ZUM TOD DES US-AMERIKANISCHEN EMO-RAPPERS LIL PEEP

18.11.2017 Der am 1. November 1996 in Long Beach (New York) geborene US-amerikanische Rapper Lil Peep (Bild; bürgerlich Gustav Åhr) ist am 15. November 2017 in Tucson (Arizona) gestorben.

Foto: Miller Rodríguez (Pretty Puke), First Access Entertainment Limited, 2016 - CC BY-SA 3.0 - Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lil_Peep_in_2016_by_Miller_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(portrait_crop).jpg

Ascendant New York rapper blended emo with hip-hop in songs that racked up millions of views online

Lil Peep, the New York rapper who mixed guitar-driven emo and rap production on mixtapes that gained millions of plays on SoundCloud, died Wednesday night at age 21.

Elias Leight

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/rising-rapper-lil-peep-dead-at-21-w511934

Lil Peep, an emerging singer, rapper and YouTube star whose debut full-length album dropped in recent months, has died. The Long Beach, New York-raised emo/hip-hop artist (real name Gustav Åhr) was just 21 years of age.

Lars Brandle

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/8038492/lil-peep-obit

Lil Peep, Rapper Who Blended Hip-Hop and Emo, Is Dead at 21

Lil Peep, who over the last two years emerged as one of pop music's brightest and most promising young talents, blending the urgency and dexterity of contemporary hip-hop with the raw, serrated sentimentality of emo, died on Wednesday night in Tucson.

Jon Caramanica

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/obituaries/lil-peep-dead.html

The death of Lil Peep: how the US prescription drug epidemic is changing hip-hop

This week, rapper Lil Peep died of a suspected overdose. Hip-hop has always been open about recreational drug use - but how did constant references to depression and prescription painkillers move into the mainstream?

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/16/death-lil-peep-us-prescription-drugs-epidemic-hip-hop-rapper

Der Kurt Cobain seiner Generation

Er galt als Zukunft des Pop. Nun ist der Emo-Rapper Lil Peep an einer Überdosis gestorben - im Alter von 21 Jahren.

Benedikt Sartorius

https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/pop-und-jazz/der-kurt-cobain-seiner-generation/story/19408517

Emo-Rapper Lil Peep ist tot

Seine Karriere hatte gerade erst begonnen: Lil Peep rappte über Einsamkeit und Drogen. Mit seinem Emo-Hip-Hop wurde der US-Musiker zum Mode- und Teenie-Idol.

http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/lil-peep-aufsteigender-emo-rapper-stirbt-mit-21-jahren-a-1178246.html

Audios / Videos:

Hear Lil Peep on Soundcloud:

https://soundcloud.com/lil_peep/nineteen-prod-smokeasac

Lil Peep - Crybaby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=ZzdtFiq36XI

Lil Peep - Kiss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0v0x1aihdo

lil peep - benz truck (prod. smokeasac)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=3rkJ3L5Ce80

Lil Peep - BeamerBoy (Official Music Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKalQrHXayI