7.21.2023
Video: Sexyy Red – “Hellcats SRTs“
#SexyySummer Continues with the “Pound Town” Hitmaker’s High-Octane New Video From Hood Hottest Princess
Critical Praise:
“…30 minutes of straight-up standing-on-the-table raps. There are a handful of songs on here that are bound to be summertime anthems.” – Pitchfork
“St. Louis rapper Sexyy Red has been delivering raunchy singles over the past three years, turning herself into a quotable local star with songs like “Throw That Mf” and “Hood Bitch.” Yet the MC is primed to break out of the midwest thanks to the X-rated anthem “Pound Town,” with weekly streams for the track starting to soar in recent weeks following the single’s late January release.” – Billboard
“I’d like to imagine Sam Cooke beaming with pride at the creativity of these Black women for turning a song about segregation into an unapologetic twerk anthem.” – Pitchfork
“Known for her raunchy style and unapologetic flow, this viral female MC continues to kick down doors and not give a damn who’s behind them!” – Broadway World
The Video:
Sexyy Red continues to win fans with her brash honesty and NSFW quotables. Coming through with the latest clip from her acclaimed album Hood Hottest Princess, the St. Louis native drops “Hellcats SRTs.” Produced by Shawn Ferrari, “Hellcats SRTs” is a high-octane trap banger about Sexyy’s affinity for fast cars and the men who drive them: “Put the Benz in sport mode, n*****, I ain’t no regular ho/I don’t do insurance for my whips, this ain’t GEICO.” In the video, Sexyy and her friends whip the titular car in Miami, proving once and for all that she’s the baddest in the city.
“Hellcats SRTs” arrives as Sexyy Red continues the rise to stardom that started with “Pound Town,” the viral anthem of the summer. The Tay Keith-produced song has over 15 million on-demand streams since its release, and has spent months on Spotify’s U.S. Viral 50 chart, reaching the #1 spot multiple times. Originally released in January, “Pound Town” picked up steam in the subsequent months thanks to the viral #PoundTownChallenge, which helped the song generate over 200k video creations on TikTok. A coterie of high-profile fans tapped in and quoted their favorite lyrics, including Cardi B, Summer Walker, GloRilla, JT of City Girls, Rico Nasty, and TiaCorine.
When the Queen herself, Nicki Minaj, hopped on the remix, the song reached another level–“Pound Town 2” spent multiple weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 with a peak at #66. Sexyy caused a stir at the BET Awards when she led the audience in a “Pound Town” sing-along from her seat. Together, versions of “Pound Town” have racked up nearly 50 million global streams. Home to other hits like “SkeeYee” and “Looking For The H*es (Ain’t My Fault),” Hood Hottest Princess recently climbed onto the Billboard 200.
A relentless barrage of twerkable anthems, Hood’s Hottest Princess builds upon Sexyy’s brash and unapologetic persona. Songs like “I’m The Sh*t,” “Sexyy Walk,” and “Female Gucci Mane“ exude an irrepressible bad b*tch energy, combining Sexyy’s crisp wordplay with an addictive drawling delivery that has become her signature. The mixtape earned a sterling 8.0 review from Pitchfork, who wrote that the mixtape “sets the tone for what she hopes is the nastiest, sweatiest, and freakiest summer since the smartphone came along” and “…30 minutes of straight-up standing-on-the-table raps. There are a handful of songs on here that are bound to be summertime anthems.” Featuring an additional appearance from Juicy J on “Strictly For The Strippers” and Sukihana on the Pitchfork-approved “Born By The River,” Hood Hottest Princess is available everywhere via Open Shift/gamma.
With Hood Hottest Princess out now, a performance at Rolling Loud Miami today, and a burgeoning fanbase that can’t get enough of her hits, the rising rapper is dominating during #SexyySummer. Get on board now, before the ship blasts off.
Watch “Hellcats SRTs”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs9CDdbHP7s
Stream Hood Hottest Princess: https://openshiftdistro.lnk.to/hoodhottestprincess
Listen to “Pound Town” (Remix) ft. Nicki Minaj & Tay Keith: https://openshiftdistro.lnk.to/poundtown2
Watch “Pound Town”: official video | live video | “Spring Break” video
Hood’s Hottest Princess tracklist:
- I’m The Sh*t
- SkeeYee
- Hellcats SRTs
- Pound Town 2 ft. Nicki Minaj & Tay Keith
- Looking For The Hoes (Ain’t My Fault)
- Sexyy Walk
- Strictly For The Strippers ft. Juicy J
- Nachos
- Mad At Me
- Born By The River ft. Sukihana
- Female Gucci Mane
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The Background:
Born and raised in St. Louis, Sexyy Red is one of the hottest rising stars in rap today. Her explicitly quotable hit “Pound Town” has been steadily rising up charts, and she’s earned co-signs from the likes of Cardi B, Summer Walker, GloRilla, JT of City Girls, Rico Nasty, and TiaCorine.
“Pound Town” might be her breakthrough moment, but real (dread) heads know that Sexyy Red has been putting in work for a long time. She first turned heads with her gender-flipped remixes of songs like Three 6 Mafia’s “Slob On My Knob” (“Slob On My Ckat“) and Tay-K’s “I Love My Choppa” (“I Love My Nickel“), showing off her knack for crisp turns-of-phrase and eye-popping and viscerally frank bars. Her inventive visuals for songs like “Throwin It” and “Sexyy,” from her 2021 mixtape Ghetto Superstar, helped her build a following on Instagram (307k followers), YouTube (67.5k subscribers), and Twitter (139.4k followers).
Sexyy Red hype reached a fever pitch in the Fall, when she collaborated with Summer Walker on “Sense Dat God Gave You” and with fellow sex positive diva Sukihana on “Born By The River.” Built around a flip of a famous Sam Cooke lyric, the latter song was an impressive statement, earning a glowing review in Pitchfork and prompting an Instagram follow from Drake.
Links:
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“Hellcats SRTs”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs9CDdbHP7s
“Looking For The H*es (Ain’t My Fault)”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtmxrfmxzTs
“SkeeYee” (Prod. by Tay Keith): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id5Mh2T7rWc&ab_channel=SexyyRed
Hood Hottest Princess: https://openshiftdistro.lnk.to/hoodhottestprincess
“Pound Town 2” ft. Nicki Minaj: https://openshiftdistro.lnk.to/poundtown2
“Female Gucci Mane”: https://openshiftdistro.lnk.to/FemaleGucciMane
“Pound Town” (prod. by Tay Keith): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GyvXrxOYK4
“Pound Town” (Spring Break edition): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agp7tDPbk0o
“Pound Town” (Live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx7GKCCYLkg
“Born By The River” ft. Sukihana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19YildLFUEU“Sense Dat God Gave You” (w/ Summer Walker): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPBhdlSSols