Lil Melancholy

Lil Melancholy is an American rapper from Chicago. He is a founding and former member of the rap clique Kelpboyz. He is known for "blowing dank kush in the direction of old lames" (the elderly).

Early Life
Aleksei was born into a poor white family that lived in the projects of Southside Chicago. Through high school, his friends pressured him into becoming a Blood. Because of not originally wanting to be a Blood, he was often referred to as "The Saddest Blood". He would often spend time crying before performing drive-bys with his posse. After the years of being a gangbanger and committing crimes with his crew, he began to feel an attachment to being a Blood and remains one even to this day.

Through doing missions with his crew, Aleksei was exposed to a lot of music, especially during drive-bys. He would later end up being the passenger seat shooter so he could shoot and be the car DJ. After awhile he started to practice his rapping ability, and would frequently rap to his fellow gangbangers.

When Aleksei fled to Harlem to escape from the bounty that the Crips were holding against him, he met Lil Samba. After having lunch, they exchanged music and decided to form Kelpboyz with he and Cyberbully.

Career
Lil Melancholy rapped on "Tsunami", the first Kelpboyz song to be released onto the internet, which was produced by Samba and uploaded to the Kelpboyz bandcamp site. After a year rapping with the collective, Melancholy decided to sever his ties with Kelpboyz so that he could focus on attending school in Philadelphia.