Kyle C

Believer

[Jaylen @jayl7en]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🚀😅

[Oliver Tree @Olivertree]

Oliver Nickell

June 29th, 1993 – June 14th, 2026

Oliver Tree Nickell, beloved son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin, and friend, passed away in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Sunday, June 14, 2026, in a tragic accident at the age of 32. Known as Oliver Tree, he was an artist, storyteller, singer, songwriter, producer, director, editor, actor, filmmaker, entertainer, traveler and creative force; he had just performed in São Paulo as part of his 7-continent world tour.

Oliver was born in Santa Cruz, California. From the beginning, Oliver always had the most astonishing and relentless creative drive. He began producing skits, music, and drawings as early as 5 years old. He spent ten years racing BMX, cycle cross, cross country, mountain biking, downhill racing and free-style dirt jumping. Oliver was a DJ in his teenage years and started performing shows under the name "Kryph", where he opened up for big artists in the dance scene. At 17, he signed with R&S Records, under the moniker "Tree", where he put out his first official body of work "Splitting Branches”. During this period, he attended San Francisco State University and later graduated from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in 2017. At CalArts, Oliver created the “Oliver Tree” project, which included producing, directing, acting, touring, film-making, and song-writing.

In 2016, “Turbo” was born, a character he developed for the internet, who was loud, colorful, bright and hilarious. That same year, he released his first single on all platforms as Oliver Tree, in collaboration with Whethan titled "When I'm Down". The song became a huge success and went gold. In 2017, Oliver signed with Atlantic Records and shortly after released his first viral hit song “Alien Boy” which was produced with his childhood friend Casey Mattson, as well as frequent collaborator Imad Royal. It was a song that truly encapsulated the Oliver Tree brand. Oliver then went on to release his debut album “Ugly Is Beautiful”, which hit the top 15 of Billboard 200 and reached number 1 on Billboard‘s Top Rock Albums and Alternative Albums charts. Oliver also released a deluxe version of the album which included the song "Life Goes On", a track that was produced with long-time friend and collaborator Getter. This song propelled Oliver into a global audience and was a commercial hit. Followed by the success of Oliver’s song "Miss You”, with Robin Schulz, which became a worldwide hit and was nominated for Best International Song (The BRIT Awards) in 2024.

Oliver never stopped reinventing himself. Each album featured a distinct character in the Oliver Tree universe: Turbo for “Ugly is Beautiful” in 2020, Shawney Bravo for “Cowboy Tears" in 2022, Cornelius Cummings for “Alone in A Crowd" in 2023 up until "Love You Madly Hate You Badly” in 2026, where he removed the fake personas and decided to show the world his true self for his final album which was 100% written and produced by Oliver.

Oliver had a deep curiosity about the world and wanted to experience every country and culture. Over the past two years, Oliver was a global citizen, visiting over 100 countries: eating local cuisine; connecting with locals of all kinds; participating in ceremonies; giving concerts; and recording music on his laptop. He went to the Middle East, sailed in Antarctica and became an honorary Maasai tribal chief in Tanzania.

Oliver was more than a musician; he was a true artist in every sense of the
word, seeing the world as a stage for his performance art. He pushed boundaries in every form of media and life. Oliver was on a mission to bring the world together through art and inspiring other artists to create. Being a forward thinker, Oliver created a non-profit entitled "Dr. Oliver Tree's Extremely Epic Art Grant for Baby Geniuses”. He wanted all of his money to go into funding other aspiring artists in all facets: music, film, installation and performance art projects.

Oliver cared so deeply about spreading art, joy, laughter and love into the world. He blended his characters seamlessly with his authentic self, which left the audience often wondering what is real or a prank. He found beauty in the ordinary and would constantly preach his "Ugly Is Beautiful" mantra on and off stage. He wanted everyone to feel like they had a place to be themselves. Under all the absurdist humor and outlandish stunts, he wanted to create an inclusive environment where everyone belonged and could realize their true potential.

Oliver was a creative force of nature, a true “Alien Boy” among human beings. His imagination was boundless, his laugh was contagious and his creativity and ideas were prolific.

Oliver is survived by his parents, Jesse & Christine Nickell of Santa Cruz, brother Jessup (Zoe), Grandmothers Ann Begin & Lorraine Nickell, Aunts Cynthia Begin, Mia Begin (Bill Schroeder), Uncle Dan Begin (Melissa), Aunts Sheree Kouffeld (Dave Christopher) and Jan Lamascus (Marvin), many beloved cousins, Beth, Breanna, Kaitlin, Kimmy, Maggie, Meadow and Nicolas; and numerous friends worldwide. He considered his team and colleagues his family: Dan Awad, Paul Donatelli; his bandmates: Casey Mattson, Amir Oosman, Jake Jamieson, Jmsey; his creative collaborators: Ethan Snoreck aka Whethan; Ryan Farber; Steve Zilberman; Jacob Dennis; Sebastian Hackett; his love Fiona Chernavskaya, as well as many others who touched his project and helped him execute his vision, who are too innumerable to be named.

We’ll leave you with a quote which Oliver said at almost every show he performed at, his mantra to the world: “No matter how strange you think you look, no matter how ugly you feel, you are beautiful.”

A celebration of his life / memorial service will be held at the UCSC Quarry Amphitheater on July 25th. Due to limited space for family and friends, this event will also be streamed live.

Donations: The family requests donations be made to “Dr. Oliver Tree's Extremely Epic Art Grant for Baby Geniuses”. Oliver’s vision is to support and encourage young artists to follow their dreams. See more at https://t.co/XY1lQhixpQ

[Rob Friedman @PitchingNinja]

How do you throw 101 mph? 🤔

Jackson Flora takes you through it, step by step.

One of the best descriptions of pitching mechanics you'll see from a college pitcher!

[Sleeper @SleeperHQ]

LaMelo Ball and Anthony Edwards competing to see who can shoot the most threes:

[Kyle C @CaspersonKyle]

@SkolBros chance we land LeBron?

[Timberwolves Muse @Wolvesmuse]

I GOT TWO WORDS FOR YOU

ANTHONY EDWARDS AND LAMELO BALL

MUST-SEE TVV

[SleeperTimberwolves @SleeperTWolves]

If this is really it I wanna say THANK YOU to NAZ REID 🍇🥲

From going undrafted in 2019 to becoming one of the best sixth men in the 2020s decade. One of the biggest fan favorites in franchise HISTORY. Had people tattooing his name on their bodies, a beach towel that made it worldwide and was someone who I personally LOVED watching hoop.

Naz, you will be missed and will always root for you. Goodluck in Charlotte 🤝💙💚🖤

[Wolves Lead @TWolvesLead]

My heart is in my stomach

One of my favorite Wolves ❤️😭

[Timberwolves Muse @Wolvesmuse]

The longest tenured Timberwolf

The fan favorite in Minnesota

Two Words.

Thank you for everything

We will always miss you

[Josh Hart @joshhart]

I beg your pardon….HE DOES WHAT??

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

Just in: Minnesota is sending Julius Randle and the No. 28 pick in the NBA Draft to the Brooklyn Nets in a three-team trade that sends Nic Claxton to the Chicago Bulls, sources tell ESPN. The Timberwolves will acquire Brooklyn’s No. 33 pick for Randle and No. 28.

[Jon Krawczynski @JonKrawczynski]

The Timberwolves are trading Julius Randle to Brooklyn, sources say

[YFK 友 @YourFriendKyle_]

I've heard stories about how shameless EA / 2K can be, but I REFUSE to believe they've ever done their community as cutthroat as @SonySanDiego has this year. The worst product they could ever put out followed by lies. Their only priority was making it harder for people to earn stubs. They nerfed BR rewards & capped the number of cards you could invest in. They spent all their time planning how to squeeze more money out of their customers instead of figuring out how to give their customers a game worth playing. These server issues are fucking disgusting. They somehow have taken 10 steps back from where they were at FIVE YEARS AGO. The fact the people behind @MLBTheShow still are employed is a miracle in itself. You don't even know how to fix the records in the loading screen? Resign. Step down. This job isn't for you.

Take one look at any form of social media. It doesn't disgust you how much everyone hates your game? How your company name has become a meme & a laughing stock?

I hope every time you guys put out a tweet about your servers not working you look in the mirror & realize how incompetent you look as a company. Thankfully I'll always be here to remind you day in & day out until you guys get your shit in order. Your loyal customers deserve better than this.

[YFK 友 @YourFriendKyle_]

@MLBTheShow Good work as always guys! Do you mind taking 2 minutes to also fix the game breaking issues in your game before you prioritize banning all of your customers for a mistake you made? Thanks xoxo

[Dov Kleiman @NFL_DovKleiman]

The first quarter of the Knicks vs. Spurs game was one of the most rigged things we've ever seen.

There were FIVE missed calls in favor of the Spurs and Wemby.

1) A clear foul on Wemby was reversed to give KAT his second foul of the game.

Thread ⬇️

[Kyle C @CaspersonKyle]

@AustinAbbott Austin, please help 🍔
Traded CMC for 1.12 and 2027 2nd…

[Chipper Jones @RealCJ10]

Anytime the top of the bat almost points at the pitcher during stride, thats a long way to go to catch up with velocity. Abbreviate the load a bit. Get him to think thru the centerfield wall, not over it. That will allow front elbow to go more directly to the ball. He has a bit of an arm bar (straightening) of that elbow, which also is slowing him down. Hope it helps…

[YFK 友 @YourFriendKyle_]

Just as I said.

A problem that was affecting their pockets? Resolved in 12 hours.

Problems that ruin their online gameplay? No fixes for 78 days.

Truly an embarrassing look for an embarrassing company @SonySanDiego @MLBTheShow Wake up.