On February 15, 2019, Ricch was featured alongside American record producer Hit-Boy on now-late American rapper Nipsey Hussle's single "Racks in the Middle", later becoming both first top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, and earning him a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance. Later in the month, Marshmello previewed a new track with Ricch.Ģ019–present: Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial and "The Box" The album, which features the singles "Die Young" and "Every Season", peaked at number 67 on the Billboard 200 chart and at number 36 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. On November 2, 2018, Ricch released his second mixtape, Feed Tha Streets II. Mill also gifted him a "Dreamchasers" chain, appearing on his fourth studio album Championships (2018), in which he was a feature alongside Future and Young Thug on the song "Splash Warning" from the album. In October 2018, Meek Mill brought Ricch out as his guest at a PowerHouse concert in Philadelphia. 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.Ĭareer 2017–2018: 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. Roddy Ricch started rapping and singing as young as 8, and he began making beats in earnest at age 16.
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.