Stitches (rapper)
{{short description|American rapper}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Stitches
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| alias = Lil Phill
| birth_name = Phillip Nickolas Katsabanis
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1995|6|17}}
| birth_place = Miami, Florida, United States
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| genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|trap|horrorcore}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Rapper}}
| years_active = 2014–present
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Phillip Nickolas Katsabanis{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/23/arts/music/stitches-the-transgressive-rapper-plays-amityville.html|title=Stitches, the Transgressive Rapper, Plays Amityville|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|date=September 22, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 15, 2016}} (born June 17, 1995), better known by his stage name Stitches, is an American rapper.{{cite web |last1=Dredd |first1=Peter |title=Rapper Stitches Cries On Video Listening To Kevin Gates |url=https://dreddsinfo.com/2020/02/rapper-stitches-cries-on-video-listening-to-kevin-gates.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231032227/https://dreddsinfo.com/2020/02/rapper-stitches-cries-on-video-listening-to-kevin-gates.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=December 31, 2023 |website=Dreddsworld |accessdate=30 December 2023}} Prior to adopting the name Stitches, he was known as Lil Phill.{{cite web|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/viral-rapper-stitches-some-truth-many-questions-6483861|title=Viral Rapper Stitches: Some Truth, Many Questions|author=Francisco Alvarado, Allie Conti|work=Miami New Times|access-date=December 6, 2015}} He released his first mixtape, No Snitching Is My Statement, in 2014, followed by a debut album in 2015, titled For Drug Dealers Only.
Personal life
Katsabanis was born on June 17, 1995, in Miami, Florida, to Esther and Alexander Katsabanis, who divorced when Katsabanis was one year old. Of Greek and Cuban descent, Katsabanis grew up in Kendall, Florida, a suburb of Miami.{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2014/04/stitches-interview|title=Meet Stitches, the Unsigned 18-Year-Old Miami Rapper With an AK-47 Tattooed on His Face|date=April 28, 2014|author=David Drake|work=Complex|access-date=December 6, 2015}} The rapper said he began selling cocaine and guns to support himself after moving to South Beach, Florida, from Miami.
Katsabanis was married from 2012 to 2017, and has three children.
In August 2022, Katsabanis was arrested on cocaine and weapons charges.[https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/08/04/rapper-known-as-stitches-arrested-in-bay-harbor-islands-on-drug-and-weapons-charges/ arrested] Prosecutors declined to pursue charges because a month later, the police had not submitted the cocaine Katsabanis was alleged to possess to a lab for testing. On Sept 15, 2022, all charges were dropped.{{Cite web |last=Karantsalis |first=Theo |date=2022-09-15 |title=Drug and Gun Charges Against Rapper "Stitches" Dropped |url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/cocaine-gun-charges-dropped-in-stitches-the-rapper-case-15284838 |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=Miami New Times |language=en}}
Discography
= Studio albums =
- For Drug Dealers Only (2015)
- Tales of a Drug Lord (2016)
- Cocaine Holiday (2017)
- I Need Rehab (2017)
- Bipolar (2018)
- Time for Murder (2018)
- Married to the Bricks (2020)
= Mixtapes =
- No Snitching Is My Statement (2014){{cite web|title=Stitches - Brick In Yo Face|date=May 7, 2014 |url=http://305magazine.com/stitches-brick-in-yo-face/|publisher=305 Magazine|access-date=April 20, 2015}}{{cite web|title=The White Gucci Mane? Stitches – Brick In Yo Face (Stiches is a Video)|date=April 29, 2014 |url=http://www.hitthefloor.com/music/urban/white-gucci-mane-stitches-brick-yo-face-official-video/|publisher=Hit The Floor|access-date=April 20, 2015}}
- Brick Bible (2015)
- Supply and Demand (2015)
- Brick Bible 2 (2019)
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Category:American people of Greek descent
Category:American musicians of Cuban descent
Category:American hip-hop musicians
Category:21st-century American rappers
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