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Blacklite District rose to international YouTube fame in 2018 with the release of his song "Cold As Ice", which ended up getting 100 million streams and hit #35 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart. He followed it up with a string of other viral hits, including "The Struggle", "Just So You Know", and "Goodbye". Combined, he has gotten over 300 million streams globally across YouTube and Spotify, and was awarded YouTube's Sliver Creator Award in November 2019 for passing 111,000 subscribers on his channel as of January 28, 2020.

Blacklite District has released multiple independent projects over the years, with his official debut album planned for release in late 2020 through his own AK19 Entertainment, LLC label. "Over This" was released as the first official single from the album on January 24, 2020, follow up by "Falling" on February 21, and "Wishing Dead" on April 3, as the second and third singles respectively. No release date or album title has been announced yet, but it's been confirmed that Pfeiffer will release singles from the album consistently throughout 2020 leading up to the album.

In January 2020, Pfeiffer announced he would officially release his debut album later in the year, and released "Over This", "Falling", and "Wishing Dead", as the first three singles from the album, and announced a tour supporting Adelitas Way, which was postponed until the fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In January 2020, Pfeiffer officially formed AK19 Entertainment as a limited liability company, with his wife Amber. The two are partners and owners of AK19. AK19 is also home to Rob Shiner, who is an artist from the Black Hills and a childhood friend of Pfeiffer's. Rob Shiner released three singles in 2019, of which Pfeiffer is featured on one called "Just Paranoid".

Blacklite District's success really came to be after blowing up on YouTube. He was awarded the Silver Creator Award (aka Silver Play Button) in November 2019 for passing 100,000 subscribers on the platform. As of April 2020, he has 118,000+ subscribers. Blacklite District has a partnership with YouTuber Rainimator, in which they Minecraft animated music videos for Blacklite District songs. Many of these songs have done 10 million views or more, with "Cold As Ice" closing in on 60 million. Pfeiffer credits this collaboration as a big part of his success in breaking into the music business doing things a new way, versus the traditional outlets like radio.

As a solo artist, Pfeiffer released "Hard Pill To Swallow", which was premiered by Billboard in October 2018. The song went on to get over 10 million combined streams. In January 2019, "1 of a kind" was released as the second single from Pfeiffer's "Through The Ages' project, which included 18 tracks.

In January and February 2017, Pfeiffer released "Living In A Nightmare" (featuring R8eDR), and "Cold As Ice" respectively, as the leads singles from his Instant Gratification indie project. "Cold As Ice' had a long build through the summer on YouTube, and eventually got over 100 million streams after the release of another Minecraft animated music video, which was trending worldwide the week of release. The album debuted in the Top 10 on Amazon Music.

In 2016, Pfeiffer released "We Are The Danger" as the lead single from his indie project, To Whom It May Concern, which was released in October of that year. "The Struggle" was released in August and went viral online, getting over a million views on YouTube in its first month. The following year, the song had a spike with the release of a Minecraft themed music video, and got over 50 million combined streams.

Pfeiffer began dating Amber Rice in September 2015, and the two were married two years later in December 2017. They raise Pfeiffer's son, Maddox, from a previous relationship. He proposed to Amber during a New Year's Eve concert in his hometown of Spearfish, SD.

In 2015–2017, Pfeiffer was hospitalized on multiple occasions for alcohol induced pancreatitis from years of alcohol abuse on the road, which led to a full blown addiction at home. As of January 2020, Pfeiffer has been clean from booze for over a year and lives a sober lifestyle.

As a group, Blacklite District released the song "With Me Now" in 2013, and it went Top 40 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart and sold over 100,000 digital downloads. The band went on tour with Saving Abel in 2014, and did an interview and performance at SiriusXM early that year. Following a summer tour with Another Lost Year, Pfeiffer decided to take the band off the road amid a lawsuit with his former manager and label in Florida.

Pfeiffer has lived in multiple cities during his time breaking into the music industry. He moved to Los Angeles area in 2012, and still visits there frequently to record and shoot music videos. He also lived in Orlando, FL for about six months while working with producer Brett Hestla on some early recordings. At one time, he was managed by Jeff Hanson, who was also in the Orlando area.

During his teenage years, Pfeiffer attended Spearfish Middle School and High School, where he graduated from in the class of 2009. At the age of 13, Pfeiffer started his first band with local friends and began playing shows locally in the Black Hills area.

On May 3, 1999, his mother passed away from a heroin overdose at the age of 27. Shortly after, Pfeiffer began discovering and listening to artists like Ozzy Osbourne, as an escape from the trauma of losing a parent at such a young age. He claims Ozzy Osbourne as his biggest musical influence and for getting him started on the path to a career in music.

Kyle Pfeiffer (born June 9, 1990), known professionally as Blacklite District, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, rapper, and record producer from the Black Hills of South Dakota. Blacklite District's sound relies heavily on the influence of hip hop, pop, and classic hard rock. He began writing music as a way to cope after the death of his mother, Tina Pfeiffer, in May 1999.

Kyle Pfeiffer was born on June 9, 1990 in Munster, IN (suburban Chicago) to mother Tina Pfeiffer, and father George Balac. Both of his parents struggled with drug addiction, and Pfeiffer was raised by his grandparents, Tony and Sheila Pfeiffer. He attended kindergarten in Griffith, IN, before he and his grandparents moved to South Dakota in 1997–98.