[4] He first began creating music at an early age when his father bought him a Casio SK-1 keyboard.

[7] He attended Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, Minnesota, where he met P.O.S and Cecil Otter, (and later other Doomtree members) who would sell beats to Sims.

[18] The album was released with music videos for the tracks "One Dimensional Man",[19] "LMG",[20] and "Burn It Down.

[29] In 2018, he released a collaborative album with Air Credits and Icetep, titled Artería Verité.

[30] In 2010, Sims' wife Sarah (then girlfriend) needed an emergency pancreas transplant.

Sims' experience is documented in a hidden song on "Hey You" on Bad Time Zoo's CD and vinyl release.