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

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, ''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

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with genres such as

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, and

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Life and career

Tomasyn Hayes was born on January 2, 1997 in

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, 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". While teaching

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at a middle school, Hayes began working professionally as a painter and

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in 2017, also working as a model. Hayes released their debut single as LustSickPuppy, "Goatmeal", and an accompanying music video in May 2020, which preceded their debut

, ''Cosmic Brownie'', released on June 1, 2020. Their single "BustDuster" was released in July 2021. In 2022, they toured as an opening act, first for

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and later for

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, and released their second EP, ''As Hard As You Can''. 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. It was preceded by the singles "Blisster", "Chokehold", and "Exes".

Artistry

For ''

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'', Janelle Okwodu described Hayes's art as "impulsive, convoluted, and chaotic". They frequently wear

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-inspired clown face paint while performing. Hayes based their stage name on their

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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 ''

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'' 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". For the ''

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'', 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 ashumor". Their music is largely

and

and also has elements of heavy metal,

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, and

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. They have cited

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as an influence on their music and image.

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Singles

Guest appearances

Notes

References

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