Roddy Ricch rose to fame in 2018 with his single, "Die Young", which peaked at number 98 on the Billboard Hot 100.
27 Facts About Roddy Ricch
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In 2019, Roddy Ricch was featured alongside Hit-Boy 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 11 on the Hot 100.
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Roddy 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.
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Roddy Ricch began making beats in earnest at age 16.
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Roddy Ricch had a brief stint in county jail at the time when his second commercial mixtape, Feed Tha Streets II, was released.
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On November 22,2017, Roddy Ricch released his debut commercial mixtape, Feed Tha Streets, which is his first project.
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In March 2018, Roddy Ricch released his unofficial debut extended play, Be 4 Tha Fame.
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On December 7,2018, Roddy Ricch released a collaboration with American DJ and record producer Marshmello, titled "Project Dreams".
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On February 15,2019, Roddy Ricch was featured alongside American record producer Hit-Boy on American rapper Nipsey Hussle's single, "Racks in the Middle".
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On October 11,2019, Roddy Ricch released the single, "Big Stepper", which serves the lead single of his debut album, Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial.
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On January 27,2020, Roddy Ricch was featured on Meek Mill's single, "Letter to Nipsey", an ode to the now-late Nipsey Hussle.
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Roddy Ricch was co-featured alongside Gunna and American record producer London on da Track on A Boogie wit da Hoodie's single, "Numbers", from the latter's third studio album, Artist 2.0, which was released on February 14,2020.
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Roddy Ricch then appeared on American rapper NLE Choppa's single, "Walk Em Down", which was released on March 19,2020, and appeared on the latter's debut studio album, Top Shotta.
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Roddy Ricch became the first artist to achieve his first two number-one singles in the same year since English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran did it in 2017.
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Roddy Ricch won Album of the Year at the 2020 BET Awards.
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Roddy Ricch has spent eighteen cumulative weeks atop the Hot 100 so far, the most for any artist in 2020.
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Roddy Ricch tied with Canadian singer the Weeknd as the most nominated artists at the 2020 American Music Awards, both with eight nominations.
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Roddy Ricch received six nominations at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, including for Song of the Year and Record of the Year for "The Box" and "Rockstar", respectively.
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Roddy Ricch was ranked third on the Billboard Year-End chart for Top Artists.
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On March 14,2021, Roddy Ricch officially released a live performance of an unreleased song called "Heartless", which he debuted at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.
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Roddy Ricch used the album title again on social media posts a couple days later.
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On May 12,2022, Roddy Ricch was featured on Post Malone's single, "Cooped Up", which appeared on the latter's fourth studio album, Twelve Carat Toothache.
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On June 11,2022, Roddy Ricch was arrested on weapons charges after him and members of his crew were stopped at a security checkpoint near Citi Field, where law enforcement found a loaded firearm, additional ammunition, and a large-capacity magazine.
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Roddy Ricch has been charged with criminal possession of a weapon, possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, and unlawful possession of an ammunition feeding device.
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Roddy Ricch has been recognized for his raspy voice "that works wonders with vocal filters".
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Roddy Ricch has cited Kendrick Lamar, who is from his hometown of Compton, as a musical influence.
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Roddy Ricch has stated that rapper Speaker Knockerz is his biggest influence, along with the "basis" of his music coming from him.