hollowtiphero (born May 10) is an African-American recording artist and producer.

In an interview with Savant Breakdown, he would explain the backstory of his artist name, going on to say:

It was the name of my alt page before I was rapping, then I just made that my rap name.

In the same interview, he would cite that Kanye West and Lil Uzi Vert were one of his main inspirations.

He would start to gain recognition with the release of “U a street nikka getting punched on”, and “stain em”, in April 2024. The tracks would blow up through the app TikTok, mainly for the loud, distorted 808s.

hollowtiphero was also a former member of the Stain in Vain collective. In March 2026, he claimed that he had left Stain months ago,