BIO
This is Skip Waiters’ world. We’re just living and listening to it.
The rapper-producer was born in Toronto, but raised in Brampton and credits his intro to music
as a salve for a heartbreak through poetry. The escapism the medium provided became the
catalyst for writing music and after a GarageBand download, he taught himself the basics for
music creation. As his dexterity expanded, he got in touch with his friend and DJ, Summer
Knocks, who wanted to make certain that music was something he wanted to do. He dropped a
now-deleted single “MoMA” about his mother.
Realizing how potent and transformative his poetry was by people who were reading and
resonating with it, and driven by the desire to create an immersive experience, Waiters’ music is
defined by its robust, sonically eclectic soundscapes.
His debut project, Personal Stereo, was released in 2021 where it was widely received and
featured and placed on the cover of popular playlists like Amazon Music’s ‘The New Black’ and
YouTube Music’s ‘Canadian Come-Up.’ The 10-track EP explored all things life and love adding
to the building lore of Waiters: an artist who was unapologetic and whose self-introspections
were soundtracked by genre-expansive melodies.
Two years later, his first album, Streams of Consciousness, was released continuing his
trajectory of creating music that invites listeners to bear witness to his personal growth. The
album continued to garner the attention of more fans and with the placement on playlists like
Spotify’s ‘Outliers’ and performances on the NXNE stage, Waiters continued to expand the
universe he was building with his music.
2024 welcomed the vulnerability that became The Human Experience: a magnetic and honest
public journal. Emancipated through his signature punchy, dramatic delivery that pulses over
an assortment of genre-bending production, Waiters architects an unrepentingly honest
self-portrait through music. Waiters hit the Socan Music Awards stage, and saw placements on
Spotify’s ‘Fresh Finds’ and ‘All New Hip Hop,’ but all this was just setting the stage for a
monumental 2025.
The following year, he was able to garner a host of milestones including headlining at School
Night Toronto and Summers Haus, in addition to continuing to dominate playlists like Spotify’s
‘Fresh Finds.’
Simultaneously, he was carving out his latest offering, Insecure—which made Spotify’s ‘Mood
Ring’ playlist—that Waiters believes is the best manifestation of his artistry. “I look at Insecure
as my first project where I'm confident that I'm an artist,” he says. “A lot of my music is always
personal. It always comes from a true place. But I felt like the music before this, people [would]
listen to it, but still wouldn't necessarily leave with knowing who I am as a person. Insecure is
the first step [of] me getting more in depth.”
Insecure is sonic cinema — it is humbling in the way the artist bares his soul, but certain and
firm about its veracity. Guided by Mr. Piks—who graces the album’s vibrant Eternal Sunshine of
a Spotless Mind-inspired cover—is both the album’s narrator and an extension of Waiters. “Mr.
Piks is a more refined version of who I am. He's the person that's not really afraid to talk about
things that I shy away from,” he shares. “He's also somebody that's learning in real time,but he's
also able to narrate and reflect on the things that have happened and what I learned from [it].”
For Waiters’, music and artistry is an exercise in self-discovery and development. “The art
allows me to be honest with myself. It allows me to be self-aware. I look at myself as a person
that's not that delusional in the sense of I don't care to be right all the time. I just care to know
what the correct answer is and move accordingly.”