Sky Blu (rapper)

Career

In 2006, Gordy, under the stage name Sky Blu teamed up with his uncle Redfoo to form LMFAO. The band started in Miami, Florida, and released rap songs over electronic beats. They are known for their hit songs "Party Rock Anthem" and "Sexy and I Know It," which were released in 2011. Earlier that year, LMFAO performed alongside Madonna at the Super Bowl XLVI halftime. Gordy later claimed in a Facebook post in 2016 that Redfoo had tried to claim all of the band's royalties for himself and that the latter had announced LMFAO's hiatus a year after not speaking with Gordy, who had suffered a serious back injury.

In October 2010, Gordy and his girlfriend Chelsea Korka created BIG BAD out of their Hollywood home which is an entertainment company consisting of musicians, artists, producers, DJs, inventors, creators, and had successful tours in America, Dominican Republic, South America, Asia, and parts of Europe. Gordy also created Big Bad University ("the first university for dreamers"), a collective of artists, which was mainly composed of rapper Shwayze, Korka, and producer/singer/songwriter Mark Rosas.

In 2013, Sky released his two first singles "Pop Bottles" and "Salud". In December that year, Gordy was invited to the Miss World ceremony to perform his single "We Love Girls" with KG Superstar. Sky released an album, Chaos to Consciousness under his new artist name 8ky 6ordy (pronounced Sky Gordy) in 2016.

Personal life

Gordy was born in Los Angeles to Berry Gordy IV, the eldest son of Motown founder Berry Gordy; and Valerie Robeson. He is the brother of Mahogany Lox. Singer-songwriters Rockwell and Rhonda Ross Kendrick are his uncle and aunt via his grandfather Berry Gordy, respectively. According to Gordy, he attended 12 different schools growing up and ultimately dropped out of high school without taking the GED.

In January 2009, Interscope Records arranged a studio session for Paradiso Girls with LMFAO. Gordy began a relationship with Paradiso Girls member Chelsea Korka, who featured as his love interest in some music videos.

Discography

Albums

;Solo

• Rebel Music (2013)
• Fxck Yeah : Chaos To Consciousness (2016)

;With LMFAO

• Party Rock (2009)
• Sorry for Party Rocking (2011)

;As W.E.E.D.

• We Evolve Every Day (2012)

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

• Drunk Off Your Love – Shwayze and Cisco featuring Sky Blu
• I Need A Girl – BLAC featuring Sky Blu
• Uh Oh (Came Here To Party) – Leaf featuring Sky Blu
• Tonight (I'm F*in' You) (Hyper Crush Remix) – Enrique Iglesias featuring Hyper Crush and Sky Blu
• All Of The Time – Mark Rosas featuring Sky Blu and Shwayze
• Small Potatoes – Mark Rosas featuring Sky Blu and Shwayze
• Alcohol (Remix) – The Cataracs featuring Sky Blu
• Bolt – Shwayze featuring Sky Blu
• Perfect Gentleman – Shwayze featuring Sky Blu
• Maldito Jumo – Juan Magan featuring Sky Blu, Sensato, Victor Magan and Reek Rude
• Esta Noche Esta De Fiesta (Electronic Version) – J King & Maximam ft 3Ball MTY & Sky Blu
• Feel Alive - TELYKast featuring Sky Blu
• GASLiGHT - Mahogany Lox featuring Sky Blu

As producer

• #SEXSONG – Big Bad
• Boom – Mahogany Lox

Remixes

• Dirty Horn (Talk Dirty Remix) – Jason Derulo featuring Sky Blu
• Draft Day (8ky 6lu Remix) – Drake featuring Sky Blu
• We Dem Boyz (8ky 6lu Remix) - Wiz Khalifa featuring Sky Blu
• Happy (8ky 6lu Remix) – Pharrell Williams featuring Sky Blu
• I Won't Go (Big Bad Remix) – Adele featuring Shwayze, Sky Blu & Mark Rosas
• Partition (8ky 6lu Remix) – Beyoncé featuring Sky Blu

Music video appearances

• Love Is Overrated – Shwayze
• Reaction – Mark Rosas featuring Chelsea Korka
• Boom – Mahogany Lox

Guest appearances

References

References

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2. The Times of India. "American rapper Sky Blu aka LMFAO performs - Worldnews.com". Article.wn.com.
3. Roberts, Randall. (13 January 2012). "Critic's Notebook: LMFAO's brand of party rock uniquely American". The Los Angeles Times.
4. "Erman LA interviews Sky Blu on life after LMFAO, new album".
5. (22 October 2016). "Whatever happened to LMFAO?".
6. "Big Bad University".
7. Live, All-Access Hall Pass. "All-Access Hall Pass Live And Big Bad Entertainment Are Proud To Support Operation Smile".
8. Osman, Sarah. "Q&A: LMFAO's SkyBlu Dishes His New Music Collective, Big Bad University {{!}} Young Hollywood".
9. (19 May 2014). "LMFAO's Sky Blu: 'I want to create a Harvard school for Dreamers.'".
10. HellaGeo. (2009-09-19). "LMFAO f/ Chelsea of the Paradiso Girls LIVE @ Six Flags 9-11-09".
11. PopCandiesTv. (2010-07-16). "Sky Blu at Interscope Cherry Tree Studio in Santa Monica".