Ethereal (musician)

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Ethereal
Birth nameObie Rudolph
Also known asEthereal
Born (1989-07-10) July 10, 1989 (age 35) [1]
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • songwriter
  • record producer
Years active2010s–present
Labels Awful Records

Obie Rudolph [2] (born July 10, 1989), known professionally as Ethereal, is an American rapper and record producer from Atlanta, Georgia signed to Awful Records. He is known as an early collaborator of American rapper Playboi Carti who credits him with helping the development of his sound. [3] [4] [5]

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Early life

Obie Rudolph was born July 10, 1989 in Atlanta, Georgia. The rapper and producer was born with sacral agenesis, a birth defect that affects the development of the spine. Rudolph is disabled and uses a wheelchair. [3]

Career

Career beginnings

In an interview with The Fader, Ethereal stated that his interest in making music began at the age of 16. He was influenced to create music by many of his friends around him who wanted to pursue rapping. When he was around 18, he wanted to choose a name for himself after he decided to take music seriously. Looking through a dictionary, he found the word "Ethereal" choosing it as his moniker. Ethereal explained he chose the name because “it resonated with [him], and it just kind of became who [he is].” [6] Ethereal's first EPs include a mix of the genres jungle and drum and bass. [7]

Awful Records and record production

Around 2013, Ethereal met American rapper Playboi Carti through a mutual friend. Ethereal would later collaborate with Carti helping him develop his sound. [4] [8] His earliest collaboration with Playboi Carti was in 2014 with a song titled, "iknowuknow", on Cactus Jack. In 2015, he produced more tracks including "Beef" with Playboi Carti. [9]

In September 2016, he released a collaboration EP with American rapper Archibald Slim titled Slum Beautiful. [10] In 2016, he produced a Playboi Carti freestyle named "Pump Fake!” The title being a reference to a pump fake, a basketball move. In December 2016, Ethereal and Playboi Carti released a single titled "Lemme Know". [8]

Ethereal met American musician Faye Webster and later helped her sign with Awful Records in 2017. [11] [12]

In 2018, a remix to "Beef", the song produced by Ethereal was released by American rapper Flo Milli titled "Beef FloMix". [13] The song would go viral on TikTok in early 2019 becoming Flo Milli's breakout hit.

Discography

Albums

Mixtapes

Extended Plays

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References

  1. ↑ "Ethereal Is Perfectly In Tune With Himself". The Fader . 10 May 2017. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  2. ↑ "Download Ethereal's Cactus Jack, on the Unstoppable Awful Records". The FADER. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  3. 1 2 "Awful Records' Ethereal Carves His Own Identity On "They Say"". HotNewHipHop . 10 May 2018. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  4. 1 2 "10 Things You Didn't Know About Playboi Carti". Complex . Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  5. ↑ Dazed (2018-06-04). "Playboi Carti is a modern punk icon". Dazed. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  6. ↑ "Ethereal Is Perfectly In Tune With Himself". The FADER. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  7. ↑ Kelly, Chris (2014-11-20). "Meet Awful Records: The Atlanta rap clique that won 2014 - Page 3 of 14". Fact Magazine. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  8. 1 2 "Playboi Carti and Ethereal Live It Up on "Lemme Know"". XXL . 27 December 2016. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  9. ↑ Beef (feat. Playboi Carti) - Single by Ethereal on Apple Music, 2015-09-16, retrieved 2024-03-23
  10. ↑ "Listen to Archibald SLIM and Ethereal's New EP 'Slum Beautiful'". XXL . 12 December 2016. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  11. ↑ b.dunklau (2021-06-25). "Faye Webster Releases 'I Know I'm Funny haha'". Secretly Canadian. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  12. ↑ Fisher, Gus (2019-02-15). "How Awful Records Made Its Mark On Atlanta Hip-Hop". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  13. ↑ Beef FloMix - Single by Flo Milli on Apple Music, 2019-06-10, retrieved 2024-03-23


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