Lil Skies is a rapper, singer and songwriter. Some of his best-known songs are "I," "Nowadays" and "Red Roses." His major label debut mixtape, "Life of a Dark Rose," was released on January 10, 2018 and peaked at #10 on the Billboard 200 chart.

The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on November 9, 2018 Lil Skies began writing songs at age 4. He was introduced to music by his father, Michael Burton, Jr., a fellow hip-hop artist known professionally as Dark Skies.

His stage name is a play on his father's. When he was 11, his father was injured in a workplace chemical explosion at the Rust-Oleum plant near Williamsport, Maryland. The two would write an album, Father-Son Talk, discussing the recovery process.

In October 2016, Lil Skies opened for Fetty Wap at Shippensburg University and later released his first mixtape, Alone, in January 2017. In July 2017, he released two songs, "Red Roses" featuring Landon Cube and "Off The Goop" featuring Sprite Lee.

He would later release other songs that year, including "Rude" and "Signs of Jealousy." He released his first major label mixtape, Life of a Dark Rose, on January 10, 2018.[14] The album debuted at #23 on the Billboard 200 chart and went on to peak at #10.

The songs "Nowadays" and "Red Roses" (both featuring Landon Cube) debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 list at #85 and #98 respectively and have since peaked at #55 and #69 (also respectively). He also toured nationally with Lil Uzi Vert in 2017 and began his "Life of a Dark Rose" tour in 2018.

On May 4, 2018, "Lust" from "Life of a Dark Rose" was released as the third official single from the album, peaking at number 87 on the Billboard Hot 100 and being certified Gold by the RIAA. On May 31, he released "I Know You" featuring Yung Pinch which peaked at 79 on the Billboard Hot 100.

On March 1, 2019, Lil Skies released his album "Shelby," while simultaneously debuting the music video for lead single "I".