Their mother, fed up with their schedules, eventually kicked them out of her house, leaving them homeless. They would return home at late hours, even when they had school the next morning. Following the breakup, the two brothers started skipping school and working more seriously on music. Shortly after, Bernadette Walker and her companion split up. It was at the same time that the group first met, and then later became friends with Jermarcus Jackson, aka JJ (today known as Jay Sremm), a young disc jockey, who was studying at Tupelo High School with the two brothers.
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Visibly inspired by Soulja Boy Tell'Em, the boys released songs and dance videos on social media. The two brothers were composing their own beats and the trio were rapping. Aaquil took the stage name "CaliBoy," Khalif "Kid Krunk," and Jemiah "Lil Pantz." They used money from their part-time jobs to buy equipment and to produce music at home. They decided to found a hip hop band called "Dem Outta St8 Boyz" with him. The Brown brothers met Jemiah Middlebrooks in Tupelo while he was playing basketball at a local park. 2008–2012: Career beginnings and Dem Outta St8 Boyz While they were in middle school, the family moved to the Ida Street housing projects in Tupelo, Mississippi, to join Walker's new companion, a man named Floyd Sullivan. Slim Jxmmi and Swae Lee started practicing, dancing, and writing music together at an early age.
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Walker worked for the United States Army and her family was frequently relocated, with stays in Mississippi, Maryland, and Texas. Along with their brother, Michael, they were raised by their mother Bernadette Walker after their father abandoned the family. 1.4 2016–present: SremmLife 2 and SR3MMĪaquil Iben Shamon "Slim Jxmmi" Brown and his younger brother, Khalif Malik Ibn Shaman " Swae Lee" Brown, were born in Whittier, California.1.3 2013–2015: Early success and SremmLife.1.2 2008–2012: Career beginnings and Dem Outta St8 Boyz.
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Their third studio album, SR3MM, was released on May 4, 2018, and served as a triple album. The duo also released other platinum-certified singles such as " No Type", " No Flex Zone" and " Swang". The duo is best known for their single " Black Beatles" from SremmLife 2, which topped the US Billboard Hot 100, while also charting internationally in the top ten in many countries. During that same year, the duo also created their own record label, called SremmLife Crew Records. In August 2016, the duo released their second album, SremmLife 2.
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In January 2015, the duo released their debut album, SremmLife, which was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In 2013, they signed a record deal with Mike Will Made It's EarDrummers imprint. On June 23rd, 2014, Minneapolis Star Tribune published an article about Prince's yet-to-be titled upcoming solo album, which featured a quote from the artist saying that one of the tracks in the album, titled "This Could Be Us," was inspired by an image macro parodying a still shot of him and Apollonia Kotero riding on a motorcycle from the 1984 film Purple Rain (shown below).Rae Sremmurd ( / ˈ r eɪ ˈ ʃ r ɪ m ɜːr d/ RAY SHRIM-urd "Ear Drummers" spelled backwards) is an American hip hop duo originating from Tupelo, Mississippi, formed by two brothers, Slim Jxmmi and Swae Lee. The music video received 39 million views, 288,000 likes, and 10,000 dislikes. On May 12th, 2015, the rap group Rae Sremmurd released the music video for the track titled after the meme, which was also featured on their debut album SremmLife. On May 21st, Complex published an article titled "To the Grave: Time to End the "This Could Be Us, But You…" Meme" which called for the end of the meme. On March 29th, 2014, Urban Dictionary user FimogenFeels submitted an entry for "This could be us but you playin'" which defined it as: "A joke, often in meme form, that has a picture of an unattractive or ghetto couple (or a couple doing weird things) that says, 'this could be us but you playin.'"