mtv Unbothered: 'I Always Feel The Pressure' The rising rapper tells MTV News about how he handles it all By Candace McDuffie Lil Skies sonically resides in a realm where raw and unfiltered emotion rules. The 22-year-old emcee made noise with his 2018 major-label mixtape, Life of a Dark Rose, which, on the surface, came across as part of the omnipresent emo rap that has permeated the music industry over the past five years. But upon further exploration, it is clear that the rapper born Kimetrius Foose â just like his mellifluous peers Lil Durk, Trippie Redd, and Lil Uzi Vert â is using his catalogue to process seemingly endless amounts of inner turmoil.