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Suicideboys (stylized as $uicideboy$) is an American hip hop duo from New Orleans. Suicideboys were founded in 2013 by cousins Scott "Scrim" Arceneaux Jr. and Aristos "Ruby da Cherry" Petrou. The duo initially rose to popularity on SoundCloud for their abrasive, self-produced beats and harsh lyrical content, as well as their music videos and themes prominently featuring substance abuse and suicidal ideation. They own and operate their own label, G*59 Records, under which all of their music is distributed by The Orchard.
The duo is considered one of the most popular acts in the underground rap scene. After several years of solely releasing Extended play and , Suicideboys' debut studio album I Want to Die in New Orleans was released on September 7, 2018. It fared well commercially, becoming their first top-ten album on the US Billboard 200. In May 2019, they released their collaborative six-track EP with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker entitled Live Fast, Die Whenever, which also featured Korn guitarist James Shaffer.
Aristos Norman Petrou was born on April 22, 1990, to an Americans mother and Greek Cypriots father Pavlos Petrou, a former soccer head coach at Mount Carmel Academy who arrived in the country after obtaining an athletic scholarship to the University of New Orleans. Raised in Metairie, Louisiana, Petrou's interest in music began when he was seven, playing violin and then drums when he was ten, eventually joining bands in middle school. He worked at his father's restaurant as a waiter, a job he held until 2015. His experience with the punk rock scene continued as he joined the band Vapo-Rats as its drummer; however, disillusioned with the apathy his bandmates showed towards the future of the band, Petrou left in order to pursue his career with Arceneaux.
Petrou and Arceneaux are first cousins and shared a close relationship since childhood. Realizing that both were interested in taking a musical career seriously, and both dissatisfied with the direction of their lives, the two formed Suicideboys, making a pact that if their musical career didn't work out, Suicide pact. Elaborating on this in an interview with Mass Appeal, Arceneaux states that "it was pretty much like cutting the hand, bleeding, and making a pact that there's no plan B, that if this doesn't happen by the time we're 30, I'm blowing my head off".
Suicideboys' underground breakthrough came with the release of 2015 EP $outh $ide $uicide, a collaboration with established South Florida rapper Pouya, which thrust the duo into the underground rap spotlight. The duo's first foray onto the mainstream music charts came with the release of in the summer of 2016. The five-track EP, produced by EDM musician Getter, peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Rap charts.
Suicideboys have gained a cult following in the hip-hop scene, in part due to their niche subject matter involving subjects scarcely seen in rap such as suicidal ideation and depression. As of August 2023, their most viewed music video on YouTube is for their song "Paris", with 184 million views. Their most streamed song on Spotify as of August 2023, is "...And to Those I Love, Thanks for Sticking Around" with 544 million streams. The duo were featured in Billboard's list titled "Billboard Dance's 15 Artists to Watch in 2017".
In late 2018, a rumor arose that the group had broken up following a series of ominous tweets. However, they soon clarified that the tweets were in relation to "personal issues" facing Arceneaux and that they had in fact not broken up.
In May 2019, the group put this rumor to rest with the release of their six-track EP Live Fast, Die Whenever in collaboration with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, and prominently featuring Korn guitarist James Shaffer.
In July 2019, the duo started their first nationwide "Grey Day Tour", with guests Germ, City Morgue, Trash Talk, Denzel Curry, Shoreline Mafia, Night Lovell, Pouya, and Turnstile as openers. The tour started with a show on July 24, 2019, at the Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington, and ended on August 23, 2019, after a show at the Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California.
In November 2021, the duo was awarded their first RIAA platinum single, as their hit song "...And to Those I Love, Thanks for Sticking Around" reached one million sales.
In July 2022, the third studio album and 47th project from the duo, Sing Me a Lullaby, My Sweet Temptation, its tracklist and covers were all announced on June 2, 2022, via an Instagram post.
On November 27, 2022, the duo alongside fellow G59 member, Germ, announced DirtiestNastiest$uicide, a third and final addition to their DN$ trilogy. They also announced the release date for the EP to be on December 16, 2022. On December 1, 2022, they released a single for the upcoming EP called "My Swisher Sweet, But My Sig Sauer". On December 16, 2022, the duo officially released DirtiestNastiest$uicide to streaming services, and lyric videos to their YouTube.
On December 13, 2022, the duo announced a European Tour to go from March 6, 2023, to March 26, 2023. The tour featured other artists, like Ski Mask the Slump God, and other G59 artists, like Germ, Shakewell, and Chetta.
In May 2023, the duo released a series of four "YIN YANG TAPES" extended play mixtapes. The mixtapes took elements from 90's Memphis rap. The first installation, YIN YANG TAPES: Spring Season (1989–1990), was released on May 5, 2023. . The second installment in the series, YIN YANG TAPES: Summer Season (1989–1990), was released on May 12, 2023, featuring Ghostemane on the track "Bloody 98". The third tape, YIN YANG TAPES: Fall Season (1989–1990), was released on May 19, 2023, featuring Freddie Dredd on the track "Provolone & Heroin". The fourth and final tape, YIN YANG TAPES: Winter Season (1989–1990), was released on May 26, 2023.
On May 19, 2023, the duo announced the 4th year of their annual tour "Grey Day" to go from August 25, 2023, to October 30, 2023. Grey Day 2023 brings other artists Ramirez, City Morgue, Ghostemane, Freddie Dredd, and Sematary.
On July 27, 2023, the duo announced their single "Kill Yourself (Part IV)" is officially released to streaming platforms.
On August 9, 2023, the duo posted an announcement for their upcoming EP I No Longer Fear the Razor Guarding My Heel (V), which released on August 11, 2023.
On December 11, 2023, the duo announced a tour of Australia and New Zealand in March 2024. The tour featured other artists, like Ghostemane, Pouya, Germ and Shakewell. The tour passed through cities such as Auckland, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
On March 11, 2024, the duo announced their fourth album titled New World Depression, which was released on June 14.
On April 3, 2024, the duo announced the fifth year of their annual Grey Day tour, featuring fellow G59 member Shakewell and other artists including Pouya, Denzel Curry, Haarper and Ekkstacy. The tour passed through the United States and Canada.
On April 3, 2025, the duo announced that year's Grey Day tour, including G59 members Night Lovell, Germ, and Chetta, as well as guest artists Bones and Joeyy. It began on August 5, 2025 in West Palm Beach, Florida, and will conclude on October 11 in New Orleans. A month later, the duo released the first single from their upcoming studio album Thy Kingdom Come, titled "Self-Inflicted". The album was released on August 1, 2025, with the second single "Now and at the Hour of Our Death" featuring Bones, releasing on June 20.
Before Suicideboys, Arceneaux was an aspiring solo hip-hop artist, releasing several mixtapes under the name Scrim. These include Narcotics Anonymous, #DrugFlow and Patron Saint of Everything Totally Fucked, all of which were released before the group's formation in 2014. Arceneaux has also worked as an in-house producer for Republic Records, producing several songs for artists, including one song that was commercially successful. In 2020, he released his first solo album since the formation of Suicideboys. The album, A Man Rose from the Dead, received mixed reviews among fans. Starting near the end of 2023 and in to early 2024, Arceneaux released several teasers for a new solo album, often in western styled outifts. Finally, in late January 2024, he unveiled the album, titled "lonely boy". The release date was set on February 2, and was subsequently released with a track list of 26 song. 2 weeks later on February 16, a deluxe edition of the album was released. This version added 18 more songs for a total of a 44 song track listing.
Petrou has released two solo mixtapes under the name Oddy Nuff da Snow Leopard; The Jefe Tape in 2012 and Pluto in 2014. Pluto contained the first collaboration between Arceneaux and Petrou on a commercial project; Arceneaux was featured on the song Smoke a Sack. In 2023, Petrou released his first solo album in nine years titled tragic love songs to study to vol., under the persona Duckboy. The album takes a punk rock vibe similar to the tracks he released with his former band Vapo-Rats in the early-2010s. Petrou's second album, existential hymns for the average sigma (vol. 9), was released in December of the same year. He also went on to release a third album on April 18th 2025, titled coping strategies to combat the algorithm.
In September 2016, record producer Deadmau5 accused the duo of copyright infringement following the success of their song "Antarctica" (off of the 2016 mixtape Dark Side of the Clouds). The song samples parts of Deadmau5's "I Remember", with Kaskade; the DJ lambasted the duo for this, claiming that Suicideboys were "publicizing other people's intellectual property without consent". The song, which had been out since January and subsequently reached millions of plays on both YouTube and SoundCloud, was taken down by $uicideboy$ on both platforms and no further action was taken. However, in time for their upcoming Grey Day Tour 2021, "Antarctica" was cleared for streaming after nearly four years of being off streaming services in September 2021.
There is a clear Three 6 Mafia influence in much of their music, with many earlier Suicideboys songs using samples from the group's songs, most notably in Mask & Da Glock. While the use of Three 6 Mafia has been met with reservations by some of its former members, particularly Gangsta Boo, it has been embraced by others; founding member Juicy J has been vocal about his support and mentorship of Suicideboys and enlisted the duo to produce his mixtapes Highly Intoxicated and ShutDaF*kUp, featuring artists such as ASAP Rocky, Cardi B, Wiz Khalifa, and XXXTentacion.
A large portion of their music focuses on depression and its symptoms, an angle not often received in mainstream hip hop; Arceneaux elaborated on this in an interview with Mass Appeal, stating, "A lot of people take it as emo, or depressed music, or negative music... it's really just connecting. It's therapy, through music".
Excluding occasional guest producers and usage of purchased instrumental loops (especially from the website "Big Citi Loops"), the entirety of Suicideboys' discography is self-produced, primarily by Arceneaux under his pseudonym Budd Dwyer (an homage to the politician of the same name). Arceneaux has produced tracks for multiple artists, including Denzel Curry, Dash, and Juicy J; additionally, he states that he once held an in-house deal with Republic Records.
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In a July 2025 Billboard interview, Petrou showcased a camo cap featuring 'JESUS' on the front, with a cross underneath, and several ichthys symbols surrounding it. Later in that interview, Arceneaux states that "it is his belief that God put him in this position to help people out." Petrou agrees and adds, "especially now more than ever." Petrou also states that the two pray together before each show. The duo's 2025 album 'THY KINGDOM COME' features a wall of crucifixes and Orthodox Christian iconography for its album cover. To help build hype for the album's release, a series of 7-8 minute episodes was systematically released on the official $uicideboy$ YouTube channel. These videos primarily focus on Christian imagery, church choirs, and testimonies of local New Orleans converts.
Arceneaux has two younger brothers, Petrou has a younger brother and sister. Arceneaux’s youngest brother raps and produces music under the alias $lim Gucci.
On February 2025, Arceneaux married his girlfriend Sage.
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