Skizzy Mars

Skizzy Mars crafts playful, tuneful hip-hop from his New York City base, weaving in unexpected rock and dancefloor elements that set his sound apart. His first official releases, The Red Balloon Project in 2015 and Alone Together in 2016, secured Billboard 200 entries and established his foothold in the industry. Although lighthearted themes have remained central, later works such as Free Skizzy Mars in 2019, Fun & Problems in 2021, and Bad as I Wanna Be in 2024 reveal deeper introspection and personal insight through his lyrics.

Raised in Harlem as Myles Mills, he first connected with contemporary rock acts before absorbing Kid Cudi, Kanye West, and the earlier influence of A Tribe Called Quest. As a teenager he posted the track “Douchebag,” which drew early notice and led to additional uploads that secured a publishing agreement. The 2013 mixtape Phases and its 2014 follow-up Pace came next. In February 2015 The Red Balloon Project, a seven-track EP backed by WEA distribution, arrived and entered the Billboard 200 at number 35.

His first full-length album, Alone Together, appeared in April 2016 and featured JoJo and Rome Fortune among its guests, reaching number 50 on the Billboard 200. That year he joined Jasmine Thompson for Vice’s “Steady 1234,” then linked with Take a Daytrip for 2017’s “She Knows.” In 2018 he issued the introspective are you OK? EP, whose singles included “American Dream” and “2006,” before teaming with Prelow on the joint project I Can't Take Me Anywhere. Free Skizzy Mars followed in 2019 with guest spots from 24kGoldn, Yoshi Flower, and Trevor Daniel; its breezy single “Calabasas” quickly emerged as one of his most streamed recordings. Fun & Problems arrived in 2021 without featured artists, though tracks like the upbeat “Slow Dance” surpassed a million streams.

Signing with 10K Projects, Skizzy released Bad as I Wanna Be in 2024, offering another glimpse of his ongoing artistic and personal development. Standouts included the pop-punk reconciliation “Say Something” and the more aggressive “Issues” with G-Eazy.