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Livingston Matthews, known professionally as Pink Siifu, and occasionally iiye, is an American rapper and singer from Cincinnati, Ohio and Birmingham, Alabama.

Life and career
Splitting time in his young age between Birmingham, Alabama and Cincinnati, Matthews gained an appreciation for music through his family. His father, a saxophone player, introduced Matthews to classic Jazz, his mother and older brother introduced him to 1990's R&B and hip-hop respectively. Growing up, New Orleans based rapper Lil Wayne became his favorite artist. Learning how to play both the trumpet and drums, he also served as a member of marching bands throughout his youth. Matthews studied acting as a theater major at Wright State University in Fairborn, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton. He would later drop out to focus his attention on a rap career, first doing so in Cincinnati under the name 'Liv Martez', before eventually leaving Cincinnati in 2013 to move to Los Angeles. In 2018, under the name Pink Siifu, Matthews released the LP ensley, named after Ensley, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham in which his grandmother resided. He followed this release up with the album 'NEGRO' which featured a pivot into punk rap and free jazz territory. Siifu's most recent album GUMBO'! featured his studio album debut alongside artists such as Georgia Anne Muldrow and Nick Hakim, as well as featuring production from Monte Booker, The Alchemist, and many others.

Style and influences
Pink Siifu has been described as having a slow and lackadaisical delivery to his vocals, a quality he has personally attributed to his influences in Mos Def, Lil Wayne, and Outkast. Siifu's output of genres have generally been described as Alternative hip-hop and Neo-soul, but has also experimented with many other genres, such as punk on his 2020 release, 'NEGRO'. Outside of hip-hop, Matthews has listed George Clinton, Alice Coltrane, Sun Ra, Pixies, Radiohead, and Death Grips as influences.

Albums

 * VCR@aol.jazz: A decade's letter to the Galaxy (released under the name VCR@aol.jazz) (2014)
 * zin (released under the name iiye) (2014)
 * zen (released under the name iiye) (2014)
 * no/more LOVE (released under the name iiye) (2014)
 * .UaReL. (2015)
 * space ghetto (2016)
 * Ensley (2018)
 * NEGRO (2020)
 * GUMBO'! (2021)

Collaborative Albums

 * Twothousandnine (released in collaboration with Swarvy) (2016)
 * BRWN (released in collaboration with B. Cool-Aid and Ahwlee) (2017)
 * Black Sand (released in collaboration with AKAI SOLO) (2019)
 * Bag Talk (released in collaboration with YUNGMORPHEUS) (2020)
 * FlySiifu's (released in collaboration with Fly Anakin) (2020)
 * $mokebreak (released in collaboration with Fly Anakin) (2021)
 * Real Bad Flights (released in collaboration with Real Bad Man) (2022)

Extended Plays

 * a maze btw time (released under the name iiye) (2014)
 * year 19803711967 (released under the name iiye) (2014)
 * allway[v]ez (released under the name iiye) (2015)
 * Reggie,Ernest,Wester,Rusty (released under the name iiye) (2015)
 * a second definatelycaughtin between love x fear (released under the name iiye) (2015)
 * bround/brown (released under the name iiye) (2016)
 * Giiift Wrap:VoL.1 (released under the name iiye) (2016)
 * black food 1 (released under the name iiye) (2016)
 * old'focus (released under the name iiye) (2016)
 * tape (released under the name iiye) (2016)
 * in between. (released under the name iiye) (2016)
 * A'lady. 1 (released under the name iiye) (2016)
 * let go (2016)
 * in between. (released under the name iiye) (2016)
 * black food 2 (released under the name iiye) (2017)
 * lil'likeluv.1 (released under the name iiye) (2017)
 * grden.1 (released under the name iiye) (2017)
 * A'lady. 2 (released under the name iiye) (2017)
 * black food 3 (released under the name iiye) (2017)
 * lil'likeluv.2 (released under the name iiye) (2017)
 * drnk (released under the name iiye) (2017)
 * head (2017)
 * slwdwn Vol. 1 (released under the name iiye) (2017)
 * lil'likeluv.3 (released under the name iiye) (2018)
 * uptwn.1 (released under the name iiye) (2018)
 * slwdwn Vol. 2 (released under the name iiye) (2018)
 * southern. (released under the name iiye) (2018)
 * A'lady. 3 (released under the name iiye) (2018)
 * uptwn.2 (released under the name iiye) (2018)
 * dollaz.1 (released under the name iiye) (2018)
 * im still. (2018)
 * black food 4 (released under the name iiye) (2019)
 * uptwn.3 (released under the name iiye) (2018)
 * use. (released under the name iiye) (2019)
 * slwdwn Vol. 3 (released under the name iiye) (2019)
 * dollaz.2 (released under the name iiye) (2020)
 * grden.3 (released under the name iiye) (2020)
 * lil'SidePeace. (released under the name iiye) (2020)
 * lil'likeluv.4 (released under the name iiye) (2020)
 * dollaz.3 (released under the name iiye) (2020)
 * uptwn.4 (released under the name iiye) (2021)

Singles

 * blvck Space Pink vol.1 (released under the name iiye) (2015)
 * heart on my face (2017)
 * Halos/Bills (released in collaboration with Swarvy) (2017)
 * Cocoa (released in collaboration with B. Cool-Aid and Awhlee) (2018)
 * Cement (released in collaboration with Shungu) (2020)
 * Dollar Dr. Dream (released in collaboration with Fly Anakin) (2020)
 * Richard Pryor (released in collaboration with Fly Anakin) (2020)
 * Mind Right (released in collaboration with Fly Anakin) (2020)
 * Blame (released in collaboration with Fly Anakin) (2021)
 * Minnie Lives (released in collaboration with V.C.R) (2021)
 * Table 42 ft. Pink Siifu (released in collaboration with Taphari) (2021)
 * lng hair dnt care (2021)
 * Bussin' (Cold) (released in collaboration with Turich Benjy) (2021)
 * 48 (released in collaboration with Maxo) (2022)
 * Looking for Water (feat. Boldy James) (released in collaboration with Real Bad Man and Boldy James) (2022)
 * Pour The Wine (feat. Peso Gordon & Chuck Strangers) (released in collaboration with Real Bad Man, Peso Gordon, and Chuck Strangers) (2022)
 * L's (Eyedress Remix) (released in collaboration with Eyedress and Fly Anakin) (2022)
 * bonded (released in collaboration with B. Cool-Aid and Awhlee) (2022)