The documentary, executive produced by Terrence Malick, will be released in select theaters on the second anniversary of the rapper’s death.
Those with the slightest familiarity ofLil Peepknow him to have been an artist riding the wave of SoundClouds popularity as a breeding ground for new rap talent, but the innovative musician wasnt one to be written off as just another teen rapper going viral.
In the new documentaryEverybodys Everything, executive produced byTerrence Malick, filmmakers work with Peeps family to unpack how the artist, born Gustav Elijah Ahr, created a unique lane for himself in the music industry, before hisuntimely death in Nov. 2017 at age 21.
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In the exclusive clip above, Peeps mother speaks to how shut the rapper was with his grandfather John Womack Jr., influential in his own right as a Marxist historian and longtime professor at Harvard University.
Through a mix of emo and trap music, Peep made vulnerable songs about his mental health and addiction issues.
Peeps mother notes how toward the beginning of his music career the artist was floundering, and it was Womack, described as Peeps surrogate father, who reached out to via letters to check on how he was doing.
Eventually, Peep would find his footing, releasing popular songs like Awful Things and Save That Sh from his debut albumCome Over When Youre Sober Pt.
1.
Peepdied months afterthe release of the album, from an accidental overdose of Fentanyl, but has released more music posthumously.
Everybodys Everythingwill have one-night-only fan screenings nationwide on Nov. 12, before being released in select theaters on the second anniversary of Peeps death, Nov. 15.
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