Florida-based rapper Wifisfuneral is noted for his smooth, agile flow and his brutally honest lyrics about his struggles with drug abuse and depression. An early member of the Members Only collective, along with founders
XXXTentacion and
Ski Mask the Slump God, he broke out with solo mixtapes like 2017's Boy Who Cried Wolf, and released his official studio debut, Pain?, in 2020. Wifisfuneral was born Isaiah Rivera in the Bronx and raised in Palm Beach, Florida. He wrote his first raps in primary school and made his first bedroom recording at the age of 13. A high school dropout, he started rapping under the name Izzy Kill$ before going by Wifisfuneral, a name inspired by his then-collaborator Gabe Guerra, aka
DJ Scheme. They produced a few streaming hits, including the
Brian Eno-sampling "Light Skin Trick Daddy," before
Scheme struck out on his own. Several EPs preceded the Wifisfuneral mixtape Black Heart Revenge, which appeared in May of 2016, followed by When Hell Falls in January 2017. Rivera signed with
Interscope/
Alamo/
Polydor at the age of 19, and Black Heart Revenge was given an official label release in 2017. Another mixtape, Boy Who Cried Wolf, followed in August of the same year. 2018 saw the release of the spooky and atmospheric Ethernet, with Conn3ct3d, a collaboration with
Robb Bank$, arriving in early 2019. Two EPs, Ethernet 2 and EV3RYTHING SUCKS, appeared during the year. After announcing his premature retirement, Wifisfuneral instead released his debut studio album Pain? in 2020. ~ Marcy Donelson, Rovi