{"id":211861,"date":"2025-12-05T15:13:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/12\/05\/with-sweetface-killah-infinite-coles-steps-out-of-father-ghostfaces-shadow-into-a-kaleidoscope-of-queer-light-i-was-the-underdog-and-i-was-sick-of-it-2\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T15:13:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:13:32","slug":"with-sweetface-killah-infinite-coles-steps-out-of-father-ghostfaces-shadow-into-a-kaleidoscope-of-queer-light-i-was-the-underdog-and-i-was-sick-of-it-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/12\/05\/with-sweetface-killah-infinite-coles-steps-out-of-father-ghostfaces-shadow-into-a-kaleidoscope-of-queer-light-i-was-the-underdog-and-i-was-sick-of-it-2\/","title":{"rendered":"With \u2018Sweetface Killah,\u2019 Infinite Coles Steps Out of Father Ghostface\u2019s Shadow & Into a Kaleidoscope of Queer Light: \u2018I Was the Underdog, and I Was Sick of\u00a0It\u2019\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tHailing from Staten Island, Infinite Coles represents the convergence between two of New York City\u2019s most hallowed and dynamic cultural scenes: ballroom and hip-hop. The sounds of both worlds are inescapable across Sweetface Killah<\/em>, Coles\u2019 thrilling debut album, which recounts the enrapturing story of one of the most sidelined children of hip-hop royalty.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tA vocalist and rapper, Coles is the estranged son of Wu-Tang Clan<\/a> legend Ghostface Killa<\/a>h. His uncle also happens to be RZA<\/a> \u2014 who he says has \u201calways been a big supporter\u201d \u2014 which means the blood of indisputable hip-hop icons courses through his veins. Growing up in a house exclusively soundtracked by hardcore hip-hop and classic R&B and soul, Coles gravitated towards women like Brandy, Whitney Houston and Toni Braxton. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI didn\u2019t resonate with the men,\u201d he recalls. \u201cAnd there was a lot of \u201c[F-slur]\u201d talk in Wu-Tang, so I felt uncomfortable. I knew who I was from the beginning of time, and my family threw it out there early in my life that being gay was bad.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAs Coles grew into himself and his sexuality, he connected with Mela Murder, a former Major Lazer back-up dancer, who got him off Staten Island and introduced him to the euphoric worlds of ballroom and house music. Coles and his father have been estranged for well over a decade now, but, in that distance, the rising star followed the music. Aly-Us\u2019 classic 1992 house hit \u201cFollow Me\u201d served as Coles\u2019 entry point into the genre, setting the scene for the splashes of ballroom-steeped house elements that appear across Sweetface Killah <\/em>on songs like \u201cBoots\u201d and \u201cDMs.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAn untraditional \u201cnepo baby,\u201d given his fractured relationship with his father, Coles has been making industry inroads for a decade. \u201cMy brothers had all of that,\u201d he says of the opportunity to work with his superstar father in the recording studio. \u201cI didn\u2019t get invited to sessions or anything like that at all.\u201d (Ghostface Killah declined comment for this article.<\/em>)<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 2015, Coles starred in Clayton Vomero\u2019s Gang<\/em> short film, and by 2018, he featured on three songs on Everything Is Recorded<\/em>, the debut studio album from XL Recordings co-founder Richard Russell. It was during the pandemic, however, that Coles zeroed in on the concept of Sweetface Killah<\/em>, alongside close friend and executive producer Zach Witness. Together, the duo blended Coles\u2019 idiosyncratic swagger, musical fearlessness and sharp storytelling skills into a resoundingly confident debut album.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAhead of the London launch performance for Sweetface Killah <\/em>(Dec. 5), Infinite Coles stepped out of the steam room to chat with Billboard<\/em> about coming into his artistry, hopping in the booth with Ferg and challenging antiquated hip-hop norms.<\/p>\n

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