap with Southern trap and state music. “I perceive to a fewer state artists, similar Tim McGraw. And akin to state songs, I constitute astir emotion and heartbreak too.”
When asked astir however he’s been capable to beryllium truthful prolific, helium said it’s due to the fact that he’s not moving with immoderate unit to conform to what helium “should” oregon “should not” make. “I would accidental being capable to measurement successful my ain lane. Musically, I tin make immoderate I want. I americium having amusive with it and not truly trying to impressment anyone. Just surviving my truth.
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His First Love Was Music.
“When I moved to North Carolina, I fell successful emotion with music,” helium told Flaunt. “I truly started paying attraction to it. Things yet started settling down, and I was inactive going done stuff, truthful I utilized euphony arsenic a mode to header with everything I was going through.”
Toosii told American Songwriter that helium “first recovered euphony erstwhile I was astir thirteen. Music was a coping mechanism. I utilized to constitute songs successful my closet. I would fastener myself successful determination and conscionable get distant from the satellite and constitute successful the acheronian erstwhile I was going done stuff.”
He Was Homeless At One Point.
Like galore Americans today, Toosii and his household were faced with economical uncertainty and near without a home. “Shoot, 3 oregon 4 years ago,” helium said to Flaunt when discussing the situation. “We were sleeping retired of a motel. When my ma was capable to get backmost connected her feet. My household stopped struggling 2 years ago. Even then, everybody did what they had to do, played their parts truthful we could unrecorded a amended lifestyle. At this point, cipher has to inquire for anything.”
“I utilized to beryllium homeless,” helium tweeted successful April 2020. “I cognize however it feel. I ain’t ever person wealth that could’ve been my grandad, I conscionable privation idiosyncratic would’ve looked retired for him the mode I looked retired for OG.”
I utilized to beryllium homeless. I cognize however it feel. I ain’t ever person wealth that could’ve been my grandad, I conscionable privation idiosyncratic would’ve looked retired for him the mode I looked retired for OG. https://t.co/M1oLtYXXS6
— Toosii (@toosii2x) August 17, 2020
In 2021, helium made headlines for paying kindness forward. While driving around, helium spotted a antheral with a cardboard motion connected the broadside of the roadworthy portion it rained (per HipHopDX). Toosii pulled implicit and gave the antheral a yellowish puffer overgarment from Drake’s authoritative Nike sub-brand NOCTA. At 1 point, the overgarment was going for implicit $1600 connected StockX (as of May 2023, it was down to a much “reasonable” terms of $774.)
Confidence And Gratitude Are His Guides
“Honestly, man, I kinda ever knew I was going to beryllium wherever I americium today,” helium told RapTV successful April 2022, a twelvemonth earlier helium adjacent blew up with his “Favorite Song” hit. “I consciousness similar that is what is truthful peculiar astir my communicative and the mode everything happened. It was similar it was each written successful stone. Before anybody other knew astir it, I knew astir it. You know, I gave up everything to beryllium wherever I’m astatine today. So, I ever knew it was gonna happen. It was conscionable astir erstwhile was it going to happen….Staying diligent was the biggest thing. When I had seen you, and I was like, ‘I’m conscionable livin’ life,’ honestly, I’m conscionable livin’ what is already acceptable successful chromatic bro. Ain’t thing other changed, you know? I’m conscionable livin’ what is acceptable successful stone. I’m livin’ life. I’m conscionable here, having a bully time.”
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