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 =
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|+ 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 | 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" |
scope="row"| "Wildstyle" |
scope="row"| "Vision"
|2022 |
scope="row"| "Antidote"
| rowspan="2" |2024 |
scope="row" |"Big Wigs"
|Boldy James, whothehelliscarlo |Hidden in Plain Sight |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Zelooperz}}
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Category:21st-century African-American musicians
Category:21st-century American male musicians
Category:21st-century American rappers
Category:African-American male rappers
Category:Midwest hip-hop musicians
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