Toby Aaron Hamilton (born July 16, 2001), known professionally as 6arelyhuman (pronounced ), is an American rapper, singer and songwriter. In 2022, they released the single " Hands Up!" and "XOXO (Kisses Hugs)", which became viral hits on

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and led to their signing with Artist Partner Group. Alongside a string of releases in 2023, Hamilton released their debut studio album, ''Sassy Scene''. They followed it up with a collaboration with Odetari called " GMFU" which became their first top ten entry on the US

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chart, and was featured in their second

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(EP) ''Myspace Addiction''. Their second studio album, ''Internet Famous'' (2024), was supported by the single "Faster n Harder" which also became viral on TikTok.

Early life

Born in

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, they originally made edits of Japanese

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music videos on

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, before pursuing music. Hamilton is a

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, they have three sisters, a brother and they like cats.

Career

In an interview with

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, they claimed that they were inspired by a

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edit. Hamilton released "Hands Up!" with Kets4eki and Pixel Hood in 2022. The song became their first to chart on the ''

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chart, reaching number 14. Both " GMFU" and " Hands Up" went viral on Tiktok, the former of which entered the top five of the

chart. It also reached number 23 on New Zealand Music Chart, their only main chart debut. They released their debut studio album, ''Sassy Scene'', on March 3, 2023. In 2024, they collaborated with Scene Queen on the song "Stuck". On February 28, 2024, Hamilton released "Faster n Harder". Remix versions were subsequently released. They embarked on a

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an tour in 2024, and announced a subsequent world tour.

Musical style

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and

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as inspirations. Hamilton is described as an scene artist.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Charted songs

References

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