Ash Winston Riser was born on August 29, 1989, in
Redondo Beach, California. It was here he first encountered music and founded his rock band, Pistol Pistol (stylized P!stol P!stol), at the young age of 15. The band, which he formed with high-school classmates, initially started out as a
cover band,
covering songs by
Weezer and
The Strokes, among other bands. His first serious music project [P!stol P!stol], was a great success with appearances on
The Drop on
Sí TV and music featured on
ESPN. During their time together, P!stol P!stol released an album titled
The Cause. In 2009, Riser was featured on Lamar's debut
extended play (EP),
Kendrick Lamar, on a
bonus track titled "Determined". Lamar and Riser collaborated again in 2010, for Lamar's
Overly Dedicated project, appearing on the song "Barbed Wire". In 2011, Riser was featured on Lamar's
Section.80 project, lending his vocals on the tracks, "Keisha's Song" and "Ronald Reagan Era". In July 2011, Riser released an EP under his label, D.R.E.A.M. Brigade Recordings. The EP, titled
21st Century Electric Church Music, is a collection of songs compiled by different artists and includes Riser's song, "Ghetto Blastuh". Riser then began collaborating with Lamar's
Black Hippy cohort and TDE label-mate,
Ab-Soul. Riser was featured on "Beautiful Death", from Ab-Soul's 2012 project,
Control System. In 2013, Riser signed a recording contract with Israeli music producer
Borgore's record label Buygore, as well as his management company, Buygore Management. Around that time, Riser also signed a production deal with Chest Rockwell Entertainment, founded by Greg Ogan and Spencer Neezy. On April 22, 2015, Riser released an EP titled
Modern Medicine, which he
mixed,
mastered, produced and recorded by himself. In June 2015, when asked if he was still with Buygore, Riser responded with: "not since 2014". On June 22, 2016, Riser released his third EP that year, titled
R.I.S.E., which includes productions from
808 Mafia,
Metro Boomin,
Sonny Digital,
TM88 and
Zaytoven. ==Death==