Born Tymain Archie in Richmond, VA.in May, 1995. He was born into a musical family and learned to write music by the age of 9 (according to the artist himself). Tymain chose the moniker "KoLEtis", a mythological beast of Eastern-Europen origin, as a metaphor for his own inner beast. King KoLEtis works with a loose collective of Richmond-area musicians and producers who call themselves "the Untamed Team." Two of the hip-hop artists King KolEtis claims as influences Kevin Gates and Big Sean.