Amid the ongoing debate of whether or not hiphop was dead in 2006, NYOIL (pronounced NY Oil) became the point of controversy upon the release of his underground debut, "Y'all Should All Get Lynched." Calling for those he deems "coon ass rappers" and "fake ass gangstas" to be lynched, his Internetreleased video collage, featuring photos of rappers like 50 Cent and Three 6 Mafia juxtaposed with images of slavery, lynchings, and black sambo characters, made his intentions even more explicit. An honors student during grade school, he was strongly influenced by his mother's morals, growing up in the St. George district on Staten Island. His mother was a police officer who served during the Gulf War but, upon returning from the war, converted to Islam. NYOIL was interested in writing rhymes since he was 12, but felt the need to drop "Y'all Should All Get Lynched" when he was over 30 years old. He initially leaked the selfproduced song through his MySpace webpage before feeding the video to YouTube. Within the first 48 hours of its posting, however, YouTube banned it from the site. The press, ranging from the U.S.based Rolling Stone to the Swedish Quote Magazine, practically lined up to interview the Staten Island rapper, and he was just as eager to wax philosophical on the state of hiphop and black culture. Nevertheless, NYOIL consciously tried to remain mysterious by not revealing his real name or much information about himself, not to mention that he would sometimes go off into the metaphysical. For his debut fulllength, HoodTREASON: The Warm Up Album (2007), he recorded similarly crafted songs with racy, social commentary.
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NYOIL (pronounced N-Y Oil) is an American emcee from Staten Island, New York City. His name was formerly an acronym for New York's Original International Lover. He has been rapping since he was 12. In 1991, as Kool Kim, he released the first of two albums with Hass G as the group the U.M.C.'s. But around the same time that Nas released Hip Hop Is Dead, NYOIL put a video up on MySpace and YouTube for his song "Y'All Should All Get Lynched", which was produced by DJ Slice of The Cr8Kickers. The track calls for the lynching of a number of major-label rappers, and the video features pictures of current rap stars such as 50 Cent and Three 6 Mafia coupled with images of lynchings, slavery, and minstrelsy. The video was banned from YouTube after less than 48 hours, and attracted a large amount of media attention for its controversial content. NYOIL did not give much biographical detail, refusing even to be photographed without his sunglasses on. NYOIL released his solo debut full-length album, HoodTREASON, on June 26, 2007. Singles from the album include "Y'All Should All Get Lynched," "Purrrfect Beat," and "Hip Hop Ya Don't Stop". HoodTREASON was reissued by Babygrande Records in 2008. NYOIL has also received acclaim for his live shows.