Self-taught in music theory, Zilla would piece sounds together by the familiar work of his idols like Henry Rollins and his work with Black Flag. “I wasn’t into hip-hop too much,” the 19-year-old admits, though once he was put onto the gruff vocals of DMX and the Hardcore-adjacent styles of Onyx and the Beastie Boys, his perspective changed. “I was in a Punk band called Scud Got Quayle,” Zilla adds, starting with playing bass and moving over to vocals. Raised in Bay Shore, Long Island, ZillaKami was a product of the flourishing Hardcore movement specific to the region-as clubs like Revolution Bar in Amityville were backbones of that niche culture. When Sos was released, he learned that not only was P building a new movement, but his little brother ZillaKami was now a part of it. “I’m baggin’ up, listening to Jeezy while I’m cookin’ crack.” After a few bids, he landed a 15-month one in 2015 over a house raid, and during that time would correspond daily with Hikari-Ultra co-founder Peter “P” Rogers, who was working at his mother’s shop at the time. “The numbers, the details…everything Jeezy was talking about? I was doing that shit,” Sos recalls. “I had the talent, I just didn’t know what to do with it.”Įventually the streets came calling and budding Trap stars like Jeezy would provide the soundtrack to his real life. I never really took it seriously,” the 24-year-old says. Listening to artists like Eminem early on, Sos quickly found his way to music. Growing up in Harlem, SosMula lived at the intersection of hip-hop and ink culture, as his mother owned a tattoo shop that became his second home. Their collective story begins in 2016, though their respective paths in music happened long before that. 1: Hell or High Water, the dynamic duo delivers a new and exciting vibe for any fan of true music-from hip-hop to metal. As the supergroup readies their collective debut mixtape City Morgue Vol.
When upstarts SosMula and ZillaKami come together, their fusion is seamless-oozing true skill with a reckless lack of fucks left to give. The melding of Rock and Rap is a concept that’s existed within the underbelly of music for decades, yet few have done what City Morgue is about to do.