On February 17, 2010, Skeme released his third official mixtape All Rap'd Up, hosted by DJ Ill Will. He shaped me into being somebody and trying to tell me what could happen if you took this shit seriously." In 2007 he released Skeme Of Things, which was then followed by Skeme Of Things 2 in June 2009. He has said, "Dolla kind of molded me when I was young. He credits Dolla for significantly influencing him. He shortly after met Dolla, who he begun hanging out and frequently working with.
When he first begun taking rapping seriously at age 17 as he was graduating high school. He recorded his first song at a studio in Long Beach, California at age 16. Skeme first begun rapping around age 12 and begun writing around age 15. Musical career 2007–2010: Early mixtapes and Pistols and Palm Trees He grew up affiliated with the Piru Blood gang and was a gangbanger throughout his high school years. He said most of these money making strategies, were of the illegal nature, but they allowed him to purchase a BMW 525I while he was in the twelfth grade at Gardena's Junipero Serra High School. Kimble acquired his name Skeme at 13, when a friend noticed his craftiness at generating money. His dad originally gave him the idea to come up with his own material and start rapping. Once his father came into picture at age 10, he started listening to hip hop and memorizing his favorite songs. As a result he moved in with his grandmother in Inglewood, California. His parent split when he was two years old and his father was in the military. Skeme was born Lonnie Kimble on January 3, 1990. His second studio album Ingleworld was released on December 17, 2013, by MADE Headlines. On October 16, 2012, Skeme released his debut studio album Alive & Living under RBC Records.
He is from Inglewood, California and has collaborated with various West Coast rappers such as the Black Hippy members, The Game, Dom Kennedy, Nipsey Hussle, E-40, Casey Veggies and Problem among others. Lonnie Kimble (born January 3, 1990) is an American rapper, better known by his stage name Skeme.