Rory Ferreira (born February 3, 1992), better known by his stage name Milo (often stylized as milo), is an American rapper and producer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He often collaborates with Busdriver, Open Mike Eagle and Hemlock Ernst among others. He has been a member of the Hellfyre Club collective.
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Early life
Ferreira was born in Chicago, Illinois to parents under 21 who were high school dropouts. Shortly after his birth, he moved to Saco, Maine, where he would spend most of his early life. Here, at age 12, he was introduced to hip hop through his uncle, who showed him Nas. For high school, Ferreira moved with his father to Kenosha, Wisconsin. He participated in theatre in school and was always working on hip hop out of school. By the time he got to college, Milo had been to 13 different schools. He first began rapping as part of the Kenosha and a Wisconsin hip-hop trio Nom de Rap, which additionally consisted of rappers Nicholas J and AD the Architect. Following high school, he attended St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin for Philosophy, before he dropped out to pursue a music career. Ferreira is a vegetarian.
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Musical career
In 2010, Nom de Rap released their first joint mixtape, Greatest Hits Vol. 1.
Milo released his first solo mixtape, I Wish My Brother Rob Was Here in 2011. Milo Takes Baths was released in 2012. The song "Kenosha, WI" was published by Johns Hopkins University Press in a 2012 issue of the journal Postmodern Culture.
Milo released two EPs, Things That Happen at Day and Things That Happen at Night, in January 2013. The Cavalcade mixtape followed in July 2013. In November 2013, he appeared on Hellfyre Club's compilation Dorner vs. Tookie. He released Poplar Grove (or How to Rap with a Hammer) under the moniker Scallops Hotel in November 2013. His first official album, A Toothpaste Suburb, was released on Hellfyre Club on September 23, 2014. In 2015, he released So the Flies Don't Come, which was entirely produced by Kenny Segal.
Name
Milo has said he came up with his name at age 16 after reading the book The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, although in a separate interview with everydejavu he states that his name is an acronym for "maybe i like owls", in reference to his first rap name being "wise owl, himself".
Discography
Albums
- A Toothpaste Suburb (2014)
- Plain Speaking (2015) (as Scallops Hotel)
- So the Flies Don't Come (2015)
- Too Much of Life Is Mood (2016) (as Scallops Hotel)
- Who Told You To Think??!!?!?!?! (2017)
Mixtapes
- Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (2010) (with Nicholas J and AD the Architect, as Nom de Rap)
- I Wish My Brother Rob Was Here (2011)
- Milo Takes Baths (2012)
- Cavalcade (2013)
- Over the Carnage Rose a Voice Prophetic (2017) (as Scallops Hotel)
- Sovereign Nose of (Y)our Arrogant Face (2018) (as Scallops Hotel)
EPs
- Things That Happen at Day (2013)
- Things That Happen at Night (2013)
- Poplar Grove (or How to Rap with a Hammer) (2013) (as Scallops Hotel)
- Boyle and Piles (2014) (with Safari Al, as Red Wall)
Singles
- "Concerning the Dream Tigers I Have Seen (for Borges)" (2012)
- "This Can't Be the Place (Evil Doer Melody)" (2013)
Guest appearances
- Nicholas J - "Sound Advice" from Demolition Mixtape (2010)
- Open Mike Eagle - "Boss Fight" from Rent Party Extension (2012)
- Mantras - "Villain" from Easy, Hogarth (2013)
- Nedarb Nagrom - "Weirdos" from Warm Lettuce (2013)
- The Wilde - "Greatest Fear" from Urban Alien Nation (2013)
- Tera Melos - "Snake Lake (Busdriver Remix)" from X'ed Out Remixes (2013)
- Anderson .Paak - "Heart of Gold (Chain)" from Cover Art (2013)
- Kool A.D. - "Pass the Milk" from Not O.K. (2013) (track appears as "In Gaol" on A Toothpaste Suburb)
- Iglooghost - "Frenchopen" from Treetunnels (2014) (milo's verse also appears in "Thatness and Whatness" on A Toothpaste Suburb)
- WC Tank - "reconsidering" from almost forever (2014)
- Busdriver - "king cookie faced(for Hellfyre) (Greyhat Remix)" (2014)
- Open Mike Eagle - "Trickeration" from A Special Episode Of (2015)
- Prefuse 73 - "140 Jabs Interlude" from Rivington Não Rio (2015)
- Kiings - "Garden" from Wwydf (2015)
- Botany - "Au Revoir" and "No Translator" from Dimming Awe, the Light Is Raw (2015)
- Busdriver - "Worlds to Run" from Thumbs (2015)
- Elos - "Not the Best" from Limit Break (2016)
- Willie Green - "The Mental Wizard" from Doc Savage (2016)
- Q The Sun - "On the Way to Something Else" (2016)
- R. Bravery - "One-Hundred Black Kites" from HAMAON (2016) (as Scallops Hotel)
- Blu & Fa+e - "Oblivia" from Open Your Optics to Optimism (2016)
- Sixo - "Random Awakening" from The Odds of Free Will (2017)
Compilation appearances
- "All Pastel Everything" and "Manchester" from Dorner vs. Tookie (2013)
- "You Are Safe Now" from Mandala Vol. 1, Polysonic Flows (2014)
- "1 of Mine" and "Building Gray" from Catcher of the Fade (2015)
- "milo Speaks" from Arte Para Todos 2016 (2016) (a short segment of an interview with Rory Ferreira)
References
External links
- Official website
- Milo discography at Discogs
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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