Bones

About

Bones, real name Elmo Kennedy O'Connor, has put out well over a hundred projects since 2010 without ever signing to a major label. He started out as Th@ Kid, recording everything himself and sharing it online for free, then switched to the Bones name in 2012 and began releasing under TeamSESH, the label and collective he founded. His 2014 project Garbage drew attention from outlets like The Fader and Complex, and featured Xavier Wulf, Chris Travis, Eddy Baker and Spooky Black. Those same names fed into SESHOLLOWATERBOYZ, an online born alliance of underground rappers. He has never stayed in a single lane. With producer GREAF he made surrenderdorothy, a side project built around acoustic guitar and singing that sits closer to indie rock and emo, and later OREGONTRAIL, a darker and rougher one. His biggest crossover moment came when A$AP Rocky sampled the hook from his song Dirt on Canal St., and the two performed it together on late night TV. Labels came calling, but he turned them down and kept TeamSESH independent.