New York-born musician and dancer Infinite Coles has already released a few tracks. His father is the Wu-Tang rap icon Ghostface Killah, but the young artist is estranged from him. The two have not seen or spoken to each other for over ten years. On his debut album, as the title SWEETFACE KILLAH suggests, the broken relationship is often the theme. “You tell me to man up, yeah / When I put on make-up,” he sings in the R’n’B track “Dad & I”.
The casual sound here is reminiscent of the nineties, but the sad lyrics are about the desire to finally be loved and accepted. Infinite Coles is queer and has been subjected to homophobic insults online. Online trolls once called him SweetFace Killah, a reference to his father. Infinite Coles has cleverly appropriated the nasty label, and the fast-paced title track is also aimed at dad: “Are my pants not low like your self-esteem / Do I need to fuck a bitch just so you could see?”
It’s about pain and anger, but also about resilience and self-empowerment. Infinite Coles flexes as a rapper and singer, he scores with a wide range of variations: In addition to clubby rap bangers and Afro-House, there is also a touching piano soul ballad (“Body Strong”).
This review appears in Musikexpress 1/2026.