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| Birth Name: | Tomasyn Hayes | ||||||
| Birth Date: | 2 January 1997 | ||||||
| Birth Place: | New York City, U.S. | ||||||
| Other Names: | Tommy Hayes | ||||||
| Years Active: | 2017–present | ||||||
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Tomasyn Hayes (born January 2, 1997), known professionally as LustSickPuppy (sometimes stylized as Lust$ickPuppy), is an American rapper, painter, make-up artist, and model. Their debut extended play, Cosmic Brownie, was released in 2020, and their second EP, As Hard As You Can, was released in 2022. Their self-released and self-produced debut studio album, Carousel from Hell, was released in 2024. Their music has been described as genre-bending, featuring a fusion of digital hardcore with genres such as hip hop, breakcore, and harsh noise.
Tomasyn Hayes was born on January 2, 1997[1] [2] 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".[3] 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.[4] [5] [6]
Hayes released their debut single as LustSickPuppy, "Goatmeal", and an accompanying music video in May 2020, which preceded their debut extended play, Cosmic Brownie, released on June 1, 2020.[7] 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.[8] After it was announced in March 2024, their self-produced first studio album, Carousel from Hell, was released on April 26 of the same year.[9] It was preceded by the singles "Blisster", "Chokehold", and "Exes".
For Vogue, Janelle Okwodu described Hayes's art as "impulsive, convoluted, and chaotic". They frequently wear smiley or juggalo-inspired clown face paint while performing.[10] [11] Hayes based their stage name on their Instagram username, which they had put "no real thought" into until they started to perform music.
Hayes has described their music as "pretty genre-less" and has called their combination of genres "genrefucking". 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".[12] [13] For the Chicago Reader, Micco Caporale described their music as "a perfect marriage between club-kid uncanniness and Juggalo attitude"; Leah Mandel, for Pitchfork, wrote that their music "typically exerts a hyper-confident lusty indignation" and "always [has] humor". Their music is largely digital hardcore and hip hop and also has elements of heavy metal, jungle, breakcore, nu metal, harsh noise, and electronic music.[14] [15] [16] [17] They have cited Missy Elliott as an influence on their music and image.[18]
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| "Goatmeal" | 2020 | Cosmic Brownie |
| "Thirst" | 2021 | rowspan="2" |
| "Bustduster" | ||
| "Ego Bruiser" | As Hard As You Can | |
| "Might B" | 2022 | rowspan="3" |
| "Ride It" | 2023 | |
| "Chokehold" | ||
| "Exes" | 2024 | Carousel from Hell |
| "Blisster" | ||
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | |
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| "Suck Shit" | 2020 | Machine Girl, Rafia | U-Void Synthesizer | |
| "Amnesia" | 2021 | Death Tour, Ghoulavelii, Kamiyada+, Prxjek, WhoKilledXIX | Scared? (0.5) | |
| "Creepy Crawlers" | 2023 | Tripp Jones, Loko Los | Gladiator Season, Vol. 3 |