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Rolle performing live in 2011
Background information
Birth name	Markese Money Rolle
Also known as	SGP
Born	(1991-04-01) April 1, 1991 (age 33) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Genres	Southern hip hop cloud rap trap dirty rap experimental tread rap phonk
Occupation(s)	Rapper record producer music programmer songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, FL Studio, Drum machine
Years active	2008–present
Labels	Raider Klan Yeah We On 4AD
Associated acts	BMB Deathrow Raider Klan ASAP Mob Robb Banks

Markese Money Rolle (born April 1, 1991), known professionally as SpaceGhostPurrp, is an American rapper and record producer from Miami, Florida. He was the founder of the American hip hop group Raider Klan and Black Money Boys.

Famous Raider Klan members and associates include Denzel Curry, Robb Banks, Pouya, Chris Travis, Yung Simmie and Xavier Wulf. SGP gathered a following in the underground hip hop scene through mixtapes, producing, and his work with other underground artists. He has produced tracks for Juicy J, Lil Uzi Vert, Wiz Khalifa, Robb Banks, ASAP Mob & Lil Tracy, among others. On June 12, 2012, his debut studio album Mysterious Phonk: Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp was released. Since 2012, SpaceGhostPurrp has released over 60 mixtapes and EP's. He has since became well known for his eccentric and controversial public persona.

Early life

SpaceGhostPurrp was born in the neighborhood of Carol City in Miami, Florida. He began rapping at age 5 and producing at age 13, attended Silver Trail Middle School in Pembroke Pines and Everglades High School in Miramar. He is of Bahamian and Cuban descent.

Music career

2008–2011: Beginnings and Blackland Radio 66.6

In high school, SpaceGhostPurrp began skateboarding frequently but later decided that he wanted to pursue a career in music. He worked to graduate from high school early. SpaceGhostPurrp began uploading music once he created his YouTube channel "Spaceeghostpurrpmj23" on May 23, 2010. SpaceGhostPurrp's early releases contained series of visuals that included Purrped & Chopped songs containing visuals with 70/80s soul-train aesthetics, Purrped & chopped Toro y Moi songs & even a Kreayshawn music video.

In August, 2010 SpaceGhostPurrp began working on NASA: The Mixtape. SpaceGhostPurrp formed hip-hop collective Raider Klan in 2008 along with Dough Dough Da Don, Kadafi, Muney Junior, and Jitt. Jitt died in 2010. SpaceGhostPurrp recruited various rap artists to Raider Klan, including Denzel Curry, Yung Simmie, Nell, Chris Travis, Xavier Wulf, Rell, Amber London, and Key Nyata, among many others.

At the tail end of 2010 and early 2011, SpaceGhostPurrp began collaborating with Lil Ugly Mane. Which led to Ugly Mane doing the artwork for his album Blackland Radio 66.6, Around that same time, SpaceGhostPurrp began working on the mixtape Blackland Radio 66.6 mixtape.

After Blackland Radio 66.6 was released on May 1, 2011, a few weeks later SpaceGhostPurrp announced he was working on five mixtapes that were all to be released in 2011 called MIND OF PURRP, SUMMA PHONK VOL.ONE, TRILLUMINATTI, BLVCK MVRDOC, and a collaboration project with Mishka NYC called SON OF EYE. SpaceGhostPurrp dropped singles for all these mixtapes, however, he never released these mixtapes due to his change of direction once he landed & stayed in New York to begin collaborating with the ASAP Mob. In the summer of 2011, SpaceGhostPurrp was also working with fellow rappers Speak! and Juicy J.

SpaceGhostPurrp went on to NY in August 2011 to live and work with members from the ASAP Mob. In late September 2011, SpaceGhostPurrp announced he was dismissing Trilluminatti and now was working on a new mixtape to be called GOD OF BLVCK. This mixtape was released in February 2012.

2012–2013: Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp

In early 2012 SpaceGhostPurrp signed a one-off record deal with British indie label 4AD and began remixing tracks from his earlier mix tapes for his debut album. ..... In addition to his own songs, he also produces beats for other artists (mostly those in the Raider Klan), but has made beats for other people as well. He produced one track titled T.A.P. for Taylor Allderdice, a mixtape by Wiz Khalifa as well as "Keep it G" & "Pretty Flacko" for ASAP Rocky.

His debut album, titled Mysterious Phonk: Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp, was released on June 12, 2012, and consists of mostly remixed tracks from previous mixtapes. He occasionally worked with rapper Juicy J and has produced a number of tracks from Juicy J's "Blue Dream & Lean". ..... SpaceGhostPurrp also featured on Domo Genesis's & The Alchemist's debut collaboration album "No Idols" on the track "Daily News" (also featuring Earl Sweatshirt & Action Bronson), as well as Freddie Gibbs' "Kush Cloud" along with Krayzie Bone.

SpaceGhostPurrp revealed in an interview that there is an upcoming project between him and rap group Odd Future, which has supported him by playing his music at shows since he released the mixtape BLACKLAND RADIO 66.6. On July 16, 2012, SpaceGhostPurrp began his first tour with hardcore punk band Trash Talk. The mini tour lasted from July 16 to 23rd - performing four shows in California, one in Oregon, and two in Washington. His song "The Black God" was named #46 on Pitchfork's 50 best songs of 2012 list. He also performed in Miami during Ultra Music Festival on March 17, 2013, alongside fellow Raider Klan members Yung Simmie and Klan Rico.

2014–2015: Intoxxxicated and other projects

On January 19, 2014, SpaceGhostPurrp released a compilation titled 58 Blunts of Purrp, consisting of his own songs, hard to find tracks, and some he either produced or had a feature on. On February 28, 2014, SpaceGhostPurrp released an 18-track mixtape called B.M.W. 2: IntoXXXicated, which included no features and returned to the lo-fi sound of his earlier mixtapes. Subsequently, he released a slightly different version of "B.M.W. 2: IntoXXXicated" that had tempos of certain songs changed, and while the overall sound quality was slightly improved it still retained much of the lo-fi qualities as before. A few months later it was remastered, had some tracks removed, a new track added, and released as an album on iTunes under the name IntoXXXicated.

Early in 2015, SpaceGhostPurrp released two new projects, the first of which was titled Dark Angel and released on January 13. The second project, a 5-track EP called Money Mendoza was released on January 25. Later that year, SpaceGhostPurrp left Miami, and moved to Atlanta, where he made music with artists such as Father and OG Maco. In April 2015, SpaceGhostPurrp released two compilations.

One was titled VENENO, it being an extended version of the EP released earlier that year, and the other was titled PYRO Era, consisting mostly of loose tracks released in 2014 and 2015. On the 9th of May, a new EP called Richest Revenge under the moniker, Money Mendoza, was released through his Instagram account. In May 2015, Raider Klan released Raider Klan Records: The Mixtape which featured some production and vocals from SpaceGhostPurrp.

On June 24, 2015, Dej Loaf released a song featuring Young Thug titled "Shawty", co-produced by Young Roc which featured a sample of the song "RAIDER PRAYER"'s instrumental off of SpaceGhostPurrp's album Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles of SPACEGHOSTPURRP. SpaceGhostPurrp was uncredited by the producer resulting in a minor conflict via Twitter which was soon resolved peacefully.

2016–present: Blackland Radio 66.6 2 and 3

On May 9, 2016, SpaceGhostPurrp released a mixtape entitled Blackland Radio 66.6 Pt. 2. exclusively on Datpiff. He had stated that he had plans to release subsequent volumes under Part 2, but eventually opted to skip straight to the release of Blackland Radio 3 on March 4, 2018. Initially overlooked, Blackland Radio 66.6 Pt. 2. is now widely considered one of SpaceGhostPurrp's best projects.

As 2016 concluded, Tiny Mix Tapes recognized SpaceGhostPurrp's Black Money Boys Death Row (BMB) collective as one of its favorite labels for 2016, noting that:

BMB’s sound is a sinister twist on the MySpace-era material churned out by Soulja Boy and Lil B, tinged with Glo Gang’s hazy drill hedonism. Affiliates’ discographies are often spread across multiple SoundCloud accounts, hosted by friends, buried in prolific back catalogues, and are sometimes deleted days after their conception. To follow BMB Death Row is to keep their web presence under constant surveillance or risk missing out on a clutch new cut.

In early 2017, SpaceGhostPurrp signed a deal with label Yeah We On Entertainment, LLC, with the label distributing previously released works by SpaceGhostPurrp under its name.

Influences

SpaceGhostPurrp has listed many artists as an influence, which include Kanye West, Wiz Khalifa, Gucci Mane, Poison Clan, Paris, Three 6 Mafia, UGK, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Big L, Eazy-E, 2Pac, and DJ Screw.

He has collaborated with many of his influences, namely Juicy J on his mixtape "Blue Dream & Lean" released in 2012. SpaceGhostPurrp often attributes his dark "phonk" sound to the dangerous and violent environment he grew up around in Carol City which he refers to as "Blackland", linking it with his references to hell, and the satanic symbolism in his critically acclaimed mixtape Blackland Radio 66.6.

He as well as other Raider Klan members have made references to the shooting of Trayvon Martin, and he has made a tribute song titled "No Evidence" which was released on his album "Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp". SpaceGhostPurrp has also stated he is a big fan of extreme metal bands such as Meshuggah.

His name is derived from that of the central character of Hanna-Barbera's 1966 TV series Space Ghost and its 1994 parody talk show spinoff Space Ghost Coast to Coast.

Personal life

In a YouTube stream on August 25, 2019, that was later re-uploaded, SpaceGhostPurrp addressed that he is on the autism spectrum.

Discography

Studio albums

• Mysterious Phonk: Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp (2012)

Extended plays

• Why So Serious (as Muney Jordan) (2009)
• Larry Bird Season (2014)
• Dark Angel (2015)
• Money Mendoza (2015)
• Richest Revenge (as Money Mendoza) (2015)
• New Season 2K17 (2016)
• Richest Revenge 2 (2017)
• Winter's Mine 4 (2017)
• Angry America (2017)
• Miami Music Pistol Music ... Music (as SpaceGhostPurrp Da Lean Plug) (2017)
• Qream (2017)
• Overkill 2 (2017)
• Enemies (2017)
• Underworld (with Spookyli) (2017)
• Florida Baby (2017)
• Florida Stick Drill (2017)
• Bal Harbour (2018)
• MarDragon (2018)
• Lil Vamp (2018)
• Vampire Life: The Mixtape (2018)
• Blood Moon (as Vampire Money) (2018)
• Rihanna's Baby Daddy (2018)
• Florida Flame (2019)
• Miami Carol City (2019)
• Florida Finna Kill da Whole World (2019)
• Deathlanta (2020)
• Z-REX 3005 (2020)
• Miami Dade County Dark Trap Music (2022)
• Zone 4 Carol City (2022)

Mixtapes

• Wavvy Chronicles (as Muney Jordan) (2010)
• NASA: The Mixtape (2010)
• Purpped & Chopped (2011)
• BLVCKLVND RVDIX 66.6 (1991) (2011)
• CLVB NVZV 1995: Purrped & Chopped (2011)
• GXX XX BXXXK Volume. 1 (2012)
• B.M.W. (2012)
• The Winter's Mine (2013)
• B.M.W. 2: IntoXXXicated (2014)
• NASA Gang (Remastered) (2014)
• Dark Angel Instrumentals (2015)
• Winter's Mine 2 (2015)
• Veneno (2015)
• Winter's Mine 3 (2015)
• Chopped by Purrp (2016)
• Blackland Radio 66.6, Pt. 2 (2016)
• Blood Red Moet (2016)
• Overkill (2016)
• Purrple Haze (as Purrple Haze) (2016)
• ICX CRXVM DXMXN 1.8 (with Spookyli) (2017)
• Blackland Radio 66.6, Pt. 3" (2018)
• Gladiator Season (Volume 1) (with TrippJones) (2018)
• Welcome to Vampland (with Spookyli) (2019)
• Please Don't Wake Me; I Am Exhausted (with XVNИ¥) (2019)
• Dragon ... No Slime (2019)
• SpaceGhostPussy Response (2020)
• Blackland Radio 66.6, Pt. 4 (2023)

Mixes

• Nate Dogg: Purrped & Chopped (2011)
• Alize Mix (2012)
• PYRO MIXX 2015 (2015)
• Goth Money Talibanz 2015 Mix (2015)
• December Mixx (2015)
• BLVCK MVNXXY JXRDVN MIXX (with BMB Loko Los) (2016)
• The New Wave: 2k16-HotBoyz (2016)
• Terror Gang: Dark Riddim (2018)
• Ashview Heights Legend (as SpaceGhoztPurrp) (2019)
• Northside Drive Zone 2 ATL 2020 (as Money AKA SpaceGhostPurrp) (2020)
• DJ MIXX 1 (as DJ VAMPIRE MONEY) (2021)

Compilations

• NASA Underground - Lost Tapes: 1991–'93 (2010)
• NASA Underground - Lost Tapes: 1994–'96 (2010)
• NASA Underground - Lost Tapes: 1997–2000 (2011)
• Blvck Phonk (2012)
• Best of SGP: Sizzurp Tape (2013)
• 58 Blunts of Purrp (2014)

Guest appearances

See also

In Spanish: SpaceGhostPurrp para niños