Russell McKamey—better known by his online monikers: Scary the Kid and Rockit—is known for his original songs, covers, and tracks inspired by video-game and animated series. He blew up through becoming one half of Rockit Music, an ongoing Nerdcore duo made with Ghostlike since 2015.

Originally called “Project MAXIMUS,” Scary the Kid debuted in July 2019 with its first original song being released, “206,” and quickly followed in August with “Listen”—both tracks were inspired by Eminem and describe Russell’s troubled relationship with his father, forgiving him for abandoning him at age eleven.

Following this, the project disappeared for nearly a year, returning in August 2020 with “Murder Myself”—a track describing Scary’s suicidal tendencies with an upbeat instrumental. Another four-month absence followed, until two covers of popular songs were released in 2021, of The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” and Ed Sheeran’s “Bad Habits.”

He made his solo Nerdcore debut in 2022 with the release of “Voices,” a track inspired by the Netflix League of Legends-inspired animated series, Arcane. The song was followed by another Arcane-inspired remix of Lil Nas X’s “STAR-WALKIN'.”

A year later, on September 18, 2023, Scary made the announcement through X (formerly known as Twitter) that he was changing his stage-name:

Maximus is gone. Scary the Kid is here. Officially. New music coming soon 💛

The “new music” would release about a week later, with a Poppy Playtime-inspired piece, “Scared of Myself,” being his biggest success yet due to heavy marketing and exposure. It was so successful that Scary would follow it up with two new tracks in the following two months: a Five Nights at Freddy’s piece, “FREDDY,” and an Amazing Digital Circus song, “Cavity” releasing in October and November respectively.