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On the cover of his debut album, SweetFace Killah<\/em><\/em><\/u><\/a>, Infinite Coles<\/u><\/a> is grinning really wide. Cheesing<\/em><\/em>, actually, straight into the camera. \u201cThis was my plan,\u201d he tells me. <\/p>\n The joy in that image is hard-earned. After living in a shelter in Queens, New York for over a year, Coles, the notorious estranged son of GhostFace Killah, finally had enough. \u201cFrom my window, I\u2019d watch planes take off and land,\u201d he says. \u201cIn the beginning, I\u2019d cry on the train or on the boat. But after six months, I started to feel powerful, strong.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From there, Coles\u2019 writing got better, stronger. \u201cDad & I<\/u><\/a>\u201d was written and the now-viral \u201cSweetFace Killah<\/u><\/a>\u201d came about. \u201cStraight boys come up to me all the time now,\u201d he says. \u201cThey\u2019re like, \u2018Bro, we love what you\u2019re doing. You\u2019re in a position to change the world, to change how the industry sees people and who they let in.\u2019 And I was standing there like\u2026 damn<\/em><\/em>. Coming from two straight men who weren\u2019t being judgmental. They loved the art.\u201d<\/p>\n Hip-hop blogs and tabloid-style headlines would follow \u2014 even Joe Rogan<\/u><\/a> praised his talent and vulnerability. But getting on some hetero hip-hop \u2018good side\u2019 was never even Coles\u2019 intention. In fact, he didn\u2019t even wanna be a rapper. \u201cIn my family, there was a lot of \u2018faggot\u2019 talk in the raps, and it made me uncomfortable. It made me feel like I wasn\u2019t supposed to like rap.\u201d<\/p>\n When I first came across Infinite Coles, it was on \u201cBloodshot Red Eyes<\/u><\/a>,\u201d a one-off track from 2019 in which he sings in his soothing R&B falsetto. This is the type of singing that influenced Coles\u2019 earlier music and still shows up on SweetFace Killah<\/em><\/em> \u2014 tracks like \u201cThankful<\/u><\/a>\u201d feature his powerful belt and throwback 90\u2019s R&B vocal singing, \u201cIf you want it, you can get it \/ all this love is neverending\u201d followed by, \u201cThe scars on my body could\u2019ve been much worse, but I\u2019m still here.\u201d <\/p>\n Other tracks like \u201cMama Song<\/u><\/a>\u201d and \u201cHummingbird<\/u><\/a>\u201d feel like internal mantras come to life, straight from the source. It\u2019s a testament to Coles\u2019 range and vigor in this shining moment he\u2019s currently having. From rap to ballroom to R&B and pop melodies, SweetFace Killah <\/em><\/em>puts Coles directly in line with his given name: Infinite. He doesn\u2019t need to be just one thing \u2014 maybe he can be everything. <\/p>\n We sat down with Coles to talk about his huge 2025, wild TikTok fan reactions, and prayer.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n How did we first meet? I honestly forget.<\/strong><\/p>\n I forget, too. We be having too much fun. I feel like it was at that party by the ferry on Trinity. Club Glam? Yes, Club Glam. <\/p>\n Definitely Club Glam. I also feel like my first memory of you was this random song in 2019, \u201cBloodshot Red Eyes.\u201d I love that song. <\/strong><\/p>\n Aw, thank you my love. Yeah, that was my first song ever. With Richard Russell, XL Recordings.<\/p>\n Now you\u2019re having this huge moment, which I\u2019m so proud of. The songs blowing up, the TikToks, all the blogs\u2026 and so much of the attention tied to your dad, Ghostface Killah. How have you navigated that connection while also carving out your own name?<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s been rough a little bit, but it honestly hasn\u2019t bothered me. And I don\u2019t mean this in a negative way, but\u2026 this was my plan. You know what I mean? I knew there\u2019d be recognition just from using the name SweetFace Killah. I didn\u2019t know it would get this big, but I knew something would happen.<\/p>\n Dealing with it doesn\u2019t bother me. That is my father. I\u2019m always going to be connected to him. He\u2019s everybody\u2019s top ten writer, top ten rapper. I\u2019m never going to get away from that, so there\u2019s no point in trying. But I do want to carve my own lane with my music. So yeah, it\u2019s been fine.<\/p>\n The only annoying part is the comments \u2014 his fans telling me to kill myself, or that when they see me they\u2019re gonna do something. It\u2019s like\u2026 yikes. That part makes me nervous sometimes. But I\u2019m dealing with it.<\/p>\n Have you gone to therapy for any of it?<\/strong><\/p>\n No, not at all. I love talking to my friends. They\u2019re my therapists. Especially the ones I\u2019ve known for years, like Robot and Jazelle. They keep it real and tell me when I\u2019m doing too much or not enough.<\/p>\n Honestly, that\u2019s why all this new music is happening, and why I feel fearless right now. Jazelle and Robot have been on my ass like, \u201cShut up and do what you\u2019re supposed to do. People are going to talk regardless. You can\u2019t be 30 years old still looking for acceptance from a dad or a mom. You have to love yourself first.\u201d<\/p>\n And they\u2019re right. Even with other family members like my siblings. Suddenly everyone\u2019s proud of me or reaching out. It\u2019s annoying, but I\u2019m trying to embrace it in a positive way.<\/p>\n But I don\u2019t think it\u2019s because I\u2019m \u201chaving a moment.\u201d I think it\u2019s because they see me accepting myself. They see everyone else happy for me, and it hits them like, That\u2019s my brother \u2014 why can\u2019t I just do that too?<\/em><\/em> It feels like they see the world loving me and want to join the bandwagon, but in a genuine way.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Why do you feel like this is happening now? It feels like everything just exploded all at once.<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s because I\u2019m being authentically myself this time. With \u201cBloodshot Red Eyes,\u201d I was brand new. Even with my last project, I was brand new. I was living in the shelter. I basically just threw a bunch of songs I\u2019d recorded onto one album. That was my last project.<\/p>\n Since leaving the shelter, everything has grown. In my own house, I created a space, an energy, where I can say what I want, be who I want. So now that\u2019s showing up in my music, because I\u2019m writing in a space that\u2019s mine. There\u2019s no judgment in my home, no holding back. I can be completely free. Most of these songs were written in my house after the shelter.<\/p>\n Before, I didn\u2019t know myself. I wasn\u2019t fully accepting of myself. And now? I\u2019m here with my wigs on, my skirt on, my heels on, not giving a fuck about anything. That\u2019s what it gives.<\/p>\n Do you think it was also just the literal physical space? In a shelter, you don\u2019t have your own personal space.<\/strong><\/p>\n Exactly. Your thoughts get mixed with everybody else\u2019s thoughts and actions. I\u2019d be thinking to myself, then look up to make sure a man wasn\u2019t about to attack me. Men would come up to me and say, \u201cGive me your food.\u201d Stuff like that.<\/p>\n It was hard. I couldn\u2019t focus on my art. Even when I wasn\u2019t physically there, it was hard to write because I\u2019d be like, Girl, I have to go back to that place tonight. So yeah \u2014 being in my own home let me be completely free and not give a fuck.<\/p>\n And around that time, my niece \u2014 but that\u2019s my daughter \u2014 was born. That changed my life in the most amazing way. It made me feel like I had something to fight for. My sister has schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, really severe, so I had to take custody of my niece. That\u2019s why I say she\u2019s my daughter.<\/p>\n I feel like God gave my sister that baby because she was supposed to be mine. Everyone knows I always wanted a child, always wanted a daughter. I ended up naming her and everything. It truly feels like she\u2019s mine.<\/p>\n She gave me a reason to fight. In the past, I didn\u2019t know what I was fighting for. When she was born, it all came out of me. Tears every day. I pray every single day. I haven\u2019t missed one in four years. That\u2019s what it\u2019s been like.<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
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