Critical Praise:
“How Trippie Redd Keeps The SoundCloud Rap Spirit Alive” – Rolling Stone
“Redd’s gifts for melody and mood are strong” – Pitchfork
“Trippie Redd woke up hungry and he’s getting in everyone’s face” – HotNewHipHop
The Announcement:
Since emerging as a teenager in the 2010s, Trippie Redd has been one of rap music’s most gleeful experimenters, drawing massive crowds and inspiring a new generation of upstarts. The now 27-year-old rapper connects with a fellow icon, recruiting Young Thug for “Paperbag Boy,” his euphoric new banger, arriving with a music video. Produced by J-Bone, “Paperbag Boy” stacks candy-coated synth arpeggios atop speaker-obliterating 808s, as Trippie and Thugger worm their way through the beat’s crevices with sliding melodies. The song’s hook reflects the evolution of the two men from project babies to kingpins in their own right, even as they still look in the mirror and see their past selves as young hustlers trying to reach the top: “Paperbag boy, rubber band man/Paperbag boy, rubber band man/I’m a tycoon, you a damn fan/Suicide doors, I feel alive again,” bellows Trippie.
Stream “Paperbag Boy” ft. Young Thug HERE
Watch “Paperbag Boy” ft. Young Thug HERE
A Diamond-certified global phenom, Trippie Redd remains one of the most prolific, genre-blurring voices of his generation. With 14 billion streams worldwide, he continues to shape modern rap’s emotional DNA through fearless experimentation and melody-driven storytelling. He is gearing up to release his highly-anticipated album NDA later this year via 1400 Ent. / 10k / Atlantic.
Following the viral success of “Wish,” “Paperbag Boy” marks the next chapter of Trippie Redd’s illustrious career. Stay tuned for more.
Photo credit: Ellington Hammond
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Michael Lamar White IV, better known as Trippie Redd, is a rapper from Canton, Ohio. Trippie Redd has achieved significant certification milestones, including a diamond RIAA certification for “Fuck Love,” 4x platinum for “Dark Knight Dummo,” and 3x platinum for both “Taking A Walk” and “1400 / 999 Freestyle.” To date, he has amassed 16.9 billion global streams and 12.8 billion US streams, cementing his place as a key figure in modern rap.
After releasing early mixtapes like Beast Mode and Awakening My Inner Beast, he gained widespread attention with 2017’s A Love Letter to You, which reached the Top 100 of the Billboard 200. As his fame grew, Trippie relocated from Ohio to Miami. A Love Letter to You 2 debuted in the Top 40 of the Billboard 200, and later that year, he scored his first Hot 100 entry with the Travis Scott-assisted “Dark Knight Dummo.” In 2018, Trippie released his debut studio album, Life’s a Trip, followed by A Love Letter to You 3, continuing his mix of sung and rapped emotional tracks. His second studio album, !, inspired by XXXTentacion, arrived in 2019, and A Love Letter to You 4 earned him his first #1 on the Billboard 200. In 2021 and 2022, Trippie kept up momentum with Trip at Knight, featuring collaborations with Drake, Lil Uzi Vert, and Playboi Carti. In 2023, he released A Love Letter to You 5 and the Saint Michael V2 album. In 2024, he dropped singles like “Murderman” with LAZER DIM 700, “LGLG,” and “Bando Kid.”
Trippie’s next album, NDA, is due in Fall 2025.
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“Paperbag Boy” ft. Young Thug: https://trippieredd.lnk.to/paperbagboy
“Can’t Count Me Out” (Prod. by ATL Jacob): https://www.youtube.
“Stay The Same”: https://www.youtube.
“Checklist”: https://www.
“Sketchy” (Prod. by Nick Mira): https://www.youtube.
“World Boss”: https://trippieredd.
“Woke Up” / “The Face”: https://trippieredd.
“Woke Up” / “The Face” 2-Part Music Video: https://www.youtube.