Biography
Tomasyn Hayes (born January 2, 1997), also known professionally as LustSickPuppy (sometimes stylized as Lust$ickPuppy), is an American rapper, painter, make-up artist, and model. Their debut EP, Cosmic Brownie, was released in 2020, and their second EP, As Hard As You Can, was released in 2022.
Hayes was born on January 2, 1997 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, where they were also raised. As a child, they wrote raps and attended rap cyphers. Hayes has described themself during their youth as "a raw ass kid growing up too fast". While teaching prosthetic makeup at a middle school, Hayes began working professionally as a painter and make-up artist in 2017, also working as a model. Hayes released their debut single "Goatmeal" and an accompanying music video in May 2020, which preceded their debut EP, Cosmic Brownie, released on June 1, 2020. Their single "BustDuster" was released in July 2021. In 2022, they toured as an opening act, first for Dorian Electra and later for Machine Girl, and released their second EP, As Hard As You Can. In March 2024 they announced their first studio album CAROUSEL FROM HELL, which released on April 26 of the same year.
For Vogue, Janelle Okwodu described Hayes's art as "impulsive, convoluted, and chaotic". Hayes based their stage name on their Instagram username, which they had put "no real thought" into until they started to perform music. They have described their music as "pretty genre-less". They frequently wear smiley or Juggalo-inspired clown face paint while performing. Raphael Helfand of The Fader described their music as "a combination of hellacious beats and cracked, unhinged vocals" and described their "sex-crazed-canine persona" as having "an extremely specific self-mythology". For the Chicago Reader, Micco Caporale described their music as "a perfect marriage between club-kid uncanniness and Juggalo attitude" that contained elements of breakcore, hip hop, and nu metal. Their music is largely techno punk and also has elements of heavy metal and electronic music. They have cited Missy Elliott as an influence on their music and image.
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