Bones (rapper)

Bones
Birth name Elmo Kennedy O'Connor
Born (1994-01-11) January 11, 1994
Howell, Michigan
Origin Muir, California
Genres Hip hop
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2010–present
Labels TeamSesh[1]
Associated acts Seshollowaterboyz
Website www.teamsesh.com

Elmo Kennedy O'Connor,[2] (born January 11, 1994) known professionally as Bones, is an American rapper from Howell, Michigan.[3] He is notable for the frenetic pace at which he releases new music, including over 40 mixtapes[4][5] and 88 music videos since 2011, and his resistance to signing with a major record label or charging money for his music despite significant popularity and label interest.[3][6]

Life and career

Personal life

Elmo Kennedy O'Connor was born to a mother who designed clothing and a father who was a web designer. His grandfather was actor Robert Culp. His family lived in Muir Beach California, before moving to New York. When O'Connor was 11 years old, his family moved to Howell, Michigan. When he was 16, he dropped out of high school and moved to Los Angeles where his brother, Elliott, had already been living.[3]

Musical career

He has collaborated on three tracks with Raider Klan member Eddy Baker, including “High”, “Delinquents”, and “PayPal” off of Bones's albums Saturn (2013), Creep (2013), and Garbage (2014). Bones also performs and collaborates often with former Raider Klan members Xavier Wulf and Chris Travis. Bones is 1 of the 4 members in the collective Seshollowaterboyz, which consists of Him (Bones), Xavier Wulf, Chris Travis, and Eddy Baker.[7][8]

In 2014, Bones self-released 5 mixtapes through his label TeamSesh, including Garbage, which received coverage and critical acclaim from notable publications including The Fader, Pigeons & Planes, and RESPECT.[9][10][11]

Bones headlined a sold out show at the House of Blues in Los Angeles on March 4, 2015.[12][13][14] and opened for Shlohmo at The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles on May 7, 2015.[15]

The hook from Bones' song "Dirt" was featured in ASAP Rocky's "Canal St." on the 2015 At. Long. Last. ASAP album.[16][17]

On September 17, 2015, Bones performed "Canal St." with ASAP Rocky on the Jimmy Kimmel Live! show but was cut from the TV broadcast. Videos of the performance were made available online.[18][19]

Major label interest

Bones and his manager Elliott O’Connor, who is also his brother, have both stated that major labels have shown interest in signing him but he has declined up to this point. According to Max Bell of LA Weekly, "interested labels wanted him to be their 'white rapper,' an artist along the lines of Mac Miller and Machine Gun Kelly. But Bones wasn't interested in being remade.”[3]

Musical style

Bones has been compared to Yung Lean, who is known for his cloud rap style in which the beats are ethereal and rappers are emotional and sincere, rather than "completely macho". However, Bones has been described as "not a cloud rapper", as having his own very personal style, hence why when his music is downloaded, the genre in the files is "Sesh", implying his style is a completely new subgenre of rap. Bones has mixed different styles of rap music to his songs, he has made dark-tone as well as more 'metal' influenced rap music; however he claims that all his songs are just one genre.[6][8]

Discography

Albums

as Th@ Kid
as Bones
as Surrenderdorothy

Singles

as Bones
as Surrenderdorothy
as OREGONTRAIL
as Ricky a Go Go

Extended plays

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Artist(s) Album
"Everything" 2013 Mr. Sisco Smoke Mix '94
"Living in '93" Grandmilly BVNDVNVZ II
"Graveyard Shift" Roy, Wierdough Beach$ideGoon
"MAPLE $YRUP" 2014 $uicideboy$ The $uicide $aga
"Canal St." 2015 A$AP Rocky AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP
"We Up" 2016 Chris Travis The Ruined
"Last Time I Checked" 2017 RiFF RAFF, DJ Afterthought Aquaberry Aquarius
"Everything You Said" Chris Travis Forgive Me

References

  1. ↑ "TeamSESH - CDs and Vinyl at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
  2. ↑ "Inside Game: Bones and the weird world of internet rap". San Antonio Current. June 10, 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "L.A. Rapper Bones Has Some of the Eeriest Videos in the Music Business, and a Sound All His Own". LA Weekly. January 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
  4. ↑ "BONES aka "Th@ Kid" Complete Discography (All Albums, Mixtapes, Etc.) FREE DOWNLOAD". Blogspot. June 10, 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
  5. ↑ "How Bones Built A Cult Rap Community". The FADER. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  6. 1 2 "RECRUITED: Bones". The Masked Gorilla. January 20, 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
  7. ↑ "Inside Game: Bones and the weird world of internet rap". San Antonio Current. June 10, 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
  8. 1 2 "Delving Past Yung Lean and Deeper Into The World of Sad Rap". August 1, 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
  9. ↑ "Download LA-via-Michigan Rapper Bones' Massive Garbage Mixtape". June 9, 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
  10. ↑ "The Bizarrely Lo-Fi VHS World of Los Angeles Rapper Bones". May 13, 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
  11. ↑ "ALBUM DOWNLOAD: BONES – GARBAGE". June 13, 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
  12. ↑ "Th@ Kid - soldouthouseofbluesagain thankyoubrothersandsisters". Facebook. March 5, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Elliott O'Connor - Twitter". Twitter. March 5, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Elliott O'Connor - Twitter". Twitter. March 5, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Shlohmo - Twitter". Twitter. March 6, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  16. ↑ "11 Intriguing Appearances On At.Long.Last.A$AP". Stereogum. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
  17. ↑ Rose Lilah (May 29, 2015). "ASAP Rocky Speaks On ASAP Yams' Contributions To "A.L.L.A."". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
  18. ↑ Strauss, Matthew (September 18, 2015). "A$AP Rocky Performs "Electric Body" With Schoolboy Q, "Canal St." With Bones on "Kimmel"". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
  19. ↑ Montes, Patrick (September 2015). "A$AP Rocky Brings Out Bones for ‘Jimmy Kimmel’ Performance". Hypetrak. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
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