Who we are
We were born into instability before we even knew what it was. Moving between immigration camps, public housing and apartments arranged by social services. Moving around so frequently, comfort was never something we could afford.
The government had files on us since we could remember. Social services notifications. Police reports. Welfare checks. We kept those documents. They're in the images on this page.
Growing up in that environment doesn't offer you many directions. You end up on a path not because you sat down and chose it but because it's what's around you. When everyone around you moves that same way, you follow.
About R9
I grew up between social housing and state supervision. The system stepped in early into my life which mostly meant more documentation and more files. I moved constantly, changed schools constantly. The only consistent thing in my life was the people I elevated with.
I started Tiktok to get more clientele, posting about drugs to attract those people, I was used to content creation and knew the basics. I didn’t think so much about the account, named it after a crazy ass rapper from Chicago, Rondo 9. I got into chicago drill early and rondo’s lore got to me, my dream goal in life is to have a real ass working rocket launcher.. That might be what I'm saving for with this brand. I made my money, leveled up in that world but got caught up in trouble real quick. Police finding stashes, getting arrested, unpaid debts all in the span of a couple months. I’ve been hustling different stuff since I was 14 but never did it get as serious as the drug game.Got arrested on full restrictions, and we ain’t no cappers, we got paperwork that you can make a book out of.
I got frivården instead of prison, because of my young age, weekly check-ins, basically on probation. I was denied citizenship and knew it was time to change my ways. I got a job and started to legalize myself. It wasn’t a one day change, it took me months. My tiktok content shifted to humor, more personal and my following grew up to 20k followers. It was the same me but I wanted something more serious. Even with a legal life I still got fucked by the police, every time I bought a new phone it took less than 6 months for the police to take it. Always becoming a suspect and living on a thin ass line. That’s why it’s fuck the police and will always be. Fuck the prosecutors as well.
About Demontes
I operated differently from R9. Social media or fame was never in my interests. I had different interests rooted in another world. I got into fights, arrests and known in another way. I got locked up multiple times before even becoming an adult. One of my more serious arrests put me in Kumla, Sweden's maximum security prison. I was one of the youngest people in there with the toughest motherfuckers in the country.
I started sketching on the paper while inside, mindstorming every night. I knew when I came out I had to find something else to do, something I’m not used to. The idea started as Triple M, but that shit was taken, 3xM after and even gcleain after. We mindstormed what would work through the mail and ended up with DMT, Demontes. Not planned on a group chat or business room, but from a postal box in a maximum security prison. This is where we made Nr9 Collective, 2 people who had hustled together who now wanted to better their lives. Knowing that the world still goes around while I’m locked up, I had a lot of catching up to do.
I had connections, knew some rappers and some models from the connections I built over the years. R9 had the audience, the customers and the gameplan.
The execution
The plan is simple. DMT sells a clothing brand and R9 sells his merch. DMT has the connections and R9 has the plan. We met through the same friends, started making money together and built a trust that most people never find. That trust we built making money in other ways carried straight into this. But that lifestyle has a ceiling that we both hit. Now the plan is in place and the execution is ready. Coming from the same reality, deep in the same lifestyle, both paid our price in a different way. We decided to find a legal way and selling clothes was the closest thing to dealing as we know it
Everything we've been through is documented, and there is even plenty of shit that can’t be shown, this page would take hours to read. A lot of people would hide that shit but that shit is who we are.
This page is to make the reader know a little bit more about us than what a hundred videos could’ve told. This is as raw as it gets, and you won't ever see this much info about us again. At least now you know who we are.
R9, Demontes, Nr9Collective. Stockholm