<P> Growing up, Åhr's father was absent and his upbringing was "apathetic and drug - fuelled ." He attended Lindell Elementary School and then Long Beach High School in Lido Beach, New York, which he rarely attended in spite of good grades and was on the deans list for the time he attended . He later dropped out of the high school and took online courses to earn his diploma . Shortly thereafter, he began posting his music on YouTube and SoundCloud . </P> <P> When Åhr was 17, he got his first face tattoo, a broken - heart below his left eye to help motivate him to make music before he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in music, under the pseudonym Lil Peep . Åhr stated that his reason for moving out to Los Angeles was due to feeling depressed living in Long Island . </P> <P> When Lil Peep was a teenager, he called himself a loner who made a majority of his friends online . Inspired by underground acts like Seshhollowaterboyz and iLoveMakonnen . Peep was making music whilst residing in Long Island and lived temporarily with childhood friend Brennan Savage until both decided to move to Los Angeles . </P> <P> Lil Peep left high school early to move to Los Angeles and meet up with online friends . Initially living in Skidrow, Los Angeles and dipping in and out of homelessness, staying in childhood friend Brennan Savage's apartment whilst Savage pursued a degree, the two went separate ways and Peep eventually met up with Memphis producer JGRXXN and Florida rappers Ghostemane and Craig Xen, living with them while forming the collective Schemaposse . According to Lil Peep, he originally met Craig Xen online and was introduced to JGRXXN who needed a singer . Lil Peep also attempted to attend Glendale Community College during his first year living in Los Angeles . In 2015, Lil Peep released his first mixtape, Lil Peep Part One, which generated 4,000 plays in its first week . Shortly thereafter, he released his first extended play, Feelz, and another mixtape, Live Forever . Lil Peep began to grow in popularity soon after, with the song "Star Shopping" (later released as a single following his death) from Lil Peep Part One making waves in underground hip - hop circles . Lil Peep's popularity continued to grow after the release of the song "Beamer Boy" which led to him performing live for the first time with the rest of Schemaposse in March 2016 in Tucson, Arizona . The following month, Schemaposse broke up and Lil Peep was not associated with any collective though they remained on good terms . </P>

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