Before seeing them last year, I knew that the scabby New Orleans SoundCloud-rap pioneers $uicideboy$ were a big deal, but I did not realize how big they were until I saw thousands of people rapping along with their drugs-and-depression lyrics word-for-word. My experience at last year’s Grey Day tour was an eye-opening one. $uicideboy$...

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