Ruby da Cherry Biography

Ruby da Cherry – The Musician and MC Who Brought Punk to $uicideboy$

All You Need To Know About Ruby da Cherry: Name, Age, Marriage Everything

Who Is Ruby da Cherry?

Ruby da Cherry is Aristos Norman Petrou – rapper, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and one half of $uicideboy$. Born April 22, 1990, and raised in Metairie, Louisiana, he is the co-founder of G59 Records alongside his cousin $crim. While $crim produces the beats, Ruby brings something equally rare to $uicideboy$ a musician’s ear shaped by violin, drums, and years inside the punk rock scene.

Early Life – Metairie, Louisiana

Aristos Petrou grew up in Metairie, Louisiana raised between Greek Cypriot heritage on his father’s side and the rich musical culture of New Orleans all around him. His father, Pavlos Petrou, is a former soccer coach who came to Louisiana on an athletic scholarship to the University of New Orleans. That multicultural upbringing Greek roots, Louisiana streets, New Orleans music, fed directly into who Ruby da Cherry became.

Until 2015, Ruby worked as a waiter at his father’s restaurant, fitting music around the job that kept him grounded while the $uicideboy$ project was building momentum on SoundCloud. That detail matters: the person who would co-found G59 Records and perform to sold-out arenas was still serving tables in New Orleans while the underground was discovering his music.

The Multi-Instrumentalist – Ruby’s Musical Foundation

Ruby da Cherry started playing violin at seven years old. By ten, he had moved to drums and was performing in his school band. These were not casual hobbies, they were the foundation of a genuine musicianship that most of his peers in rap could not claim. Most rappers come to music through listening. Ruby came to it through playing.

His instruments led him into punk rock. He joined the band Vapo-Rats as their drummer, playing under the influence of The Misfits, Minor Threat, and Leftover Crack. The raw energy of punk DIY music, where you make it yourself, release it yourself, and answer to nobody, shaped how Ruby would approach $uicideboy$ before it even had a name.

He left Vapo-Rats when it became clear his bandmates did not share his commitment to the music. That decision to walk away from a band that was not taking itself seriously enough, is the same creative standard that has driven everything Ruby has built since. The G59 Records catalog exists because Ruby da Cherry refused to settle for a group that was not fully in.

Building $uicideboy$ With $crim

In 2013, Ruby da Cherry and his cousin $crim were both at crossroads, dissatisfied, struggling, and running out of time to take music seriously. They made a pact: pursue it fully, or stop. That decision became $uicideboy$. They launched on SoundCloud in 2014 with Kill Yourself Part I: The $uicide $aga, a three-track EP that changed nothing on the surface and everything underneath.

Ruby brought the vocal range and emotional texture. $crim built the beats. Together they created something that did not fit cleanly into rap, punk, or horrorcore, it was all three, produced from the inside of a New Orleans city block with no label deal and no plan except to keep releasing. In 2017 they formally launched G59 Records, and the underground finally had a home.

Ruby da Cherry’s Alter Egos – A Name for Every Chapter

Ruby da Cherry has more alter egos than almost any other rapper in the underground. Each name represents a different creative mode, a different emotional register, a different sonic approach, sometimes a completely different genre.

MAJOR ALTER EGOS

• Ruby da Cherry: Primary stage name. The most recognizable identity across all $uicideboy$ projects and G59 Records releases.
• Oddy Nuff da Snow Leopard: Pre-$uicideboy$ identity. Used on early solo releases The Jefe Tape (2012) and Pluto (2014). Still used for specific solo material.
• DUCKBOY: Pop-punk alter ego. Ruby handles all vocals and instruments. Debut 2023. Represents the punk side of his musical identity fully separated from $uicideboy$.
• Yung Mutt · Yung Plague · Norman Atomic: Aliases used across the Kill Yourself tape series and early $uicideboy$ collaborative releases.
• $eventh Ward · 7th Ward Lord · 7th Ward Dragon: Location-based identities rooted in New Orleans geography and neighborhood identity.
• Spooky da Scary · SuicideLEOPARD · Yung Snow: Further personas across extended solo and collaborative work, each with distinct lyrical approach.

DUCKBOY – Ruby da Cherry’s Pop-Punk Project

In 2023, Ruby da Cherry introduced DUCKBOY, a pop-punk alter ego and project that exists entirely outside the $uicideboy$ universe. The name symbolizes ducking past life’s trials and distractions. On every DUCKBOY release, Ruby handles everything himself: all vocals, all instruments, every aspect of the production. It is the purest expression of his musicianship outside the duo.

DUCKBOY pulls from Ruby’s punk roots, the same Misfits and Minor Threat influence that shaped him before $uicideboy$ existed. The debut EP tragic love songs to study to [vol. 5] arrived in July 2023, followed by existential hymns for the average sigma [vol. 9] in December 2023, and coping strategies to combat the algorithm in April 2025. Three projects in roughly two years, all different and all entirely Ruby.

For fans who came to $uicideboy$ through the punk shows they have headlined, touring with Turnstile, Code Orange, Knocked Loose, and Trash Talk, DUCKBOY is the direct line from Ruby’s past to his present. It proves that the punk energy in $uicideboy$ was never aesthetic. For Ruby da Cherry, it was always biographical.

Ruby da Cherry – Solo Discography

Ruby da Cherry Today – Sobriety, Faith, and What’s Next

Following an intervention by management, Ruby da Cherry entered drug rehabilitation in October 2020 and has remained sober since then. He has spoken openly about the shift that sobriety brought to his life and his music, from the darkness and chaos of the early $uicideboy$ catalog to the more reflective, hopeful tone of the post-2020 releases. The music did not stop. It changed direction.

In a July 2025 Billboard interview, Ruby appeared wearing a cap with ‘JESUS’ on the front, alongside $crim he stated that both members pray together before every show. The faith chapter of Ruby and $crim’s story is reflected in recent $uicideboy$ releases, particularly the Thy Kingdom Come album cover and its imagery. It is a genuine shift, not a marketing move.

In December 2025, Ruby and his partner announced they were expecting their first child together. The Grey Day Tour 2026 was announced on March 31, 2026, confirming $uicideboy$ continues with full momentum. The DUCKBOY project remains active. Ruby da Cherry is still building, as a member of $uicideboy$, as a solo artist, and now as something new entirely.

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