Matthew Christopher Grau (born December 13, 2004), known professionally as Matt Ox, is an American rapper and singer from Philadelphia. He is best known for his 2017 single "Overwhelming", and for being featured on the 2018 platinum certified track "$$$" on

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's sophomore album '' ?'' (2018).

Early life

Ox was born in 2004. He is from Lawncrest, Philadelphia. Ox began pursuing

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when he was 11 years old. Since releasing music, Ox has been homeschooled.

Career

Ox was 12 years old when he released the music video for the single "Overwhelming" in 2017 featuring instrumentals by Oogie Mane. He released singles with

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before signing with

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in 2018. In March 2018, he worked with rapper

on the song "$$$", which was featured on his sophomore album, '' ?''. His debut album, ''Ox'', was released October 30, 2018. It includes 11 songs less than three minutes long and has three songs featuring

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, Key!, and Valee. It was produced by

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, a Philadelphia-based production crew. He released his mixtape ''Sweet 16'' on December 13, 2020. He released his first solo extended play on February 12, 2021, a 5-track EP titled Unorthodox. The mixtape and the EP featured no guest appearances from other artists. Ox's second album ''Year Of The Ox'' released on January 31, 2022. The album featured guest appearances from Lancey Foux and UnoTheActivist.

Artistry

Ox's music has been called "dark

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". Some of his favorite artists include

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Discography

Studio albums

Mixtapes

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other charted songs

References

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