Winchester, Virginia–based artist Heelix (pronounced hee-liks) is building a catalogue rooted in lineage, emotion, and evolution. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1999—“the end of an era,” as he puts it—Heelix grew up surrounded by music, absorbing the sounds that would shape him long before he ever touched a mic. Every moment felt like its own soundtrack, and by the time his family moved to Winchester in 2011, the foundation was already forming.
Influenced by a lineage of lyricists and thinkers—Black Thought and The Roots, Common, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Isaiah Rashad, MIKE, Earl Sweatshirt—Heelix set out to expand on the ideas and textures of the greats who defined the generation before him. At 13, he began rapping, experimenting, and finding early pieces of his voice. By 2017, after graduating high school, he officially introduced HEELIX to the world with his debut mixtape Uncharted, followed by Nightshift Mode in 2018. The momentum carried into the early pandemic years and gradually shaped what would become his most personal body of work.
The seeds of his newest album, Infinity 05—released September 5, 2025—were planted in 2021 with the project Nikhedonia. That release marked a shift. It was followed by Frontier 500 in 2022, a time of transition when Heelix also married his best friend and biggest supporter. In 2023 he released the prelude EP POINT5, pushing himself to refine his themes and dive even deeper into the emotions that guided him.
Much of Heelix’s music is a channel for his family—both here and gone. As the middle child of six, he carries the weight, conflict, and love that come with a large family. Despite strife through the years, his drive is rooted in doing this for them. And through all of it, one person remains a constant reference point in his writing: Madison, his wife and the grounding force who pushes him to invest in himself.
To Heelix, Infinity 05 is more than a release—it’s a meditation on cycles.
A celebration of life and death, expressed physically, mentally, and spiritually.
Themes of rebirth have appeared in his work for years, but this album marks a new level of understanding. “Lines that I said years ago hit totally different now,” he reflects. The grief, the growth, the mistakes, the breakthroughs—Infinity 05 is the moment where it all comes into shape.
Where earlier projects explored becoming, this album acknowledges arrival. Not a final form, but a version of himself that’s honest, grounded, and maturing with intention.
