Smokepurpp
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Smokepurpp in September 2017
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| Birth name | Omar Pineiro |
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May 15, 1997 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Origin | Miami, Florida |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
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Omar Pineiro (born May 15, 1997), known professionally as Smokepurpp, is an American rapper from Miami, Florida. Pineiro found success on the audio distribution platform SoundCloud in 2017 after his song "Audi" went viral. Originally a producer, Pineiro is one of the most known figures of the "SoundCloud rap" movement due to his influence on artists such as Lil Pump who have since entered the mainstream music market.
Pineiro released his debut commercial mixtape Deadstar on September 28, 2017, and the mixtape peaked at no. 42 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
Pineiro was born on May 15, 1997 in Chicago, Illinois. He and his family moved to Miami, Florida when he was three years old. Speaking on his upbringing, Pineiro described himself during high school as a calm individual and surrounded him with diverse groups of people.
Pineiro began his music career as a producer, a hobby he picked up due to boredom. He began to rap when no one bought his produced instrumentals and due to the success of several tracks on the audio distribution platform SoundCloud, Pineiro dropped out of high school in his senior year.
Pineiro originally started to pursue music in high school, starting as a producer. Pineiro began to rap due to the lack of people actually buying his produced instrumentals. Pineiro's first song was released on Soundcloud in 2015 but Pineiro quickly deleted it due to its lack of quality, soon uploading his second song, Live Off A Lick featuring Florida native rapper XXXTentacion. Pineiro eventually dropped out of high school due to his budding music career.
In March 2017, Pineiro signed to Interscope Records and Alamo Records. Following this, he announced his debut mixtape on March 9, 2017 on the social media platform Twitter. Several days later on March 14, 2017, Pineiro announced that his debut commercial mixtape would be titled "Deadstar".
Pineiro released the single, "Audi" in May 2017. The single soon became his biggest song with over 25 million plays on Soundcloud and 33 million streams on Spotify as of October 2017. In September 2017, Pineiro announced that the release date for Deadstar was September 22, releasing the single "Bless Yo Trap" following the announcement. Pineiro announced later on that Deadstar would be delayed, stating no expected release date.
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