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Toms began making his own electronic music at the age of eight, citing inspiration from Skillrex, Will.i.am, Martin Garrix, Avicii, and Flume. He set up a home studio in his father's office and uploaded three tracks to Triple J Unearthed. One of his debut tracks "Toxic Nirvana" was accompanied by a stop-motion music video made with Lego.

He lives in Canberra, Australia with his parents Rick and Nicola Toms. When Triple J Unearthed discovered him at the age of 11, he attended Maribyrnong Primary School in Kaleen, Australia. He began high school in 2016.

In February 2015, Toms was discovered by Australian radio station Triple J Unearthed. He then appeared in a mini-documentary for Triple J about musicians in regional Australia. The documentary went viral with over 2 million views. New World Artists signed Toms and he began producing music professionally under his DJ alias Black Summer.

Toms played his first DJ set at Groovin' the Moo in 2015 to an audience of 10,000 people, where he garnered attention from multiple media outlets and support from Nina Las Vegas, Canadian house producer Deadmau5, and Australian musician Flume. He then performed at Nickelodeon's Slimefest in Sydney and Melbourne alongside magician Cosentino, Savage, At Sunset, Samantha Jade, and YouTube stars Boyce Avenue and at Summernats 2016 alongside Seth Sentry, Hoodoo Gurus, You Am I and Brooke Evers.

In 2016, he was invited to speak on a panel for Indent music conference in Sydney in 2016, appeared on Network Ten's The Project in 2016, and was featured as the face of the Uncle Toby's Oats campaign "The Unexpected Maestro"

In 2017, the music video for Young Like Me by Black Summer feat. Lowell (directed by Tim Maxx) launched on national television in Australia on Nine Network. The music video was filmed in Los Angeles.

Toms is collaborating with Grammy Award-winning Australian music producer and sound engineer Chris 'Tek' O'Ryan on his first EP album.