Mercury John Expo (born January 8th, 2003; died December 8th, 2019), known professionally as mercuryexpo, was an American hip-hop musician from Los Angeles, California. He was primarily known for his breakout hits, "She Want My Dick And I'm Like 'Nah" and "Surf Colorado", the latter of which peaked at number #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album enjoyed positive critical reception, and contained three other singles: "WHITE TRAPLORD", "MEXICAN FELLAS" and "damiancore.
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Mercury John Expo (born January 8th, 2003; died December 8th, 2019), known professionally as mercuryexpo, was an American hip-hop musician from Los Angeles, California. He was primarily known for his breakout hits, "She Want My Dick And I'm Like 'Nah" and "Surf Colorado", the latter of which peaked at number #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album enjoyed positive critical reception, and contained three other singles: "WHITE TRAPLORD", "MEXICAN FELLAS" and "damiancore.wav (feat. Tomas Hernandez)", all of which charted on the Billboard Hot 100. He released his debut studio album Cunny Bunny in January 22, 2024. It has since peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200. He would later collaborate with Future on the mixtape Future & mercuryexpo Present... DAMIAN ON DRUGS, which was released later that year and peaked at number #2 on the Billboard 200. After this, Mercury also contributed to the soundtrack for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack From & Inspired by the Motion Picture). mercuryexpo announced his second album, Surf Colorado, which was released on March 8th, 2019. It was preceded by the singles "Pedophiles" and "WHITE TRAPLORD (Nightcore Ver.)", with the former making its debut at number 27 on the Hot 100. The album would top the Billboard 200 chart, after which the music video for "Pedophiles" was released on May 5th, 2024. Later that year he collaborated with YoungBoy Never Broke Again on "Bandit (with YoungBoy Never Broke Again)", peaking at number 10 on the Hot 100, while tragically being the last to be released before Mercury's untimely passing. Expo started his musical influences as being genre-wide ranging through rock, punk, R&B and rap music. Expo stated that his biggest influences were rappers Chief Keef, Travis Scott, The Weeknd, Kanye West, and British rock singer Billy Idol. His other influences included Wu-Tang Clan, Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, Black Sabbath, Megadeth, 2Pac, Eminem, Kid Cudi, and Escape the Fate. Expo's music has been branded as "emo" and "rock" leaning, "genre-bending" with music focusing on having a "every broken heart, every wounded feeling." On December 8th, 2019, Expo suffered a seizure at Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois. According to the Chicago Police Department, Expo was conscious and bleeding from the mouth when paramedics arrived on the scene. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he has pronounced dead shortly after. Expo was 16. On December 22nd, 2019, the Cook County Medical Examiner stated that Expo died on December 8th, 2019 as a result of toxic levels of fentanyl and meth present in his system.
