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Rory Ferreira (born February 3, 1992), better known by his stage name Milo (often stylized as milo), is an American alternative hip hop musician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He often collaborates with Busdriver, Open Mike Eagle and Hemlock Ernst among others. He has been a member of the Hellfyre Club collective.
Early life
Ferreira was born in Chicago, Illinois to parents under 21 who were high school dropouts. Shortly after his birth, he moved to Saco, Maine, where he would spend most of his early life. Here, at age 12, he was introduced to hip hop through his uncle, who showed him Nas. For high school, Ferreira moved with his father to Kenosha, Wisconsin. He participated in theatre in school and was always working on hip hop out of school. By the time he got to college, Milo had been to 13 different schools. 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 attended St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin for Philosophy, before he dropped out to pursue a music career. Ferreira is a vegetarian.
Musical career
In 2010, Nom de Rap released their first joint mixtape, Greatest Hits Vol. 1.
Milo released his first solo mixtape, I Wish My Brother Rob Was Here in 2011. Milo Takes Baths was released in 2012. The song 'Kenosha, WI' was published by Johns Hopkins University Press in a 2012 issue of the journal Postmodern Culture.
Milo released two EPs, Things That Happen at Day and Things That Happen at Night, in January 2013. The Cavalcade mixtape followed in July 2013. In November 2013, he appeared on Hellfyre Club's compilation Dorner vs. Tookie. He released Poplar Grove (or How to Rap with a Hammer) under the moniker Scallops Hotel in November 2013. His first official album, A Toothpaste Suburb, was released on Hellfyre Club on September 23, 2014. In 2015, he released So the Flies Don't Come, which was entirely produced by Kenny Segal.
Name
Milo has said he came up with his name at age 16 after reading the book The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, although in a separate interview with everydejavu he states that his name is an acronym for 'maybe i like owls', in reference to his first rap name being 'wise owl, himself'.
Discography
Albums
A Toothpaste Suburb (2014)
Plain Speaking (2015) (as Scallops Hotel)
So the Flies Don't Come (2015)
Too Much of Life Is Mood (2016) (as Scallops Hotel)
Who Told You To Think??!!?!?!?! (2017)
Mixtapes
Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (2010) (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)
Over the Carnage Rose a Voice Prophetic (2017) (as Scallops Hotel)
EPs
Things That Happen at Day (2013)
Things That Happen at Night (2013)
Poplar Grove (or How to Rap with a Hammer) (2013) (as Scallops Hotel)
Boyle and Piles (2014) (with Safari Al, as Red Wall)
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