Biography
Florida rapper Chester Watson crafts intricate, word-heavy tracks shaped by the influence of MF Doom, Earl Sweatshirt, and lesser-known figures scattered across underground rap circles. Well before reaching the legal drinking age, enthusiasts circulated compilations of his scarce recordings along with compressed digital files, while publications began highlighting his emerging abilities. Forever exploring fresh avenues of artistic output, he evolved alongside successive projects that started with the 2012 debut mixtape Phantom—issued at age fifteen—and continued through later efforts such as the 2020 debut studio album A Japanese Horror Film and the 2024 EP Montisona, a joint release with Elaquent.
Born in St. Louis, Watson spent his formative years shifting among that hometown, Georgia, and Florida before establishing himself in St. Petersburg, where he first shared original material online via Phantom in 2012. Handling most of his production himself, he maintained a rapid output of singles, EPs, and mixtapes characterized by lo-fi textures and adaptable hip-hop approaches. In the years that followed he sustained this steady flow, issuing the 2014 EP My Girlfriend Made Me Drop This, the 2016 mixtape Past Cloaks, the 2019 Instrumental Tape, and additional works. His inaugural studio album, A Japanese Horror Film, surfaced in 2020 on Halloween and featured appearances by Psymun, Kent Loon, K. Raydio, and further contributors. The subsequent 1997 EP contained multiple lines alluding to MF Doom, who had passed away shortly beforehand. The second full-length fish don't climb trees arrived in 2023, followed in 2024 by the two EPs Water Mirage and Montisona. At that stage Watson had departed Florida to base his activities in Atlanta.
Born in St. Louis, Watson spent his formative years shifting among that hometown, Georgia, and Florida before establishing himself in St. Petersburg, where he first shared original material online via Phantom in 2012. Handling most of his production himself, he maintained a rapid output of singles, EPs, and mixtapes characterized by lo-fi textures and adaptable hip-hop approaches. In the years that followed he sustained this steady flow, issuing the 2014 EP My Girlfriend Made Me Drop This, the 2016 mixtape Past Cloaks, the 2019 Instrumental Tape, and additional works. His inaugural studio album, A Japanese Horror Film, surfaced in 2020 on Halloween and featured appearances by Psymun, Kent Loon, K. Raydio, and further contributors. The subsequent 1997 EP contained multiple lines alluding to MF Doom, who had passed away shortly beforehand. The second full-length fish don't climb trees arrived in 2023, followed in 2024 by the two EPs Water Mirage and Montisona. At that stage Watson had departed Florida to base his activities in Atlanta.
Albums
Singles
