ITSOKTOCRY has been played on NTS shows including The Meme Gold Show, with Murder Me Slowly first played on 29 July 2017.

Coming from Denver, CO, United States, Austin Shoemake known professionally as ITSOKTOCRY has been exploring the trap rap music by going from classic trap rap patterns, to more pop-oriented autotuned songs to even experimenting with heavier, metal-influenced sounds crossing over the rap structures. He was part of the Gothboiclique formation, collaborating with the likes of Lil Peep, Yunggoth, and Jimmy V.