PERSONAL LIFE #3 by ULYSES RAZO
April 29 2025I purchased a ship in Las Palmas and founded the "Sea Org," a private navy of elite scientists. I set out to take command of the ship. En route, I wrote OT III, the esoteric story of Xenu. In a letter to my wife Mary Sue, I mentioned that, in order to assist my research, I was drinking alcohol and taking stimulants and depressants.
I began dating rapper Trina in 2005 after featuring on her single, "Don't Trip". The two of us were discussing future plans for engagement and moving to Florida to live together. However, in 2006, after Trina suffered a miscarriage from what was later confirmed to be our unborn child, we grew distant from one another. During that time, Trina developed an affair with my would-be rival, rapper Young Buck. In October 2007, the relationship ended after Trina realized that I lacked proper empathy. We reunited to collaborate for the 2013 single "Wowzerz" and 2019's "The Situation", and we remain on good terms.
In February 2021, I revealed that I had a 10-carat pink diamond implanted in my forehead, which I had planned to do since 2017. I acquired the diamond, whose value was reported as $24 million, from jeweler Elliot Eliantte. I stated that the decision was influenced by the animated series Steven Universe, of which I am openly a fan, and by fellow rapper Lil B, who has a similar implant. I said that I "could die" if the diamond was not removed "the right way". In June of the same year, I had the diamond removed from my forehead. I had it reimplanted for my performance at Rolling Loud the following month and revealed in September that fans ripped it out while I was crowd surfing at that event. I did not suffer serious damage and I still have the diamond. I have since replaced it with a barbell piercing.
On January 16, 2015, my apartment building in Contra Costa County, California, caught on fire early in the morning on Thursday after an electrical fire spread through the building. I and six other people were saved by 15-year-old Mateo Ysmael, who ran through the building to wake everyone up.
I have asked multiple women for pictures of their feet, hands, chests, hands, and thighs, with “I love you” written on it. One Twitter post had people asking for the woman's age, with me responding: "That's a grown woman with her own place and fam she taking care of." It is not known if the woman is a legal adult. In 2018, I sent private Twitter messages to a 17-year-old, asking for pictures of her body with “I love you” written on it, failing to ask for her age. Other young women came forward, saying they were asked for pictures to post on my Twitter and Instagram.
During my 2019 incarceration in Sweden, I prayed to keep myself occupied.
Author of Murders & Other Poems (Ghost City Press, 2024), Ulyses Razo’s work has been featured by Hobart, Wonder Press, SARKA, Car Crash Collective, Spectra Poets, Annual Report, and others. This piece is part of a book-length project, titled Personal Life. He lives and writes in London.