Ian O'Neill Smith (born May 29, 2005), known mononymously as ian, is a rapper and producer from St. Louis, Missouri, and based in Dallas, Texas. He is also sometimes referred to as Ian Ferguson. ian started releasing music through his SoundCloud as early as 2018 under the alias suburbancerberus, where he used to make mixes of other big named artists. He would then start producing for other artists in 2019 through 2022 for other artists such as Izaya Tiji and Lil Xelly.
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Ian O'Neill Smith (born May 29, 2005), known mononymously as ian, is a rapper and producer from St. Louis, Missouri, and based in Dallas, Texas. He is also sometimes referred to as Ian Ferguson. ian started releasing music through his SoundCloud as early as 2018 under the alias suburbancerberus, where he used to make mixes of other big named artists. He would then start producing for other artists in 2019 through 2022 for other artists such as Izaya Tiji and Lil Xelly. ian would then release his first single “G63” on July 15, 2022, kicking off his solo career in music. Shortly after, ian would release his debut EP, Only For A While, on August 4, 2022. ian would then shift away from producing music to releasing a slew of music through all platforms, even releasing a couple more EP’s throughout late 2022 and 2023. Entering into the new year, 2024, ian would release “Figure It Out,” to which the song would see immediate success, primarily through TikTok, giving him a boost in his career. He would then follow up the success of “Figure It Out” a month later in March 2024 with the song, “Grand Slam.” Due to the success of both songs, ian would land himself a record deal with Bu Thiam’s Bu Vision, which is a subsidiary of Columbia Records. Since the success of “Figure It Out” and “Grand Slam,” ian has since been getting recognition from the likes of Kai Cenat, Lil Yachty and the Concrete Boys, Metro Boomin, and even Drake, who followed ian through Instagram. On May 17, 2024, ian would go onto release his debut mixtape, Valedictorian. He would release the deluxe version on May 31, two weeks after it’s release. On October 18, 2024, after a slew of singles released throughout the rest of the year, ian would release his debut studio album, Goodbye Horses, which received largely negative reviews from both critics and casual listeners. There is at least one other known artist tracked as "Ian" on last.fm. Anghel Georgian Bogdan (born May 20 1996 in Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian rapper that goes by the name of Ian. Making music since he was 13, he had been a long time collaborator of rapper Azteca, with whom he founded the label Ocult Records. His first album Slayer was released on the Ocult Records label in 2019. He left the label in 2021 after disagreements, and now releases music on the New World Order imprint of Global Records.
