That month, Marshmello released a preview of a them with a collaborative track single with Ricch titled “Project Dreams”, which was released on December 7, 2018. In August 2018, he released the single “Ricch Forever”, produced by DJ Bugsy. The song-which was dedicated, in part, to the childhood friend and its music video would go on to accumulate over 80 million views on YouTube and 120 million streams on Spotify. In July 2018, he released the London on da Track-produced single, “Die Young”, which he had written for a childhood friend, who was lost in a high speed chase and said in a Genius interview he had written it the night American rapper XXXTentacion died. In May of that year, Nipsey Hussle brought Ricch out as his guest at a PowerHouse concert in Los Angeles. In March 2018, he released an EP entitled Be 4 Tha Fame. The tape earned him praise from established rappers like Meek Mill, Nipsey Hussle, and 03 Greedo, as well as established record producer Mustard. It featured songs like “Chase Tha Bag”, “Hoodricch”, and “Fucc It Up”. In November 2017, he released his debut mixtape, Feed Tha Streets, which is also his first music project. He listened to Lil Wayne growing up, as well as Young Thug, Future, and Speaker Knockerz.Ģ017–2018: Feed Tha Streets mixtapes and collaborations He also had a brief stint in county jail at the time when his mixtape, Feed Tha Streets II was released. In Compton, Ricch was a member of the Park Village Compton Crips, and has two “C’s tattooed, symbolizing his previous affiliation with the gang. He began making beats in earnest at age 16. Roddy Ricch started rapping and singing as young as 8, and at the age of 12, rapped for at the time rising artist Kendrick Lamar. He spent some time living in Atlanta, Georgia in his youth. Ricch attended Carson Senior High School and Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnets.
was born on Octoin Compton, California, where he was raised. Ricch has won several accolades, including a Grammy Award from nine different nominations, as well as two BET Awards, two BET Hip Hop Awards, and an American Music Award. Later in 2020, Ricch’s feature on DaBaby’s single “Rockstar” became his second number-one single on the Hot 100. It spawned the Hot 100 number-one single “The Box”, which became his most popular song worldwide, as well as the single “High Fashion” (featuring Mustard). Ricch’s debut studio album Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial (2019) was released through Atlantic Records and Bird Vision Entertainment, and debuted atop the Billboard 200. In 2019, Ricch was featured on Nipsey Hussle’s single “Racks in the Middle”, which earned him a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance, and on Mustard’s Grammy-nominated single “Ballin'”, which reached the top 20 of the Hot 100. Ricch’s first two mixtapes, Feed Tha Streets (2017) and Feed Tha Streets II (2018), also received widespread acclaim.
He rose to fame in 2018 with his single “Die Young”, which peaked at number 98 on the Billboard Hot 100. (born October 22, 1998), known professionally as Roddy Ricch, is an American rapper and songwriter.