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Ski Mask the Slump God
Milestone (age 22)
Released debut studio album Stokeley in November 2018 which peaked at #6 on the Billboard 200, following the platinum-certified singles 'BabyWipe' and 'Take a Step Back' from his 2017 debut commercial mixtape You Will Regret.
Stokeley Goulbourne was born in Fort Lauderdale to Jamaican-descended parents; his father was a rapper under the stage name 'Sin City' who pushed him to write rap lyrics. He met XXXTentacion in a juvenile detention center in 2013 and the two formed the Members Only collective, releasing music on SoundCloud from 2014 onward. His SoundCloud singles like 'Catch Me Outside' gained viral traction, leading to a deal with Victor Victor/Republic Records in 2017.
Starting point
Born in Fort Lauderdale, FL to Jamaican-descended parents; father was a rapper known as 'Sin City' who pushed him to write rap music.
Current position (2025)
Active rapper; released second studio album 11th Dimension in June 2024 and compilation album The Lost Files in July 2025 under Empire Distribution.
How this path compounded
01 Starting advantages
10/24 starting-position score
Strongest documented signals: Exceptional peer / cofounder, Early online platform, Parent / family domain.
Describes the starting position, not what the person later made of it.
Cohort percentile: 88
02 Built or converted leverage
14/25 multiplying-capacity score
Strongest observed levers:Complementary team, Started serious reps before 20, Prior reps.
Measures what was present, not whether it was inherited, earned, self-built, external, or mixed.
Cohort percentile: 80
03 Compounding trajectory
6 documented steps
The timeline below shows the sequence of work and transitions around the selected early milestone. It is evidence of a path, not proof that every step was necessary.
Milestone at age 22
04 Observed career standing
T3 · Domain-recognized
Notable and widely recognized within the domain. The tier summarizes documented career recognition through the data cutoff—not Ski Mask the Slump God's worth or future potential.
Question four · where did the leverage come from?
Ski Mask the Slump God's leverage provenance
Each non-zero lever gets a best-supported origin, evidence signals, and confidence. Unresolved is the honest default when the biography cannot distinguish self-built, advantage-enabled, earned, external, or mixed.
Started serious reps before 201/1
Advantage-enabledmedium confidence
One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.
Parent / family domain (1/2)Rare early tools (1/2)Dedicated mentor / coach (1/2)Early online platform (2/2)
Complementary team2/2
Advantage-enabledmedium confidence
One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.
Exceptional peer / cofounder (2/2)Early online platform (2/2)
Prior reps2/3
Advantage-enabledmedium confidence
One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.
Parent / family domain (1/2)Rare early tools (1/2)Dedicated mentor / coach (1/2)Early online platform (2/2)
Native distribution2/3
Advantage-enabledmedium confidence
One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.
Early online platform (2/2)
Structural wave / timing2/3
Externalmedium confidence
A structural wave is external to the person, even when their position improved access to it.
Frontier geography (1/2)Early online platform (2/2)
Concentration intensity2/3
Advantage-enabledmedium confidence
One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.
Dedicated mentor / coach (1/2)Adversity / constraint catalyst (1/2)
Domain proximity1/2
Advantage-enabledmedium confidence
One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.
Direct domain exposure (1/2)Parent / family domain (1/2)Frontier geography (1/2)
Scarce skill depth1/3
Advantage-enabledmedium confidence
One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.
Parent / family domain (1/2)Rare early tools (1/2)Dedicated mentor / coach (1/2)Early online platform (2/2)
Elite ecosystem network1/3
Advantage-enabledmedium confidence
One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.
Parent / family domain (1/2)Frontier geography (1/2)Exceptional peer / cofounder (2/2)
This is a bounded inference from the current annotations—not a claim about private effort, merit, or the percentage of Ski Mask the Slump God's outcome attributable to any origin.
Luck is not a leftover score.Structural luck, Encounter luck, Event luck, Outcome variance can change every arrow in the path. This successful-only dataset cannot observe the near-identical paths that did not break through, so luck stays visible and unscored.
Within Creators / artists, Ski Mask the Slump God's starting-advantage total is at the 88th percentile. Separately, their built or converted leverage total is at the 80th percentile. Other T3 profiles average 7.0 / 24 starting advantage and 11.7 / 25 leverage. Similar scores appear in other tiers, so these figures describe positioning—not a cause.
Trajectory
- 2013 · age 17
Met XXXTentacion in juvenile detention
Began collaborating on music after release.
- 2015 · age 19
Co-founded Members Only collective with XXXTentacion
Released first mixtape Drown in Designer on SoundCloud.
- 2017 · age 21
Released debut commercial mixtape You Will Regret via Victor Victor/Republic Records
Entered Billboard 200.
- 2018 · age 22
Released debut studio album Stokeley peaking at #6 on Billboard 200
Named to XXL's 2018 Freshman Class.
- 2024 · age 28
Released second studio album 11th Dimension featuring collaborations with Future
XXXTentacion, and Juice Wrld.
- 2025 · age 29
Signed with Empire Distribution
Released compilation album The Lost Files of older SoundCloud tracks.
Primary leverage engine
Early specialization / prior reps
Early specialization / prior reps
Secondary engine
Peer network (XXXTentacion)
Built/converted leverage
14 / 25
evidence: Medium
Built or converted leverage
Multiplying capacity documented later in the path. Measures what was present, not whether it was inherited, earned, self-built, external, or mixed.
Started serious reps before 20
1/1
Elite ecosystem network
1/3
Structural wave / timing
2/3
Concentration intensity
2/3
Starting-advantage scores (0–2 each)
Access or conditions documented near the beginning of the path. Zero means "no clear evidence in reviewed sources," not "advantage was absent."
Family financial platform
0/2
Parent / family domain
1/2
Inherited audience / network
0/2
Elite institution pipeline
0/2
Dedicated mentor / coach
1/2
Exceptional peer / cofounder
2/2
Direct domain exposure
1/2
Prodigy / innate ability
0/2
Adversity / constraint catalyst
1/2
Family context
Born in Fort Lauderdale, FL, of Jamaican descent. His father was a rapper who used the stage name 'Sin City' and actively pushed his son to write rap music. Parents played Jamaican music around the house.
Parent / family domain
Father was a rapper under the stage name 'Sin City' who forced his son to focus on writing rap music, providing direct domain exposure and early musical mentorship.
Archetype & tags
Family-domain apprenticeshipfather rapperBroward County sceneXXXTentacion partnershipSoundCloud ecosystemMembers Only collective
Evidence summary
Ski Mask the Slump God benefited from a family-domain apprenticeship through his rapper father who pushed him to write, and from an exceptional peer partnership with XXXTentacion formed in juvenile detention. The Broward County SoundCloud rap scene and the Members Only collective provided a high-trust peer ecosystem. His father's direct involvement in rap music gave him early domain fluency, while the SoundCloud platform served as his primary distribution channel. The structural wave of SoundCloud rap in 2015-2017 was the dominant macro lever.
advantage confidence: Medium · source count: 2 · audit: not_independently_audited · status: subagent_researched_beta
Sources
Related — same primary engine