Background and career
Markese Money Rolle (born April 1, 1991), known professionally as SpaceGhostPurrp, is an American rapper and record producer from Miami, Florida. He is the founder of the now-defunct Florida hip-hop group Raider Klan, and a co-founder of the collective BMB Deathrow. He coined and pioneered the phonk subgenre. Successful Raider Klan members and associates that SpaceGhostPurrp worked with include Denzel Curry, Robb Banks, Pouya, Chris Travis, Black Kray, Lil Ugly Mane, Yung Simmie, Xavier Wulf, and the late Luci4. SGP gathered a following in the underground hip-hop scene through mixtapes, producing, and his work with other underground artists. He has produced tracks for Juicy J, Lil Uzi Vert, Wiz Khalifa, Robb Banks, ASAP Mob, and Lil Tracy, among others. Since 2009, SpaceGhostPurrp has released over 60 mixtapes, albums and EPs. He has since become noteworthy for his bizarre online behavior and controversial persona.
SpaceGhostPurrp was raised in the neighborhood of Carol City in Miami Gardens, Florida. He began rapping at age 5 and producing at age 13. He attended Silver Trail Middle School in Pembroke Pines and Everglades High School in Miramar. He is of African-American, Bahamian and Cuban descent.
In high school, SpaceGhostPurrp began skateboarding frequently but later decided that he wanted to pursue a career in music. He worked to graduate from high school early. SpaceGhostPurrp began uploading music once he created his YouTube channel "Spaceeghostpurrpmj23" on May 23, 2010. SpaceGhostPurrp's early releases contained series of visuals that included Purrped & Chopped songs containing visuals with 1970s/1980s Soul Train aesthetics, Purrped & Chopped Toro y Moi songs, and a Kreayshawn music video. In August 2010, SpaceGhostPurrp began working on NASA: The Mixtape. SpaceGhostPurrp formed hip-hop collective Raider Klan in 2008 along with Dough Dough Da Don, Kadafi, Muney Junior, and Jitt. Jitt died in 2010. SpaceGhostPurrp recruited various rap artists to Raider Klan, including Denzel Curry, Yung Simmie, Nell, Chris Travis, Xavier Wulf, Rell, Amber London, and Key Nyata, among many others. At the tail end of 2010 and early 2011, SpaceGhostPurrp began collaborating with Lil Ugly Mane. This led to Ugly Mane doing the artwork for SpaceGhostPurrp's mixtape Blackland Radio 66.6. A few weeks after Blackland Radio 66.6 was released on May 1, 2011, SpaceGhostPurrp announced he was working on five mixtapes that were all to be released in 2011, consisting of MIND OF PURRP, SUMMA PHONK VOL.ONE, TRILLUMINATTI, BLVCK MVRDOC, and a collaboration project with Mishka NYC titled SON OF EYE. SpaceGhostPurrp released singles for all these mixtapes, however, the tapes were never released due to his change in artistic direction once he landed and stayed in New York to begin collaborating with the ASAP Mob. In the summer of 2011, SpaceGhostPurrp was also working with fellow rappers Speak! and Juicy J. SpaceGhostPurrp went on to New York in August 2011 to live and work with members from the ASAP Mob. In late September 2011, SpaceGhostPurrp announced he was dismissing Trilluminatti and was now working on a new mixtape that was to be titled GOD OF BLVCK. This mixtape was released in February 2012.
In early 2012 SpaceGhostPurrp signed a one-off record deal with British indie label 4AD and began remixing tracks from his earlier mix tapes for his debut album. Most of his early songs feature samples from sources such as train whistles, female porn stars, and sound effects from the soundtrack of Mortal Kombat, as well as from other video game series. In addition to his own songs, he produced beats for other artists, mainly being members of the Raider Klan. He produced one track titled "T.A.P." for Taylor Allderdice, a mixtape by Wiz Khalifa, as well as "Keep it G" and "Pretty Flacko" for ASAP Rocky. His debut album, titled Mysterious Phonk: Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp, was released on June 12, 2012, and consists mostly of remixed tracks from previous mixtapes. He occasionally worked with rapper Juicy J and has produced a number of tracks from Juicy J's Blue Dream & Lean. He also guest stars on Juicy J's "Deez Bitches Rollin'" with rapper fellow Speakz. SpaceGhostPurrp also featured on Domo Genesis's and The Alchemist's debut collaboration album No Idols on the track "Daily News" (also featuring Earl Sweatshirt and Action Bronson), as well as Freddie Gibbs' "Kush Cloud" along with Krayzie Bone. SpaceGhostPurrp revealed in a 2012 interview that there was a project planned between him and rap group Odd Future, which has supported him by playing his music at shows since he released the mixtape BLACKLAND RADIO 66.6. On July 16, 2012, SpaceGhostPurrp began his first tour with hardcore punk band Trash Talk. The mini tour lasted from July 16 to 23, performing four shows in California, one in Oregon, and two in Washington. His song "The Black God" was named #46 on Pitchfork's 50 best songs of 2012 list. He also performed in Miami during Ultra Music Festival on March 17, 2013, alongside fellow Raider Klan members Yung Simmie and Klan Rico.
On January 19, 2014, SpaceGhostPurrp released a compilation titled 58 Blunts of Purrp, consisting of his own songs, hard to find tracks, and some he either produced or had a feature on. On February 28, 2014, SpaceGhostPurrp released an 18-track mixtape called B.M.W. 2: IntoXXXicated, which included no features and returned to the lo-fi sound of his earlier mixtapes. Subsequently, he released a slightly different version of B.M.W. 2: IntoXXXicated that had tempos of certain songs changed, and while the overall sound quality was slightly improved it still retained much of the lo-fi qualities it had before. A few months later it was remastered, had some tracks removed, a new track added, and released as an album on iTunes under the name IntoXXXicated. Early in 2015, SpaceGhostPurrp released two new projects, the first of which was titled Dark Angel and released on January 13. The second project, a 5-track EP called Money Mendoza was released on January 25. Later that year, SpaceGhostPurrp left Miami and moved to Atlanta, where he made music with artists such as Father and OG Maco. In April 2015, SpaceGhostPurrp released two compilations. One was titled VENENO, it being an extended version of the EP released earlier that year, and the other was titled PYRO Era, consisting mostly of loose tracks released in 2014 and 2015. On May 9, a new EP called Richest Revenge was released under the moniker Money Mendoza through his Instagram account. In May 2015, Raider Klan released Raider Klan Records: The Mixtape, which featured some production and vocals from SpaceGhostPurrp. On June 24, 2015, Dej Loaf released a song featuring Young Thug titled "Shawty", co-produced by Young Roc, which sampled the instrumental of the song "RAIDER PRAYER" from SpaceGhostPurrp's album Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles of SPACEGHOSTPURRP. SpaceGhostPurrp was uncredited by the producer, resulting in a minor conflict via Twitter, which was soon resolved peacefully.
On May 9, 2016, SpaceGhostPurrp released a mixtape entitled Blackland Radio 66.6: Pt 2 - Episode 1 exclusively on DatPiff. He stated that he had plans to release subsequent volumes under Part 2, but eventually opted to skip straight to the release of Blackland Radio 3 on March 4, 2018. As 2016 concluded, Tiny Mix Tapes recognized SpaceGhostPurrp's Black Money Boys Death Row (BMB) collective as one of its favorite labels for 2016, noting that:
Sources
Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth (October 2026), in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
