Gustav Elijah Åhr better known as Lil Peep was born in Allentown, November 1, 1996 and died in Tucson, November 15, 2017.

Lil Peep, was an American singer and rapper. His songs "Awful Things", "Benz Truck" "Star Shopping", "Cry baby" "The Way I See Things", "Save That Sh*t" among others gained a lot of fame on SoundCloud and YouTube.

Gustav Åhr was born on November 1, 1996 in Long Island, New York, having grown up in Long Beach. His mother, Liza, was a first-grade teacher on Long Island and has German and Irish ancestry, while the father is of German and Swedish origin.

After leaving Long Beach High School, Åhr began taking online computer courses, earning a degree. Shortly after he started making music under the name "LiL Peep", and posting it on YouTube and SoundCloud, he said to make most of his songs in less than 5 minutes.

Begin(2015-2017)

In 2015, Ahr released his first mixtape, Lil Peep Part One, with some success, generating 4,000 views in the first week. In the same year, he released his first EP Feelz and another mixtape, Live Forever ..

In 2016, Åhr released the two mixtapes that boosted her career: Crybaby in June and Hellboy in September.

In May 2017, the Mineral band accused Åhr of plagiarism, based on the song "Hollywood Dreaming" containing an unlicensed and uncredited sample of the song "LoveLetterTypewriter", taken from the 1998 album Minerals EndSerenading. Åhr said he was just trying to "show some admiration" when using that sample.

Come Over When You're Sober (2017)

On June 2, 2017, Åhr announced her debut album, Come Over When You're Sober via Instagram, with release date of August 11, 2017.

Åhr has announced a Come Over When You're Sober tour to promote her debut album, which began on August 2, 2017, with completion scheduled for November 17, 2017.

On June 8, 2017, Lil Peep released the music video for the song "Benz Truck", filmed and directed by Mezzy, Wiggy and Joseph Breese, with VFX of Sus Boy. Shortly thereafter, on August 18, 2017, he released a music video for the song "Awful Things".

Lil Peep has recorded nine video clips independently for Backseat, Girls, White Wine, Gym Class, Beamerboy, Drugz, Live Forever, California World, "Your Eyes "," Nothing to u "and" White Tee ".

On July 27, 2017 Lil Peep released the music video for "The Brightside," which also serves as the second single from her debut album "Come Over When You're Sober (Part I)."

Lil Peep is described as "SoundCloud rapper", and his musical style as being rap lo-fi and emo-rap. The New York Times defined Åhr as a lo-fi rap for "Kurt Cobain," classifying its music as somber and devilishly melodic.

Åhr's music was influenced by both the Southern rap of the United States and the distressed introspection of the sub-genre of post-hardcore rock.

Åhr's music contains lyrical themes on topics such as suicide, past relationships and drugs. Åhr was described by Steven J. Horowitz, of the online magazine Pitchfork, as "the future of emo music".

His musical influences include Blink-182, Gucci Mane, Future, Riff Raff, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Crystal Castles, Seshollowaterboyz, Rozz Dyliams, My Chemical Romance and Panic! at the Disco.

Their songs used like sample artists like Brand New, Radiohead, Underoath, Avenged Sevenfold, Slayer, The Postal Service, Oasis, and The Microphones.

On February 12, 2018, his friend and DJ Marshmello published Peep's latest contribution to the song, Spotlight, at the request of the late rapper's mother. He was also the greatest / best singer of all of his musical style.

In 2017, Åhr resided in London, being member of the collective Gothboiclique. Previously, he had been a member of Schemaposse.

Åhr played trombone and tuba.

Her favorite holiday was Halloween.

Åhr was known for his usual substance abuse, especially for cocaine addiction, ecstasy, and Xanax, Yaspink something he himself regularly referred to in his lyrics and posts on social networks.

In a post on the Instagram, Åhr proclaimed himself as a "productive junkie," saying "do not use drugs."

He was also quite vocal in the songs he produced about his close relationship with his mother.

He dated actress and singer Bella Thorne.

In August 2017, in his Twitter account, Peep assumed bisexual.

On November 15, 2017, Gustav was found dead on the bus where he was following his tour when one of his businessmen was waking him up for a performance.
The possibility of murder was dismissed, believing that his death would have been the result of an overdose.

It was certified that the cause of death was an accidental overdose due to the combined effects of fentanyl and Xanax. In its toxicology report, the following substances were found: Alprazolam, cocaine, fentanyl, dihydrocodeine, hydromorphone, oxycodone, oxymorphone, tramadol and cannabis.
There was no alcohol in her body.

In a video posted on Instagram hours before he died, Gustav said he had ingested hallucinogenic mushrooms and concentrated marijuana. In another he said he took six Xanax pills, followed by a video where he swallows a white pill and swings pills stored in a jar. One post then had the caption "When I die, you will love me."

Days after her death, a police report revealed that Åhr had taken a nap around 17:45, before a show. Her manager checked Åhr twice and found him sleeping and breathing normally, although he could not wake him up. When he tried to wake him for the third time, Gustav did not respond and appeared not to breathe. A cardiorespiratory resuscitation was attempted, with no success.

Åhr was cremated in New York.

Tributes
Many great artists in the music industry have expressed their condolences to Gustav, including Diplo, Malice, Wiz Khalifa, Pete Wentz, Marshmello, Zane Lowe, A $ AP Nast, Rich Brian, Playboi Carti, Ugly God, Lil Uzi Vert, Bella Thorne, Sam Smith, Lil Pump, Mark Ronson, Trippie Redd, Lil Tracy, Lil Xan and XXXTentacion.

The band Good Charlotte paid their homage by releasing a cover of their most popular song "Awful Things", played at the time of their funeral in New York.

Albums

• Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 1 (2017 ALBUM)
  
• Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2 (2018 ALBUM)

MixTapes

• Lil Peep Part One (2015)
  
• Live Forever (2015)
  
• Crybaby (2016)
  
• Hellboy (2016)

EPs

• Feelz (2015)
  
• Live Forever (2016)
  
• California Girls (with Nedarb Nagrom) (2016)
  
• Teen Romance (2016)
  
• Castles (with Lil Tracy) (2016)
  
• Castles II (with Lil Tracy) (2017)

Singles

• Running Out of Time - R.O.O.T (com P2thegoldmask) (2016)
  
• Witchblades (com Lil Tracy) (2017)
  
• White Whine (com Lil Tracy) (2017)
  
• Kiss (2017)
  
• Honestly (2017)
  
• Girls (com Horsehad) (2017)
  
• Beamer Boy (2017)
  
• Absolute in Doubt (2017)
  
• Benz Truck (2017)
  
• The Brightside (2017)
  
• Nightslayer (com Bexey) (2017)
  
• Avoid (with Wicca Phase Springs and Doves) (2017)

Singles - after death

• Spotlight (com Marshmello) (2018)
  
• 4 Gold Chains (com Clams Cassino) (2018)
  
• Falling Down
  
• Sunlight On Your Skin Lil Peep & ILoveMakonnen
  
• Lil Peep - Cry Alone
  
• Lil Peep - Runaway
  
• Lil Peep & ILoveMakonnen feat. Fall Out Boy – I’ve Been Waiting