50 Fun Facts About Lil Peep

Which phrase titles both Lil Peep studio albums, released as two parts in 2017 and 2018?

Come Over When You're Sober first appeared on August 15, 2017, exactly three months before he died. The second part reached the US top five a year later.

In which Arizona city did Lil Peep both play his first live show in 2016 and die on tour in 2017?

Tucson bookended his career: he debuted there with a rap collective in February 2016 and was due on stage there again the night he died.

Who had called Lil Peep by the pet name 'Peep' since he was a baby, inspiring his stage name?

His mother, Liza Womack, used the pet name from infancy. Her initials and birthday later became his first tattoo, inked on his arm when he was 14.

Which Lil Peep single, with a tribute verse by XXXTentacion, became his highest-charting US hit?

Falling Down began as 'Sunlight on Your Skin', a 2017 London demo. XXXTentacion heard a clip of it on YouTube and asked to add a verse before his own death.

Critics often compared Lil Peep to the late frontman of which grunge band?

Nirvana's Kurt Cobain was a comparison Lil Peep welcomed. He said he wanted to become the new Kurt Cobain, and a New York Times critic called him that for lo-fi rap.

A remix of Lil Peep's 'When I Lie' with Ty Dolla Sign appeared on a companion album for which HBO series?

Game of Thrones inspired the 2019 album For the Throne, which set the late rapper alongside SZA, The Weeknd and Travis Scott.

Both of Lil Peep's parents graduated from which university, where his grandfather taught history?

Harvard ran in the family, but he chose another route: he finished high school six months early and left community college to perform.

Which platform, where Lil Peep began posting music in 2013, lent its name to a wave of rappers?

SoundCloud is where he found his audience: a year after posting his first song he had 82,000 followers there.

Which helmeted DJ released 'Spotlight' in 2018 after Lil Peep's family asked him to put the song out?

Marshmello and Lil Peep had discussed working together a week before the rapper died. He had no plans to release the song until that request.

On the day of Lil Peep's memorial in December 2017, his image was projected onto which London landmark?

The Houses of Parliament carried his picture while friends, family and fans gathered across the Atlantic in Long Beach, New York.

Which rapper, formerly Yung Bruh and the son of SWV singer Coko, recorded the Castles EPs with Lil Peep?

Lil Tracy's father is Ishmael Butler of Digable Planets, so both of his parents were recording artists long before the pair teamed up in 2016.

Which band joined Lil Peep's 'I've Been Waiting' after its bassist reached out with condolences?

Fall Out Boy came aboard after the rapper's death because both he and his co-writer were fans. The single became his second-highest US chart entry.

Which Lil Peep mixtape, home to 'Cobain' and 'Girls', shows him in a New Jersey Devils jersey on its cover?

Hellboy is named for the comic-book demon: Lil Peep told GQ he had read the comics and was a fan of the character.

Which Lil Peep single became his first Billboard Hot 100 entry in December 2017, weeks after his death?

Awful Things entered at number 79 after drawing 8.4 million streams in a single week, then dropped off the chart again a week later.

Lil Peep's death was ruled an accidental overdose of the sedative alprazolam and which powerful opioid?

Fentanyl and alprazolam were certified as the cause on December 8, 2017, three weeks after he was found on his tour bus. Tests found no alcohol in his system.

Which storm closed Lil Peep's Long Island high school for several weeks during his junior year?

Hurricane Sandy shut Long Beach High School for weeks. When it reopened, staff went easier on students, and he enjoyed that year more than any before it.

Which former star of the Disney Channel series Shake It Up was dating Lil Peep in September 2017?

Bella Thorne and Lil Peep were seen together shortly after his debut album came out, and she was among the artists who paid tribute when he died.

Which collective, co-founded by Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, did Lil Peep officially join in September 2016?

GothBoiClique took its name from a beat by member Cold Hart. Lil Peep announced he had joined just after releasing his final solo mixtape.

Which 2015 Lil Peep song did he write in his phone's Notes app after an argument with his girlfriend?

Star Shopping drew 20,000 plays in its first 24 hours online. It never reached the Hot 100, yet went on to multi-platinum sales.

Which rapper released a two-song tribute EP to Lil Peep and XXXTentacion in June 2018?

Juice Wrld released the EP, titled Too Soon, one day after XXXTentacion was killed. Its song 'Legends' was later certified platinum.

Lil Peep held citizenship of which European country through his father, letting him settle in London?

Sweden grants citizenship at birth to any child with a Swedish parent, so the American-born rapper carried a second passport.

Which symbol did Lil Peep choose for his first face tattoo, inked below his left eye when he was 18?

A broken heart was his pledge to stay out of ordinary work: he said a tattoo on your face would stop you getting a lot of jobs.

Lil Peep grew up in Long Beach on Long Island, but in which Pennsylvania city was he born?

Allentown was home only briefly: before he turned five, the family moved to Long Beach, New York.

Which 2019 documentary about Lil Peep takes its title from an Instagram post he wrote the day before he died?

Everybody's Everything follows him from a Long Beach childhood to his death at 21. A companion album of the same name was released alongside it.

Which pop-punk band performed a Lil Peep cover at his December 2017 memorial?

Good Charlotte later issued a studio recording of the cover through MDDN Records, three weeks after the service in Long Beach, New York.

Which Atlanta artist made a joint album with Lil Peep in London in 2017?

iLoveMakonnen first played Lil Peep one of his demos in July 2017. The pair went on to write as many as 20 songs together.

Which lead single from Lil Peep's debut album has a Cyrillic subtitle and a video with Russian subtitles?

Benz Truck was filmed partly in Moscow. He had played packed venues in three Russian cities on his first solo tour that spring.

Which June 2016 Lil Peep mixtape, mixed and mastered mostly by the rapper, was finished hours before its release?

Crybaby was recorded in about a month and features members of his Los Angeles crew. It reached streaming services on its fourth anniversary.

Which English band's 2018 single 'Love It If We Made It' includes a tribute to Lil Peep in its second verse?

The 1975 name his death in the verse beside the refugee crisis and internet culture, and a tribute billboard to him appears in the video.

In which Los Angeles district did Lil Peep first live after moving west, drifting in and out of homelessness?

Skid Row was also where he later shared a squat with fellow rappers, often sharing beds, while his mixtapes took off online.

Lil Peep's grandfather, historian John Womack, made his name with a book on which Mexican revolutionary?

Emiliano Zapata was the subject of Womack's National Book Award-nominated study. Letters he wrote to his grandson are read throughout the 2019 documentary.

Under which earlier stage name did Lil Peep start releasing music while living on Long Island in 2013?

Trap Goose gave way to a childhood pet name. Within two years he was among the most popular artists on the platform where he had started out.

Which music publication hailed Lil Peep as 'the future of emo' in a much-debated January 2017 profile?

Pitchfork's headline split readers, some of whom rejected the label, but the profile carried his name well beyond his online following.

Which acclaimed film director was an executive producer on the 2019 documentary about Lil Peep's life?

Terrence Malick shared the credit with Liza Womack and Sarah Stennett. The film reached cinemas on the second anniversary of the rapper's death.

Which major label acquired Lil Peep's archive of unreleased music in 2018 and issued his second album?

Columbia Records took on a deep vault: his prolific work rate meant many songs and whole projects were finished before he died.

At the time of his death, Lil Peep's home was on which London street famous for its Saturday market?

Portobello Road, in Notting Hill, was where he shared a home with his friend and collaborator Bexey after leaving Los Angeles.

Which producer, born Dylan Mullen, worked on both Lil Peep studio albums, finishing the second after his death?

Smokeasac was handed the laptop holding the rapper's GarageBand demos and began mixing them in Northleach, England.

Which Canadian rock band's song 'The Real You' is sampled on Lil Peep's 2017 track 'Witchblades'?

Three Days Grace got the nod because Lil Peep did not want another guitar beat, so producer Bighead went looking for something different.

Which Lil Peep track from his June 2016 mixtape is built on a sample of the Oasis anthem 'Wonderwall'?

Yesterday sits on a tape where nearly every track samples another act, among them Brand New, Modest Mouse and Death Cab for Cutie.

Which Canadian musician says she wrote her song 'Delete Forever' on the night Lil Peep died?

Grimes has said the lyrics came from losing friends to opioid addiction. The song appeared on her 2020 album Miss Anthropocene.

Which producer of Green Day's Dookie and American Idiot worked with Lil Peep on his debut studio album?

Rob Cavallo joined the rapper's first real studio sessions and shares a writing credit on the album's lead single with bassist Juan Alderete.

For which streetwear label, co-founded by A$AP Bari, did Lil Peep model in the final months of his life?

Vlone was one of several fashion breaks that year: he was also invited to the Balmain men's show at Paris Fashion Week and a Moncler show in Milan.

Which band's uncleared sample forced Lil Peep's estate to leave one track off the 2020 reissue of a 2016 mixtape?

Radiohead's 'Climbing Up the Walls' underpins the missing song, so the 2020 streaming version carried only ten of the tape's original eleven tracks.

Which Lil Peep collaborative album, announced by the rapper in 2017, did his estate finally release in 2023?

Diamonds waited six years in the vault. It arrived on September 8, 2023, a week after its only single, 'November'.

Which short-lived collective, featuring Ghostemane and Craig Xen, gave Lil Peep his first live show in 2016?

Schemaposse split up that April, two months after the February show. Lil Peep stayed on good terms with its members and soon found a new Los Angeles crew.

Which 1990s emo band accused Lil Peep in 2017 of sampling their song without permission on 'Hollywood Dreaming'?

Mineral objected to an uncredited sample of 'LoveLetterTypewriter'. Lil Peep answered that he had only meant the borrowing as a show of affection.

Which three-song Lil Peep EP, produced by Fish Narc, was announced a month before his death and released in 2019?

Goth Angel Sinner leaked online in 2018 before its official release on Halloween 2019. All three songs also appear on a compilation issued that year.

Lil Peep's 2016 track 'Cobain' is built on a sample of 'Bad News' by which Mike Kinsella solo project?

Owen is one of many acts sampled on that mixtape, alongside Underoath, Bright Eyes, Modest Mouse and Aphex Twin.

Which posthumous Lil Peep single, premiered by Zane Lowe, came with a video shot in Long Beach back in 2015?

Life Is Beautiful reworks 'Life', a song from his 2015 EP Feelz, with new synths and trap drums. Its lyrics touch on cancer and police brutality.

Which brass instrument did Lil Peep play as a child on Long Island, alongside the much larger tuba?

Trombone and tuba were part of his busy school years in Long Beach, where he was placed in the gifted and talented program in third grade.