A Mixtape About Becoming, Breaking, and Becoming Again
To Pimp a Caterpillar is iROSELiiF3’s manifesto of metamorphosis—a raw, genre-bending mixtape that dives deep into the scars, the pressure, and the process of self-evolution in a world that rarely gives black boys the space to bloom.
Blending trap grit, poetic rap, and soul-infused R&B, this project doesn’t just tell stories—it rips them open. It’s about what it means to grow wings in a world that profits off your crawl. About dreams deferred, rage repressed, and identity reclaimed. Every track pulses with the tension of someone who knows pain intimately—but refuses to be defined by it.
This isn’t music for the fake or the faint-hearted. It’s for the misfits, the overthinkers, the ones who survived what was meant to destroy them. To Pimp a Caterpillar honors the ugly middle—the cocoon stage—where beauty, trauma, hope, and hunger all collide.
This isn’t about being perfect.
It’s about being real.
It’s about becoming free.
Unfiltered. Unapologetic. Uncaged.
This is To Pimp a Caterpillar.