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Raykeea Raeen-Roes Wilson (born July 10, 1991)
known professionally as ROES (fka Angel Haze), is an American rapper and singer. In 2012, Wilson released the mixtape ''Reservation'' and later signed a record deal with
Universal Republic Records
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before moving to
Republic Records
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.
On December 31, 2013, Wilson released their debut album ''
Dirty Gold
''Dirty Gold'' is the debut studio album by American rapper Angel Haze. It was released on December 30, 2013, by Island Records and Republic Records. The 12-song effort features production from Markus Dravs, Mike Dean, Greg Kurstin, Malay, Ru ...
'', which featured the singles "Echelon (It's My Way)" and "
Battle Cry
A battle cry or war cry is a yell or chant taken up in battle, usually by members of the same combatant group.
Battle cries are not necessarily articulate (e.g. "Eulaliaaaa!", "Alala"..), although they often aim to invoke patriotic or religious ...
.” Wilson has released a number of mixtapes, including ''
Reservation'', which was ranked the sixth-best mixtape of 2012 by Mike Diver of the
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, the most recent one ''Back to the Woods'' appeared in 2015.
Early life
Wilson was born in
Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...
,
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
to a military family. Their father, who died from a gunshot wound before their birth, was
African American
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...
and their mother is
Native American Cherokee.
When Wilson was a young child, their mother met a preacher in the
Greater Apostolic Faith and the two moved into his home with his wife and children, into what Wilson describes as a cult.
Growing up in the church, Wilson witnessed
domestic violence
Domestic violence (also known as domestic abuse or family violence) is violence or other abuse that occurs in a domestic setting, such as in a marriage or cohabitation. ''Domestic violence'' is often used as a synonym for ''intimate partner ...
and manipulation at a very young age.
As a child, they were
sexually abused
Sexual abuse or sex abuse, also referred to as molestation, is abusive sexual behavior by one person upon another. It is often perpetrated using force or by taking advantage of another. Molestation often refers to an instance of sexual assau ...
by a man close to the family.
Wilson also recalls being told that they would die spontaneously if they did not behave correctly.
In an interview with ''
The Guardian
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'', Wilson stated: "We all lived in the same community, within 10 minutes of each other. You weren't allowed to talk to anyone outside of that, you weren't allowed to wear jewelry, listen to music, to eat certain things, to date people … you weren't allowed to do pretty much anything."
Wilson's family moved around frequently, mainly due to their mother running away from the church. At one point the family was living in a shelter and Wilson was teased at school for it.
They were also mocked for their clothes and had difficulties making friends and connections due to moving around. They switched between
homeschool
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and
public school
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* State school (known as a public school in many countries), a no-fee school, publicly funded and operated by the government
* Public school (United Kingdom), certain elite fee-charging independent schools in England an ...
for many years and finished high school a year early.
After a pastor threatened Wilson's mother, the family left the church, moving to
Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
, New York, when they were 15 years old.
The pastor told Haze's family that God was going to kill them, and they lived in fear for years afterward.
Wilson began writing as a form of therapy and expressed an interest in
creative writing
Creative writing is any writing that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature, typically identified by an emphasis on narrative craft, character development, and the use of literary ...
,
poetry
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and
journalism
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.
Their first poem was published at the age of 13 after winning a school competition.
As a child, Wilson took creative writing lessons and wanted to be a songwriter or
gospel artist.
Eventually, they began making
YouTube
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videos and
freestyle rap
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ping at the age of 18. Wilson began distributing music on the Internet through sites such as
Tumblr
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, where a fan base began to form.
Career
![Angel Haze live at Øyafestivalen 2013](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Angel_Haze_live_at_%C3%98yafestivalen_2013.jpg)
From 2009 to 2012, Wilson put out a number of
mixtape
A mixtape (alternatively mix-tape, mix tape or mixed tape) is a compilation of music, typically from multiple sources, recorded onto a medium. With origins in the 1980s, the term normally describes a homemade compilation of music onto a cassette ...
s for free download on the Internet: ''New Moon'', ''Altered Ego'', ''King'', and ''Voice''. In July 2012, they released the free mixtape ''Reservation'' to critical acclaim, receiving an 88/100 score from Metacritic. The title ''Reservation'' is an homage to their Native American heritage.
Wilson was nominated for
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