R.A.P. Ferreira

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| name = R.A.P. Ferreira

| image = Milo.png

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| caption = Ferreira performing in San Antonio, Texas in November 2018

| birth_name = Rory Allen Philip Ferreira

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Milo
Scallops Hotel
Black Orpheus{{cite web|first=Jacob|last=Kestly|url=http://www.radiomilwaukee.org/music/milo-milwaukees-val-kilmer-real-genius|title=Milo: Milwaukee's Val Kilmer In Real Genius|work=Radio Milwaukee|date=May 23, 2014|access-date=September 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924084328/http://www.radiomilwaukee.org/music/milo-milwaukees-val-kilmer-real-genius|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=live}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|02|03}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| origin = Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.

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| instrument = Vocals

| years_active = 2010-present

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Ruby Yacht
Hellfyre Club

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Open Mike Eagle
Busdriver
Safari Al
Nom de Rap
Red Wall
Nostrum Grocers
Pink Navel
Kenny Segal
Ruby Yacht

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| website = {{URL|1=https://www.soulfolks.org/?m=1}}

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Rory Allen Philip Ferreira{{cite web|author=Ferreira|first=Rory Allen Philip|date=October 27, 2010|title=Hi. My name is Rory Allen Philip Ferreira and today Whethermen's Union broke the million. We are ranked 956,304 in the world. Thank you.|url=https://twitter.com/yomilo/status/28858745547|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126022124/https://twitter.com/yomilo/status/28858745547|archive-date=November 26, 2020|access-date=January 31, 2020|website=Twitter|language=en-US}} (born February 3, 1992),{{cite web|last=Ferreira|first=Rory Allen Philip|date=June 15, 2013|title=Press|url=http://miloraps.com/heres-some-articles-about-me/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140123045525/http://miloraps.com/heres-some-articles-about-me/|archive-date=January 23, 2014|access-date=September 19, 2015|work=Milo|language=en-US}} better known by his stage name R.A.P. Ferreira, formerly Milo (often stylized as milo) and Scallops Hotel, is an American rapper, poet, and producer from Kenosha, Wisconsin.{{cite web|last=Martin|first=Andrew|date=July 23, 2013|title=How the WWE and Nas Influence Rapper Milo|url=http://www.mtvhive.com/2013/07/23/milo-cavalcade/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908001839/http://www.mtvhive.com/2013/07/23/milo-cavalcade/|archive-date=September 8, 2015|access-date=September 19, 2015|work=MTV Hive|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|last=Mueller|first=Matt|date=March 1, 2015|title=Rapper Milo brings his music - and his hopes - back to Milwaukee|language=en-US|newspaper=OnMilwaukee|url=https://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/milointerview.html|url-status=live|access-date=February 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081030/https://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/milointerview.html|archive-date=February 11, 2017}}

Ferreira received moderate popularity and a cult following after the release of his first two projects, I Wish My Brother Rob Was Here and Milo Takes Baths. He was noticed by rappers Busdriver and Open Mike Eagle, later going on his first tour with them and signing to their label, Hellfyre Club.

Ferreira's debut studio album, A Toothpaste Suburb, was released in September 2014.{{Cite news|last=Ferreira|first=Rory Allen Philip|date=September 23, 2014|title=rory (afk) on Twitter|language=en-US|work=Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/yomilo/status/514290818983534592|url-status=live|access-date=November 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126022949/https://twitter.com/yomilo/status/514290818983534592|archive-date=November 26, 2020}} Due to challenges he had faced in the album's rollout, Ferreira subsequently founded his own record label, Ruby Yacht (stylized RBYT). He operates this label from his record store, Soulfolks Records, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Early life

Ferreira was born in Chicago, Illinois, on February 3, 1992. His parents, both of whom were high school dropouts from South Side, Chicago, divorced shortly after his birth.{{cite web|url=http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/milointerview.html|title=Rapper Milo brings his music - and his hopes - back to Milwaukee|last=Mueller|first=Matt|date=March 1, 2015|work=OnMilwaukee.com|access-date=September 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930115901/http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/milointerview.html|archive-date=September 30, 2015|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/milo-is-ready-to-take-over-the-art-rap-scene-4166513|title=Milo Is Ready to Take Over the Art Rap Scene|last=Bell|first=Max|date=2013-07-23|newspaper=L.A. Weekly|access-date=2017-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222213010/http://www.laweekly.com/music/milo-is-ready-to-take-over-the-art-rap-scene-4166513|archive-date=2016-12-22|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.vulture.com/2017/11/milo-built-an-indie-rap-empire.html|title=Milo Is Building an Indie Rap Empire|last=Thompson|first=Paul|work=Vulture|access-date=2018-11-07|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108065407/http://www.vulture.com/2017/11/milo-built-an-indie-rap-empire.html|archive-date=2018-11-08|url-status=live}} Ferreira's mother settled in Saco, Maine, where he would spend most of his early life.{{cite web|url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2013/07/milo_rapper_nocando_hellfyre.php|title=Milo Is Ready to Take Over the Art Rap Scene|last=Bell|first=Max|date=July 23, 2013|work=LA Weekly|access-date=September 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107065804/http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2013/07/milo_rapper_nocando_hellfyre.php|archive-date=November 7, 2013|url-status=dead}}

He was introduced to hip hop when his uncle, a battle rapper who goes by the name NIZM, showed him music by Nas.{{Cite news|url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/2016/09/07/milo-scallops-hotel-interview/|title=How Milo's Music "Announces Humanity"|date=2016-09-07|work=Bandcamp Daily|access-date=2018-11-07|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108025739/https://daily.bandcamp.com/2016/09/07/milo-scallops-hotel-interview/|archive-date=2018-11-08|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2699172/milo-cavalcade/|title=How the WWE and Nas Influence Rapper Milo|newspaper=MTV News|access-date=2017-02-07|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019183911/http://www.mtv.com/news/2699172/milo-cavalcade/|archive-date=2016-10-19|url-status=dead}} In his adolescence, Ferreira moved with his father to Kenosha, Wisconsin. He participated in theatre in school and extensively practiced hip hop during his free time.{{Cite web|url=http://www.passionweiss.com/2016/10/10/im-already-one-of-the-greatest-living-rappers-an-interview-with-milo/|title="I'm Already One of the Greatest Living Rappers": An Interview with milo|last=Blanchfield|first=Corrigan|date=October 10, 2016|website=Passion Weiss|access-date=February 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161015063721/http://www.passionweiss.com/2016/10/10/im-already-one-of-the-greatest-living-rappers-an-interview-with-milo/|archive-date=October 15, 2016|url-status=live}} His father was often not home and at work so Ferreira frequented online forums to make friends, often on ProBoards. By the time he got to college, Ferreira had been to 13 different schools.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa5tW4VEQmw|title=Finding Purpose and Being Moral with Rory Ferreira aka Milo|date=Sep 5, 2013|work=YouTube|access-date=April 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715110106/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa5tW4VEQmw|archive-date=July 15, 2017|url-status=live}}

He first began rapping as part of the Kenosha and a Wisconsin hip-hop trio Nom de Rap, which additionally consisted of rappers Nicholas J and AD the Architect. Following high school, he studied philosophy at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin, an academic discipline which he earnestly strives to integrate into his lyricism.{{Cite web|url=http://polymathus.blogspot.com/2011/12/interview-milo.html|title=Interview: Milo|access-date=2018-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106053401/http://polymathus.blogspot.com/2011/12/interview-milo.html|archive-date=2018-11-06|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/milointerview.html|title=Rapper Milo brings his music - and his hopes - back to Milwaukee|newspaper=OnMilwaukee.com|access-date=2017-02-08|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081030/https://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/milointerview.html|archive-date=2017-02-11|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/10-new-artists-you-need-to-know-january-2016-20160125/milo-20160124|title=10 New Artists You Need to Know: January 2016|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=25 January 2016|access-date=2017-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075648/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/10-new-artists-you-need-to-know-january-2016-20160125/milo-20160124|archive-date=2017-02-11|url-status=live}}

Ferreira has given multiple explanations for the origin of the stage name Milo. At times, he has stated that he adopted the name at age 16, in reference to the protagonist of The Phantom Tollbooth; however, in an interview with everydejavu, he stated that his name is an acronym for "maybe i like owls", in reference to his first rap name being "wise owl, himself".{{Cite web|url=http://everydejavu.com/2014/05/28/interview-with-milo/|title=Interview: milo talks Hellfyre Club, philosophy, 'a toothpaste suburb' & more|website=EveryDejaVu {{!}} Music Updates, Interviews, Reviews, Editorials & more|access-date=2017-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080442/http://everydejavu.com/2014/05/28/interview-with-milo/|archive-date=2017-02-11|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/discovery-milo/print/|title=Printing - Discovery: Milo - Interview Magazine|website=www.interviewmagazine.com|date=14 November 2013|access-date=2017-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211155640/http://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/discovery-milo/print/|archive-date=2017-02-11|url-status=live}}

Musical career

In 2010, Nom de Rap released their first joint mixtape, Greatest Hits Vol. 1.{{cite web|title=Nom de Rap: About|url=https://www.facebook.com/Nomderap/info|work=Nom de Rap|publisher=Facebook|access-date=December 26, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.whethermen.com/blog/nom-de-rap.html|title=Nom de Rap.|work=The Whethermen's Union|date=December 1, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203083025/http://www.whethermen.com/blog/nom-de-rap.html|archive-date=February 3, 2011|access-date=September 19, 2015}}

Ferreira released his first solo mixtape, I Wish My Brother Rob Was Here, under the Milo name in 2011.{{cite web|first=Leor|last=Galil|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/leorgalil/2011/11/30/cheap-tunes-milos-i-wish-my-brother-rob-was-here/|title=Cheap Tunes: Milo's I Wish My Brother Rob Was Here|work=Forbes|date=November 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025161457/http://www.forbes.com/sites/leorgalil/2011/11/30/cheap-tunes-milos-i-wish-my-brother-rob-was-here/|archive-date=October 25, 2014|access-date=September 19, 2015}} According to Ferreira, the project was recorded in his bedroom with gear he got over time and he called the quality of the recordings "rubbish". The mixtape's title is a reference to Del the Funky Homosapien's I Wish My Brother George Was Here and Ferreira's deceased friend Robert Espinosa.{{Cite news|url=https://febiav.wordpress.com/2012/04/14/milo-5-most-likely-to-bring-tears-to-your-eyes-one-lonely-owl/|title=MILO #5 – Most Likely To Bring Tears To Your Eyes: One Lonely Owl|date=2012-04-14|work=febiav|access-date=2018-11-05|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106053239/https://febiav.wordpress.com/2012/04/14/milo-5-most-likely-to-bring-tears-to-your-eyes-one-lonely-owl/|archive-date=2018-11-06|url-status=dead}} The mixtape got attention from Forbes.{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/leorgalil/2011/11/30/cheap-tunes-milos-i-wish-my-brother-rob-was-here/#5297169e65a5|title=Cheap Tunes: Milo's I Wish My Brother Rob Was Here|last=Galil|first=Leor|work=Forbes|access-date=2018-11-05|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025161457/http://www.forbes.com/sites/leorgalil/2011/11/30/cheap-tunes-milos-i-wish-my-brother-rob-was-here/#5297169e65a5|archive-date=2014-10-25|url-status=live}}

Milo Takes Baths was released on February 2, 2012.{{cite web|first=Leor|last=Galil|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/leorgalil/2012/02/20/cheap-tunes-milos-milo-takes-baths/|title=Cheap Tunes: Milo's 'Milo Takes Baths'|work=Forbes|date=February 20, 2012|access-date=September 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924175943/http://www.forbes.com/sites/leorgalil/2012/02/20/cheap-tunes-milos-milo-takes-baths/|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=live}} Released three months after I Wish My Brother Rob Was Here and was a lot more refined than the mixtape, spending more time crafting it and attempting to stray from the nerdcore lane he had established himself into with his first project.{{Cite news|url=http://deadendhiphop.com/milo-milo-takes-baths-ep-review-2/|title=EP Review: Milo - 'Milo Takes Baths' - Dead End Hip Hop|date=2012-02-27|work=Dead End Hip Hop|access-date=2018-11-05|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106092813/http://deadendhiphop.com/milo-milo-takes-baths-ep-review-2/|archive-date=2018-11-06|url-status=live}} The EP was once again praised by Forbes.{{Cite news|last=Galil|first=Leor|date=February 20, 2012|title=Cheap Tunes: Milo's 'Milo Takes Baths'|language=en-US|work=Forbes|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/leorgalil/2012/02/20/cheap-tunes-milos-milo-takes-baths/#768327393a39|url-status=live|access-date=November 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106053643/https://www.forbes.com/sites/leorgalil/2012/02/20/cheap-tunes-milos-milo-takes-baths/#768327393a39|archive-date=November 6, 2018}}

Ferreira released two EPs, Things That Happen at Day and Things That Happen at Night, in January 2013.{{cite web|first=Blake|last=Gillespie|url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/milo-creates-side-project-scallops-hotel|title=Milo creates side project Scallops Hotel|work=Impose|date=November 19, 2013|access-date=September 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227030815/http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/milo-creates-side-project-scallops-hotel|archive-date=December 27, 2013|url-status=live}} The song "Kenosha, WI" had already been published by Johns Hopkins University Press in a 2012 issue of the journal Postmodern Culture.{{cite web|title=Volume 22, Number 2, January 2012|url=http://www.pomoculture.org/past-issues/volume-22-number-2-january-2013/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031235505/http://www.pomoculture.org/past-issues/volume-22-number-2-january-2013/|archive-date=October 31, 2014|access-date=September 23, 2014|work=Postmodern Culture}} Following the release, Ferreira caught the attention of rapper Nocando and his label Hellfyre Club, which included Ferreira's role-models Busdriver and Open Mike Eagle. Ferreira had been talking to Busdriver and Eagle since 2012 and they had notified Nocando of his presence when he was considering quitting rap music.{{Cite web|last=Chambers|first=Kate|date=August 27, 2014|title=Interview: Milo (Hellfyre Club)|url=https://kdvs.org/interview-milo-hellfyre-club/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106092848/https://kdvs.org/interview-milo-hellfyre-club/|archive-date=November 6, 2018|access-date=November 5, 2018|website=KDVS|language=en-US}} He later signed and was taken on his first tour, which had Ferreira going to 25 cities.{{Cite news|url=https://www.laweekly.com/music/milo-is-ready-to-take-over-the-art-rap-scene-4166513|title=Milo Is Ready to Take Over the Art Rap Scene|last=Bell|first=Max|date=2013-07-23|work=L.A. Weekly|access-date=2018-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106054220/https://www.laweekly.com/music/milo-is-ready-to-take-over-the-art-rap-scene-4166513|archive-date=2018-11-06|url-status=live}} The Cavalcade mixtape followed in July 2013.{{cite web|first=Femi|last=Aborisade|url=http://potholesinmyblog.com/interview-milo-speaks-on-cavalcade-hellfyre-club-and-becoming-a-road-warrior/|title=Interview: Milo Speaks On 'Cavalcade,' Hellfyre Club, and Becoming a Road Warrior|work=Potholes in My Blog|date=July 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620181954/http://potholesinmyblog.com/interview-milo-speaks-on-cavalcade-hellfyre-club-and-becoming-a-road-warrior/|archive-date=June 20, 2015|access-date=September 19, 2015}} In November 2013, he appeared on Hellfyre Club's compilation Dorner vs. Tookie.{{cite web|last=Jenkins|first=Craig|title=Hellfyre Club: Dorner vs. Tookie|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18738-hellfyre-club-dorner-vs-tookie/|work=Pitchfork Media|date=November 26, 2013|access-date=December 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229092550/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18738-hellfyre-club-dorner-vs-tookie/|archive-date=December 29, 2013|url-status=live}} He released Poplar Grove (or How to Rap with a Hammer) under the moniker Scallops Hotel in November 2013.{{cite web|first=Dylan|last=Tracy|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/news/listen-to-scallops-hotels-milo-xergioks-chagrin-a-/75722/|title=Listen to Scallops Hotel's (Milo) 'Xergiok's Chagrin (A Song For Jib)'|work=Prefix|date=November 13, 2013|access-date=September 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115654/http://www.prefixmag.com/news/listen-to-scallops-hotels-milo-xergioks-chagrin-a-/75722/|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=live}} In June 2014, Ferreira moved with his friends Nedarb Nagrom and Safari Al to Los Angeles to be with his label and collective Hellfyre club. Upon arriving in the state, the "Moving to LA" tour was commenced, starting in St. Louis and ending in Sacramento.{{Citation|last=Nedarb Nagrom|title=MILO X SAFARI AL X NEDARB NAGROM X CON SOLO: MOVING TO LA TOUR PROMO|date=2014-06-25|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFQ6C-s8ZnI|access-date=2018-11-05}}

His first studio album, A Toothpaste Suburb, was released on Hellfyre Club on September 23, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/stream-milo-a-toothpaste-suburb|title=Stream Milo's A Toothpaste Suburb|work=Impose|first=Nick|last=Rattigan|date=September 23, 2014|access-date=September 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034108/http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/stream-milo-a-toothpaste-suburb|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=live}} Ferreira left Hellfyre Club shortly afterwards, stating his dissatisfaction with the rollout of his debut studio album A Toothpaste Suburb which led to him not getting paid from the preorder.{{Cite news|url=http://kindaneat.net/scallops-hotel/|title=Episode 89: Scallops Hotel (aka Milo) – KINDA NEAT|date=2015-08-12|work=KINDA NEAT|access-date=2018-11-05|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102222942/http://kindaneat.net/scallops-hotel/|archive-date=2018-11-02|url-status=live}} After leaving Hellfyre Club, Ferreira had the choice to try to convince major label interest but decided to start his own imprint, Ruby Yacht, the name of which comes from the Persian word for a collection of poems, rubaiyat.{{Cite news|url=https://djbooth.net/features/2017-08-22-milo-interview|title="I Have to Make a Living With This": An Interview with Father-First Rapper milo|work=DJBooth|access-date=2018-11-05|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106092908/https://djbooth.net/features/2017-08-22-milo-interview|archive-date=2018-11-06|url-status=live}} He later said, "I don’t have another option. No one wants to invest money in the art that I’m making, no one out here, except listeners, and that’s really dope."{{Cite news|url=https://cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/quench/music/being-an-artist-is-fucked-a-conversation-with-milo-the-rapper/|title="Being an artist is fucked" - a conversation with milo (the rapper) - Quench|date=2018-05-07|work=Quench|access-date=2018-11-07|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108065352/https://cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/quench/music/being-an-artist-is-fucked-a-conversation-with-milo-the-rapper/|archive-date=2018-11-08|url-status=live}}

After leaving Hellfyre Club, Ferreira remained in Los Angeles, moving from his previous apartment to a storage shed in Echo Park with friend Safari Al. The two spent seven days recording (Boyle) and Piles, an EP they finally mixed on the seventh day and released on December 17, 2015, under the name Red Wall.{{Cite news|url=https://ugsmag.com/red-wall-milo-safari-al-boyle-and-piles-ep/|title=Red Wall (Milo & Safari Al) - (Boyle) and Piles EP {{!}} UGSMAG|date=2014-12-18|work=UGSMAG|access-date=2018-11-07|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108030030/https://ugsmag.com/red-wall-milo-safari-al-boyle-and-piles-ep/|archive-date=2018-11-08|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/stream-red-walls-boyle-and-piles-ep|title=Stream RED WALL's (Boyle) and Piles EP - New Music - Impose Magazine|date=2014-12-19|work=Impose|access-date=2018-11-07|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108070905/http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/stream-red-walls-boyle-and-piles-ep|archive-date=2018-11-08|url-status=live}} The two used the sales from (Boyle) and Piles to move to Oakland swiftly and then the full week sales to move back to Milwaukee to start working on his second album, So the Flies Don't Come, mainly due to the cheapness of Milwaukee and Los Angeles "[breaking] my spirit".{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/milo-why-the-self-sustaining-indie-rapper-is-trying-to-sidestep-the-gatekeepers-201908/|title=Milo: Why the Indie MC Is Trying to 'Sidestep the Gatekeepers'|last=Reeves|first=Mosi|date=2017-08-10|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=2018-11-06|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106053339/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/milo-why-the-self-sustaining-indie-rapper-is-trying-to-sidestep-the-gatekeepers-201908/|archive-date=2018-11-06|url-status=live}} So The Flies Don't Come was released on September 25, 2015, and was entirely produced by Kenny Segal.{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21199-so-the-flies-dont-come/|title=milo: so the flies don't come|work=Pitchfork Media|first=Sheldon|last=Pearce|date=October 14, 2015|access-date=November 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101092842/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21199-so-the-flies-dont-come/|archive-date=November 1, 2015|url-status=live}} So The Flies Don't Come was followed with his first headlining tour.{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/yomilo/status/666725509900845056|title=rory (afk) on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2018-11-05|language=en}} The album was included on the year-end lists by Rolling Stone,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/40-best-rap-albums-of-2015-40015/milo-so-the-flies-dont-come-25199/|title=40 Best Rap Albums of 2015 - 26: Milo, 'So The Flies Don't Come'|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Christina|last=Lee|date=December 23, 2015|access-date=June 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607213625/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/40-best-rap-albums-of-2015-40015/milo-so-the-flies-dont-come-25199/|archive-date=June 7, 2019|url-status=live}} Spin,{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2015/12/the-50-best-hip-hop-albums-of-2015/|title=The 50 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2015 (page 1 of 2)|work=Spin|first=Paul|last=Thompson|date=December 16, 2015|access-date=June 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612142435/https://www.spin.com/2015/12/the-50-best-hip-hop-albums-of-2015/|archive-date=June 12, 2019|url-status=live}} The New York Observer,{{cite web|url=https://observer.com/2015/12/the-top-10-hip-hop-albums-of-2015/|title=The 10 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2015|work=The New York Observer|first=Ron|last=Hart|date=December 16, 2015|access-date=June 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607213624/https://observer.com/2015/12/the-top-10-hip-hop-albums-of-2015/|archive-date=June 7, 2019|url-status=live}} The Boston Globe,{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2015/12/12/the-best-albums-julian-benbow/1GP0eqAm1Qj0qCd81SDJoK/story.html|title=The best hip-hop albums of 2015|work=The Boston Globe|first=Julian|last=Benbow|date=December 12, 2015|access-date=June 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607213624/https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2015/12/12/the-best-albums-julian-benbow/1GP0eqAm1Qj0qCd81SDJoK/story.html|archive-date=June 7, 2019|url-status=live}} and Impose.{{cite web|url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/chatter/the-best-albums-of-2015|title=The Best Albums of 2015|work=Impose|access-date=June 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607213631/http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/chatter/the-best-albums-of-2015|archive-date=June 7, 2019|url-status=live}}

In 2017, Ferreira announced his third studio album, titled Who Told You to Think??!!?!?!. The project was slated with an August 11 release date and was subsequently called one of the most anticipated albums of 2017 by Rolling Stone.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/24-most-anticipated-rap-albums-for-the-rest-of-2017-195018/milo-195246/|title=24 Most Anticipated Rap Albums For the Rest of 2017|author1=Christopher R. Weingarten |author2=Elias Leight |author3=David Turner |author4=Brittany Spanos |author5=Mosi Reeves |author6=Al Shipley |author7=Christina Lee|date=2017-06-29|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=2018-11-05|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106092827/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/24-most-anticipated-rap-albums-for-the-rest-of-2017-195018/milo-195246/|archive-date=2018-11-06|url-status=live}} As slated, the album was released through the Ruby Yacht label on 11 August 2017.{{cite web|first=Mehan|last=Jayasuriya|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/milo-who-told-you-to-think|title=milo: who told you to think??!!?!?!?!|work=Pitchfork|date=August 10, 2017|access-date=May 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511145901/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/milo-who-told-you-to-think/|archive-date=May 11, 2018|url-status=live}} Pitchfork placed it at number 19 on the "20 Best Rap Albums of 2017" list.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-20-best-rap-albums-of-2017/|title=The 20 Best Rap Albums of 2017 (page 1 of 2)|work=Pitchfork|date=December 14, 2017|access-date=June 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607213624/https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-20-best-rap-albums-of-2017/|archive-date=June 7, 2019|url-status=live}}

His fourth studio album, Budding Ornithologists Are Weary of Tired Analogies, was released on September 21, 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2015535/stream-milos-new-album-budding-ornithologists-are-weary-of-tired-analogies/music/album-stream/|title=Stream Milo's New Album Budding Ornithologists Are Weary Of Tired Analogies|date=2018-09-21|work=Stereogum|access-date=2018-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003013841/https://www.stereogum.com/2015535/stream-milos-new-album-budding-ornithologists-are-weary-of-tired-analogies/music/album-stream/|archive-date=2018-10-03|url-status=live}} On October 1, 2018, Ferreira announced that Budding Ornithologists Are Weary of Tired Analogies would be his final rap album as Milo.{{Cite news|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2016927/milo-announces-that-milo-is-officially-finished/news/|title=Milo Announces That "Milo Is Officially Finished"|date=2018-10-01|work=Stereogum|access-date=2018-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001195828/https://www.stereogum.com/2016927/milo-announces-that-milo-is-officially-finished/news/|archive-date=2018-10-01|url-status=live}} In that year, he also released a collaborative studio album with fellow underground rapper Elucid, titled Nostrum Grocers, under the group moniker Nostrum Grocers.{{cite web|url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/2018/08/22/nostrum-grocers-album-of-the-day/|title=Album of the Day: Nostrum Grocers, "Nostrum Grocers"|work=Bandcamp Daily|first=Paul|last=Thompson|date=August 22, 2018|access-date=June 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607142242/https://daily.bandcamp.com/2018/08/22/nostrum-grocers-album-of-the-day/|archive-date=June 7, 2019|url-status=live}}

On May 31, 2019, he released "Respectdue" under the new stage name R.A.P. Ferreira.{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/hiphop/best-new-rap-dababy-freddie-gibbs-2/|title=The Best New Rap Music To Have On Your Radar|work=Uproxx|first=Andre|last=Gee|date=May 31, 2019|access-date=June 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603184631/https://uproxx.com/hiphop/best-new-rap-dababy-freddie-gibbs-2/|archive-date=June 3, 2019|url-status=live}} His first studio album as R.A.P. Ferreira, titled Purple Moonlight Pages, released on March 6, 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2071704/r-a-p-ferreira-doldrums/music/|title=R.A.P. Ferreira – "Doldrums"|work=Stereogum|first=Tom|last=Breihan|date=January 28, 2020|access-date=January 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129183857/https://www.stereogum.com/2071704/r-a-p-ferreira-doldrums/music/|archive-date=January 29, 2020|url-status=live}} Ferreira received praise from Pitchfork, with the publication giving the project a 7.7 rating out of 10.{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/rap-ferreira-purple-moonlight-pages/|title=R.A.P. Ferreira: Purple Moonlight Pages|website=Pitchfork|language=en|access-date=2020-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320002421/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/rap-ferreira-purple-moonlight-pages/|archive-date=2020-03-20|url-status=live}} The rapper looked to take this project on the road, however the tour was cancelled on March 13, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the announcement, Ferreira's team concluded, "take care of each other, all we got is us."{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/oliverbookingco/status/1238470840724918272|title=Sorry yall but @yomilo March Tour Cancelled. Please Read. Love yall, please be safepic.twitter.com/SrxWVaH5v3|last=Friend|first=Hello Darkness My Old|date=2020-03-13|website=@oliverbookingco|language=en|access-date=2020-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313144657/https://twitter.com/oliverbookingco/status/1238470840724918272|archive-date=2020-03-13|url-status=live}}

= Ruby Yacht =

Ferreira founded his label, Ruby Yacht (stylized as RBYT) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.{{Cite news|url=https://shepherdexpress.com/music/music-feature/ruby-yacht-gets-night/|title=Ruby Yacht Gets a Night of Its Own|last=Rytlewski|first=Evan|date=2017-01-03|work=Shepherd Express|access-date=2018-11-07|language=en-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108025859/https://shepherdexpress.com/music/music-feature/ruby-yacht-gets-night/|archive-date=2018-11-08|url-status=live}} Named after the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and Ferreira's grandmother, it is entirely self-owned by Ferreira and self-financed. Ruby Yacht was operated from Ferreira's record store, Soulfolks Records in Biddeford, Maine, which opened in April 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/heartofbiddeford/videos/congratulations-soulfolks-records-for-their-grand-opening-at-53-main-street-toda/10154581039342465/|title=Heart of Biddeford|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-07}} The store sells cassettes, vinyl, and CDs and mainly sells independent rap music. It was also the only record store in Biddeford, Maine.{{Cite news|url=https://www.conwaydailysun.com/portland_phoenix/news/features/portland-phoenix-summer-of-soulfolks-rap-artist-milo-s-record/article_6cf6d642-ab02-11e8-94c0-53ca01a774af.html|title=Portland Phoenix {{!}} Summer of Soulfolks: Rap artist Milo's record store brings "reverse gentrification" to hometown Biddeford|last=Schroeder|first=Nick|work=The Portland Phoenix|access-date=2018-11-07|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426070837/https://www.conwaydailysun.com/portland_phoenix/news/features/portland-phoenix-summer-of-soulfolks-rap-artist-milo-s-record/article_6cf6d642-ab02-11e8-94c0-53ca01a774af.html|archive-date=2020-04-26|url-status=live}}

There are two other artists signed to Ruby Yacht, Ferreira's childhood friend and musician Safari Al{{Cite news|url=https://radiomilwaukee.org/discover-music/music-news/video-premiere-sal-stone-school/|title=Milwaukee music video premiere: s.al aka Safari Al "Stone School"|work=88Nine Radio Milwaukee|access-date=2018-11-07|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108025907/https://radiomilwaukee.org/discover-music/music-news/video-premiere-sal-stone-school/|archive-date=2018-11-08|url-status=live}} and renowned Los Angeles recorder producer Kenny Segal.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/kenny-segal-premieres-big-decisions-upcoming-album-happy-little-trees-ruby-yacht|title=Kenny Segal to release Happy Little Trees on Ruby Yacht, premieres "Big Decisions"|work=Tiny Mix Tapes|access-date=2018-11-07|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108025813/https://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/kenny-segal-premieres-big-decisions-upcoming-album-happy-little-trees-ruby-yacht|archive-date=2018-11-08|url-status=live}} Ferreira hasn't signed any other artist, mainly due to indie rap's lack of numerous album deals and his personal beliefs.

Personal life

Ferreira is primarily a vegetarian{{cite web|url=http://kcou.fm/interview-an-evening-with-milo/|title=Interview: An Evening with Milo|date=November 6, 2014|publisher=KCOU|location=St. Louis|access-date=May 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617181426/http://kcou.fm/interview-an-evening-with-milo/|archive-date=June 17, 2016|url-status=live}} but occasionally, in moments of weakness, eats meat and currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee.{{Citation | last = Kilmartin

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| access-date = August 13, 2021 }} He moved to Los Angeles with his friends and frequent collaborators Safari Al and Nedarb Nagrom in 2014 to be closer to his then-label Hellfyre Club{{Cite news|url=http://kindaneat.net/nedarb/|title=Episode 127: Nedarb – KINDA NEAT|date=2017-05-03|work=KINDA NEAT|access-date=2018-11-05|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103011948/http://kindaneat.net/nedarb/|archive-date=2018-11-03|url-status=live}} and moved to Boyle Heights and later, a storage shed in Echo Park following the break-down of the collective and the label being made defunct. Ferreira moved back to Wisconsin before deciding on Maine after his first headline tour. Speaking on his move to Maine, Ferreira said, "It's far away from everything. I'm a bit of a wild person. I like to be free, run around, holler, do weird shit. I don't like people looking at me. I need space."{{Cite news|url=https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/vb7exx/milo-is-here-to-tell-you-youre-wrong-about-rap-music|title=milo is Here to Tell You You're Wrong about Rap Music|date=2017-09-18|work=Noisey|access-date=2018-11-05|language=en-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106092842/https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/vb7exx/milo-is-here-to-tell-you-youre-wrong-about-rap-music|archive-date=2018-11-06|url-status=live}} He also said in an interview with Vulture that his marriage and his then-wife's pregnancy were big reasons for the move to Maine.

Ferreira attended St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin, a liberal arts institution, studying philosophy. Ferreira dropped out of college after moving to Los Angeles, saying he was "trapped in college" to LA Weekly in 2013.

Ferreira was married in 2016. In July 2017, Ferreira announced on social media that he had a son{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/yomilo/status/881220002912882690|title=rory (afk) on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2018-11-05|language=en}} who was born in December 2016, later confirming in an interview with Vice. Ferreira went through a divorce that was finalized in 2021, which has also been confirmed via his social media.

Discography

= Studio albums as Milo =

A Toothpaste Suburb (2014)
So the Flies Don't Come (2015)
Who Told You to Think??!!?!?!?! (2017)
Budding Ornithologists Are Weary of Tired Analogies (2018)

= Studio albums as R.A.P. Ferreira =

Purple Moonlight Pages (2020)
the Light Emitting Diamond Cutter Scriptures (2021)
5 to the Eye with Stars (2022)
OUTSTANDING UNDERSTANDING (2024)

= Collaborative studio albums =

Nostrum Grocers (2018) {{small|(with Elucid, as Nostrum Grocers)}}
Bob's Son: R.A.P. Ferreira in the Garden Level Cafe of the Scallops Hotel (2021) {{small|(as R.A.P. Ferreira & Scallops Hotel)}}
WHAT THEM DOGS DON'T KNOW THEY KNOW (2023) {{small|(with AJ Suede, as G's Us)}}
the First Fist to Make Contact When We Dap (2024) {{small|(as R.A.P. Ferreira & Fumitake Tamura)}}

= Mixtapes =

Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (2010) {{small|(with Nicholas J and AD the Architect, as Nom de Rap)}}
I Wish My Brother Rob Was Here (2011)
Milo Takes Baths (2012)
Cavalcade (2013)
Plain Speaking (2015) {{small|(as Scallops Hotel)}}
Too Much of Life Is Mood (2016) {{small|(as Scallops Hotel)}}
Over the Carnage Rose a Voice Prophetic (2017) {{small|(as Scallops Hotel)}}
Sovereign Nose of (Y)our Arrogant Face (2018) {{small|(as Scallops Hotel)}}
The Truly Ancient and Original Lefthanded Styles of the Hoodwinkers and Penny Pinchers (2019)
Safari Al Fortnites at the Scallops Hotel: The First Orange Tree Has Been Planted in my Room (2020) {{small|(with Safari Al, as Scallops Hotel)}}
Lilac Diesel (2023)
KEF 33 (Scallops Hotel Hosts a Reading of the Purple Moonlight Pages) (2023)
Asiatique Black Wizard Lily Funk (2023)

= EPs =

Things That Happen at Day (2013)
Things That Happen at Night (2013)
Poplar Grove (or How to Rap with a Hammer) (2013) {{small|(as Scallops Hotel)}}
Boyle and Piles (2014) {{small|(with Safari Al, as Red Wall)}}

= Singles =

"Organon" (2012)
"A Persnickity Goblin's Hard Sigh" (2012)
"Concerning the Dream Tigers I Have Seen (for Borges)" (2012)
"The Elotes Man" (2013)
"A Binary Abacus" (2013)
"Shinsplints wind Breakr Pants" (2018)
"Galahad in Goosedown (Fiat Iustitia Et Pereat Mundus)" (2018)
"Respectdue" (2019) {{small|(as R.A.P. Ferreira)}}
"Doldrums" (2020) {{small|(as R.A.P. Ferreira)}}

= Guest appearances =

Nicholas J - "Sound Advice" from Demolition Mixtape (2010)
Open Mike Eagle - "Boss Fight" from Rent Party Extension (2012)
Mantras - "Villain" from Easy, Hogarth (2013)
Nedarb Nagrom - "Weirdos" from Warm Lettuce (2013)
The Wilde - "Greatest Fear" from Urban Alien Nation (2013)
Tera Melos - "Snake Lake (Busdriver Remix)" from X'ed Out Remixes (2013)
Anderson Paak - "Heart of Gold (Chain)" from Cover Art (2013)
Kool A.D. - "Pass the Milk" from Not O.K. (2013)
Iglooghost - "Frenchopen" from Treetunnels (2014)
WC Tank - "Reconsidering" from almost forever (2014)
Busdriver - "King Cookie Faced (for Hellfyre) (Greyhat Remix)" (2014)
Open Mike Eagle - "Trickeration" from A Special Episode Of (2015)
Prefuse 73 - "140 Jabs Interlude" from Rivington Não Rio (2015)
Kiings - "Garden" from Wwydf (2015)
Botany - "Au Revoir" and "No Translator" from Dimming Awe, the Light Is Raw (2015)
Busdriver - "Worlds to Run" from Thumbs (2015)
Elos - "Not the Best" from Limit Break (2016)
Willie Green - "The Mental Wizard" from Doc Savage (2016)
Q The Sun - "On the Way to Something Else" (2016)
R. Bravery - "One-Hundred Black Kites" from Hamaon (2016) {{small|(as Scallops Hotel)}}
Blu & Fate - "Oblivia" from Open Your Optics to Optimism (2016)
Sixo - "Random Awakening" from The Odds of Free Will (2017)
Armand Hammer - "Dead Cars" from Shrines (2020)
Open Mike Eagle - "Multi-Game Arcade Cabinet" from Component System with the Auto Reverse (2022)
Pink Navel & Kenny Segal - "Solving Combat" from How to Capture Playful (2023)
Celestaphone - "Gravid Patch" from Paper Cut From the Obit (2023)