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Durham rapper Otis Ghost discusses his EP 'I Miss You. Behave, And I’ll Be Back Soon' and its creation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Durham rapper Otis Ghost stopped by Live & Local this week, still celebrating the release of last year’s EP “I Miss You. Behave, And I’ll Be Back Soon.” Follow Otis Ghost on Instagram. “That EP actually started in COVID,” Otis says of “I Miss You,” which was his first release in several years. “I happened to live next door to two producers (and) we all started hanging out – they were more into EDM music, but they had equipment I was familiar with, and so we just joined forces and started making all these beats.” Otis says they made about 20 tracks before ultimately narrowing the list down to five. The resulting EP, pound for pound, was one of the best releases the Triangle has seen in several years – led by opening track “The Good Die Young,” which Chapelboro recognized as one of the five best local songs of 2025. “It was very well received, a lot of people were really excited about it,” he says. “I remember a car stopping when I was working security at a bar – I didn’t know the guy, the car stopped and he was like, ‘album’s crazy.’ And then he just kept…

People in this episode

Guest: Otis Ghost

Topics covered

• music
• rap
• local artists
• EP release
• COVID-19 impact

Keywords

• Otis Ghost
• I Miss You
• EP
• Durham
• local music

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chapelboro

Books & works: I Miss You. Behave, And I’ll Be Back Soon, The Good Die Young

Places: Durham, Triangle

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