Zelooperz

{{Short description|American rapper (born 1993)}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Zelooperz

| landscape = yes

| image = ZelooperZ L.A.jpg

| caption = Zelooperz performing in 2022

| birth_name = Walter Moszel Williams{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/916499446 |title=ARUGULA |website=ASCAP |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |access-date=May 3, 2023}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1993|06|18}} (age 31)

| origin = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

| genre = Hip hop

| occupation = Rapper

| years_active = 2010–present

| current_member_of = {{hlist|Bruiser Brigade}}

| website = {{URL|zelooperz.bandcamp.com}}

}}

Walter Moszel Williams (born June 18, 1993), known as Zelooperz (stylized as ZelooperZ),{{cite news|url=http://www.ocweekly.com/music/zelooperz-is-the-youngest-rapper-on-danny-browns-old-tour-6586629|title=ZelooperZ is the Youngest Rapper on Danny Brown's "OLD" Tour|last=Montez|first=Patrick|date=May 2, 2014|work=OC Weekly|access-date=7 September 2016}} is an American rapper.{{cite news|url=http://noisey.vice.com/blog/zelooperz-wiki-heart-bothic-interview|title=Detroit Rapper ZelooperZ and Ratking's Wiki Crack Skulls with "Heart"|last=Jenkins|first=Craig|date=March 1, 2016|work=Vice|access-date=7 September 2016}} He is a member of Detroit-based hip hop group Bruiser Brigade and is signed to their record label Bruiser Brigade Records.{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kelly-frazier/detroit-hip-hop-artist-ze_b_9630818.html|title=Detroit Hip Hop Artist Zelooperz Talks About Linking With Danny Brown's Bruiser Brigade and Dealing With Haters, New Album 'Bothic' Out Now|last=Frazier|first=Kelly|date=April 7, 2016|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=7 September 2016}}

Painting

Alongside his career as a rapper, Williams is a painter. He has described his painting style as being influenced by Francis Bacon and Hajime Sorayama.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqWgrF2Iug8 |title=Zelooperz on 'Get WeT. Radio,' Danny Brown, Earl Sweatshirt, Alchemist, Painting & More! |date=2022-08-16 |last=Our Generation Music |access-date=2024-07-07 |via=YouTube}} Several of Williams’ album covers are painted by Williams himself, such as the cover of Van Gogh’s Left Ear, which is a self-portrait.  

Williams has sold paintings under his stage name Zelooperz as well as the moniker Moszel Offline (not to be confused with the 2020 album of the same name).{{Cite web |date=2023-03-17 |title=ZeelooperZ Is a One of a Kind Creative Force |url=https://www.passionweiss.com/2023/03/17/zeelooperz-one-of-a-kind-creative-force/ |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=Passion of the Weiss |language=en-US}}

Discography

= Studio albums =

  • Bothic (2016)
  • A Piece of the Geto (with Shigeto) (2017)
  • Wild Card (2019)
  • Dyn-o-mite (2019){{cite web |last1=Strauss |first1=Matthew |title=Earl Sweatshirt Joins ZelooperZ on New Song "Easter Sunday 97": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/earl-sweatshirt-joins-zelooperz-on-new-song-easter-sunday-97-listen/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=May 11, 2019 |date=May 10, 2019}}
  • Gremlin (2020)
  • Moszel Offline (2020)
  • Valley of Life (2020)
  • Van Gogh's Left Ear (2021)
  • Get WeT.Radio (2022)
  • Microphone Fiend (2023)
  • Quazel (with Quadie Diesel) (2023)
  • Dear Psilocybin (with Real Bad Man) (2025)

= Mixtapes =

  • Coon N The Room: Eating Ramen Noodles While Watching Roots on Bootleg (2011)
  • Help (2014)

= Guest appearances =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name

! scope="col" style="width:16em;" | Title

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Artist(s)

! scope="col" | Album

scope="row" | "Kush Coma"

| rowspan="4" | 2013

| Danny Brown, A$AP Rocky

| Old

scope="row" | "Titties"

| TRPL BLK

| rowspan="2" | Big Dick Niggas Eat Pussy Too

scope="row" | "Balls Deep"

| TRPL BLK, Chavis Chandler, Steve Perry

scope="row" | "Weak Bitch"

| Dopehead

| Devil's Heaven

scope="row" | "Z Day"

| 2014

| Black Noi$e, BK Beats

| Nonbelievers

scope="row" | "Bonnie & Clyde"

|2020

|Black Noi$e

|OBLIVION

scope="row" | "Henny and Apple Cider"

| rowspan="4" | 2021

| rowspan="2" | Na-Kel Smith

| rowspan="2" | A Dream No Longer Deferred

scope="row" | "Zenak"
scope="row" | "SS San Francisco"

|Injury Reserve

|By The Time I Get to Phoenix

scope="row"| "Wildstyle"

| The Alchemist

| This Thing of Ours 2

scope="row"| "Vision"

|2022

|Earl Sweatshirt

|Sick!

scope="row"| "Antidote"

| rowspan="2" |2024

|Logic

|Ultra 85

scope="row" |"Big Wigs"

|Boldy James, whothehelliscarlo

|Hidden in Plain Sight

References

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