Later that January, Åhr was accepted into the State University of New York at Old Westbury, but declined to attend and instead enrolled as an out of state student at Glendale Community College in Pasadena, California. He graduated six months early in January 2014. With the help of two other teachers whom Åhr knew and trusted, Åhr finished high school by completing his last two necessary courses, English and Social Studies. An exhausted Åhr was ready to drop out, but was assisted by a teacher named Maria Hartmann to finish school. When Åhr returned to school the following year as a senior, there was new administration that was unfamiliar with the student body and culture. When the school reopened, the faculty and administrators were more relaxed on the students, leading Åhr to enjoy his junior year of high school significantly more than the rest. Åhr attended Long Beach High School in Lido Beach, New York, which was directly impacted by Hurricane Sandy in 2012 causing it to close down for a few weeks. He played the trombone and tuba and expressed an interest in music and fashion from a young age. Later, in middle school, he was placed in accelerated classes. In third grade, Åhr was placed into Long Beach's gifted and talented program. Just a few days into Åhr's kindergarten year, the September 11 attacks took place, with smoke plumes clearly visible from Åhr's kindergarten classroom. Åhr attended Lindell Elementary School, located just across the street from his family's first apartment in Long Beach. Following his parents' split, he moved with his mother and older brother to Long Beach, New York where he would eventually record " Lil Peep Part One", Feelz, Vertigo, (most of) California Girls, Garden, In the Bedroom I Confess, Mall Music, Romeo's Regrets, and several tracks that were released as singles, including "Star Shopping". Lil Peep had a close relationship with his mother, going so far as to tattoo her initials and birthday on his arm as his first tattoo at the age of fourteen.
Growing up, Åhr's father was absent, with his parents divorcing formally when Åhr was 14, and his father moving out of the family home at age 15. Åhr's Swedish citizenship was granted to him through his father in accordance with Swedish law which states that Swedish citizenship is granted automatically at birth to anyone with at least one Swedish parent. His mother's family is from Oklahoma and his father is Swedish Åhr mentioned that he had Swedish citizenship on Twitter. He moved to Long Beach, New York, before his fifth birthday. Gustav Elijah Åhr was born on November 1, 1996, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to first-grade teacher Liza Womack and college professor Karl Johan Åhr. On November 15, 2017, two weeks after his 21st birthday, Lil Peep died on his tour bus before a scheduled performance in Tucson, Arizona during a 33-date tour in the United States. The documentary film about him, Everybody's Everything, was released in 2019. 2 (2018) was released in 2018, and debuted at number four on the Billboard 200. His second album Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 1 (2017) was a transition into pop punk and rap rock. While his mixtapes explored emo, trap, lo-fi and alternative rock, his debut album Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. Soon after the tour, Lil Peep emigrated to London, where he recorded his debut studio album. In the spring of 2017, Lil Peep embarked on his first solo tour, performing to packed venues in three Russian cities, making his way across western Europe, and then across the United States. Later that year Lil Peep toured briefly with Fat Nick, Mikey The Magician, and Smokepurpp. Lil Peep's first live performance took place on February 12, 2016, in Tucson, Arizona as member of Schemaposse. In 2016, Lil Peep released his widely acclaimed mixtapes Crybaby (2016) and Hellboy (2016), along with many other projects including California Girls (2016) and Vertigo (2016).
His popularity grew with the release of mixtapes Lil Peep Part One (2015) and Live Forever (2015) later that year. He soon became popular on the platform when he released his breakthrough single "Star Shopping" (2015). īorn in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to an American mother and a Swedish father, and raised on Long Island, New York, Åhr started releasing music on SoundCloud in 2013 under the name "Trap Goose", later changing his artist name to Lil Peep because his mother had called him "Peep" since he was a baby. Helping pioneer an emo revival-style of rap and rock music, Lil Peep has been credited as a leading figure of the mid–late 2010s emo rap scene and came to be an inspiration to outcasts and youth subcultures. He was a member of the emo rap collective GothBoiClique. Gustav Elijah Åhr (Novem– November 15, 2017), known professionally as Lil Peep (often stylized as LiL PEEP or lil peep), was a Swedish-American rapper, singer, and songwriter.