Jazz Ishmael Butler (born October 3, 1995), known professionally as Lil Tracy and formerly Yung Bruh, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Butler is best known for his collaborations with the late rapper Lil Peep, specifically "Awful Things", which peaked at 79 on the Billboard Hot 100, and for being a prominent member of the "SoundCloud rap" and underground rap scene. He is the son of Coko, a member of the girl group SWV, and Ishmael Butler of the Digable Planets.
Early life Jazz Butler was born on October 3, 1995, in Teaneck, New Jersey, to Ishmael Butler of Digable Planets and Cheryl Gamble, known professionally as "Coko" from SWV. When talking about growing up in Virginia Beach, Butler said "it sucked but I love it." He grew up listening to punk rock music and Southern hip-hop artists who inspired him to make music. Butler's parents split up when he was young and he would spend time between his mother and father's homes. Butler lived in Seattle, Washington during his adolescent years and attended McClure Middle School and Garfield High School, and chose to be homeless at age 17.
Career 2012–2016: Career beginnings Butler started to make music when he was 15 before moving to Los Angeles at 18 (without alerting his parents) to focus more on his music career and due to being homeless. Butler originally started rapping under the name "Yung Bruh", releasing several mixtapes under the Thraxxhouse collective. Some members of Thraxxhouse, including Tracy eventually started their own group, the collective GothBoiClique. Through the group, Butler met New York rapper Lil Peep, the two quickly collaborated on the song "White Tee" from Peep's Crybaby mixtape, which gathered attention through the hip-hop underground. He also released a single "Overdose", which escalated his career further.
2017: Tracys Manga, XOXO, and Life of a Popstar In mid-2016, Butler changed his stage name from Yung Bruh to Lil Tracy due to discovering that there was already another artist using the "Yung Bruh" moniker. Under his new name he released his long-awaited mixtape Tracy's Manga on February 1, 2017. Butler went on to release XOXO two months later on April 3. Butler was featured on the single "Awful Things" from Lil Peep's debut album Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 1 and it peaked at number 79 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Butler released Life of a Popstar on July 31, 2017.
2018–2019: Designer Talk, Sinner, and Anarchy In 2018, Lil Tracy released two EPs: Designer Talk on October 5 and long-awaited Sinner on November 2. Lil Tracy released his debut album, Anarchy, on September 20, 2019, with two singles "Bad For You" and "Beautiful Nightmare" promoting it. Additional the music video for "Shame" released the same day on his YouTube channel. The album is dedicated to his late friend and frequent collaborator Lil Peep. The tracklist was later updated due the song "I Love My Fans" having been omitted on the first release, although it was listed on the album back cover.
2020–present: Designer Talk 2, Saturn Child, and Babyvamp On November 13, 2020, Lil Tracy released his second album, Designer Talk 2.
On June 3, 2022, Lil Tracy released his third album, Saturn Child.
On February 28, 2025, Lil Tracy released his fourth album, Babyvamp.
Discography Albums TitleAlbum detailse m o c e a n(as lil Tracy) Released: October 15, 2014 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingAnarchy Released: September 20, 2019 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingDesigner Talk 2 Released: November 13, 2020 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingSaturn Child Released: June 3, 2022 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingBabyvamp Released: February 28, 2025 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming
Mixtapes TitleMixtape detailsCascadia Vibes(as Persian Dolphin) Released: October 1, 2013 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingInformation(as 1995 REBEL) Released: December 13, 2013 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingIndigo Soul(as Yung Bruh) Released: May 27, 2014 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingAsaku's Forest(as asakufox) Released: July 11, 2014 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingElegantangel(as Yung Bruh) Released: January 4, 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingWhen Angels Cry (Death Has Wings)(as Yung Bruh) Released: March 22, 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingu,_u(as Yung Bruh) Released: July 4, 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingHeaven's Witch *eternal spells* Released: September 25, 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingWine AMI Released: November 24, 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming757 Virginia Hood Nightmares (The Unknown Story) Released: May 2, 2016 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingMoonstones(as Yung Bruh) Released: Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingTracy's Manga Released: February 1, 2017 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingXOXO Released: March 31, 2017 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingLife of a Popstar Released: July 31, 2017 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming
Extended plays TitleExtended play detailsDepression(as Yung Bruh) Released: July 2014 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingIcy Robitussin(as Yung Bruh) Released: July 25, 2014 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingGucci Chastity Belt(as Yung Bruh) Released: 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingKim K & Kanye Released: June 10, 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingTracy World EP(as Yung Bruh) Released: January 7, 2016 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingVampire Spending Money Released: January 20, 2016 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingDesire(as Sicko Tracy) Released: April 27, 2016 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingCastles(with Lil Peep) Released: July 4, 2016 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingCastles II(with Lil Peep) Released: February 6, 2017 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingFly Away(with Lil Raven) Released: February 23, 2017 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingHollywood High(with Mackned) Released: August 26, 2017 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingDesigner Talk Released: October 5, 2018 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingSinner Released: November 2, 2018 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingPray(with Drippin So Pretty) Released: January 20, 2023 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingUnder Your Spell(with Horse Head and Nedarb Nagrom) Released: June 2, 2023 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingVillain Released: September 11, 2025 Re-Released: November 24, 2025 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming
Compilation albums TitleCompilation album detailsS Q U A R E P A N D A S Released: September 13, 2014 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingAngels Get High Too Released: June 5, 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingVintage LSD Compilation(as Yung Bruh) Released: August 19, 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingFree Tracy! Campaign Released: February 4, 2016 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingATS001 Released: April 24, 2016 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingTracy's World Released: May 29, 2020 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming
Charted singles + List of singles, with showing year released, peak chart positions and album nameTitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum US CAN CZE "Awful Things"2017795828 RIAA: 2× Platinum ARIA: Gold BPI: Silver RMNZ: GoldCome Over When You're Sober, Pt. 1
Other charted and certified songs + List of other charted and certified songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album nameTitleYear Peak chart positionsCertifications Album NZHot "Witchblades" and "Your Favorite Dress": "White Tee"2016— RIAA: 2× Platinum BPI: Silver RMNZ: PlatinumCrybaby "Witchblades"201918 RIAA: Platinum BPI: Silver RMNZ: GoldCastles II and Everybody's Everything "Your Favorite Dress"202139Castles II
Guest appearances + List of guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album nameTitleYearArtist(s)Album "white tee"2016Lil PeepCrybaby "Now or Later"Kemet Dank, Kirb La Goop, Slug † ChristBack on My Dick 3 "Sitboi"Kemet DankYung Post Office 2: Woozy Edition "the song they played (when i crashed into the wall)"Lil PeepHellboy "cobain" "walk away as the door slams" "Never Cry"2017Key NyataNo Way "Untitled"CHXPO, Horse HeadEmo Savage "Why Dey Lie"KirbLaGoopWhere You Been "Foever 100"Angel Wing'z "Reality" "She Just Love Me for My Wrist"KirbLaGoop, DJ SmokeyKirb Vs. Kirby "Man Down"KirbLaGoop, Money Posse, Lil Peep, Big HeadGoop "Clean"KirbLaGoop, Elijah Made It "So Concieted"Chris TravisWATERSZN "Still"Diego MoneyDiego & Friends "Easy"Lil House Phone, Pollari(310)973-XXXX EP "Tie My Shoes"Eddy BakerHealthy Boy "Smokin Glue"2018KirbLaGoopConcrete "Make Believe"BandmanfariApril Fools "Never Letting Go"Fish Narc, Swan Lingo, YAWNSNight Angels "Once Was" "Not My Type"MacknedDeadBeat "22" "Foreign Land"Riff RaffTangerine Tiger "Vices"The KhanKhanner "Peta"Detas, NeaveNightmares or Anxiety "Head Over Heels"2019Nedarb, YAWNS, Mackned, Fantasy Camp, ZubinAmity "Hold On"Buku Bandz, Lil RavenBuku & Friends, Vol. 1 "Foreign Land (Chopnotslop)"Riff Raff, OG Ron CTangerine Tiger (Chopped Not Slopped) "Till the End"Brennan SavageTragedy "Bad Memories"Lil GnarFIRE HAZARD "GRIM REAPER"phemVACUMHEAD "Go for a Ride"Drippin So PrettyDie for You "Barbwire Smile"SinceWhen, Jaxxon D. Silva, FlossySafe For Now "RATCHETS"Lil Peep, DiploEverybody's Everything "walk away as the door slams - acoustic"Lil Peep "As Above So Below"2020Goldfacemoneywatch, Ariel PinkGfmw4 "Pictures 2"Mackned, Lil PeepHollywood Dropout "Show Off"Lil Candy PaintEVERYTHANG PURPLE (Deluxe) "YSL Cologne"2021MacknedHollywood Dropout 3 "Call My Phone"Drippin So PrettyRest In Peace "In My Dreams"Brennan SavageDARKROOM "Dogz"Buku Bandz, Sig.Carlito, CHXPOSummer Knights "TrapHorseShorti<3"Buku Bandz, CHXPO, Sig.Carlito, MaybeTomorrow "I Like Stars"BBY Goyard, David ShawtyGuardian Ghosts "Desolate"2022Maybe TomorrowWhat's Wrong With Me "love! won'tLAST! / crash! pt I"FreshiedirtyBOY! "Hotel"RawskaFREAK "PRESS A BUTTON"SosMula2 HIGH 2 DIE "TOXIC"Chris Miles, Lil Xanhave a nice day "Feel Alive"Brennan SavageTill Death Do Us Part "Must Not Say"Teddy, Brennan SavageTales of Euphoria "Tatted Everywhere"2023KILLKODYSLITTERMODE "Illuminati Ties"KILLKODY, Rage "LAST LONGER"FijimacintoshNOCTURNAL "Blood Tonight"Drippin So PrettyFlirt With Death "Woke Up In A Dream"Shabazz PalacesRobed in Rareness "XOXO"TheHxlidayLUVVERVILLE "Fighting For You"Brennan SavageTragedy II "Hello There"2024Lyrical Lemonade, Corbin, Black KrayAll Is Yellow "Cant Stop Wont Stop"SinceWhen, Brennan Savage, ILoveMakonnenBegin, Again "Run Away"Lil XanDiego "OTV"Lil Yawh#1 Pretty Boy The Mixtape "inHELL.exHELL"Bad Neighbours, Chris MilesTVPE! "Desire"GothBoiCliqueYeah It's True "Los Angeles"GothBoiClique, Horse Head "She Fell Asleep"GothBoiClique, Cold Hart "i just think"2025BABY BUMP, Chris Miles, Bamby H2OBABY BUMP "Vamps In London"Cartier GodVartier "I'll Be There"SinceWhen, DamazeinWhy Is Life Like This "no brain waves"2026Chris Milesboywhodiedwolf
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