Trippie Redd
Trippie Redd (born June 18, 1999 in Canton , Ohio , real name Michael Lamar White IV ) is an American rapper .
Childhood and youth
Michael White was born on June 18, 1999 in Canton , Ohio . Michael's father was in prison at the time of his son's birth and his mother left Michael's father to raise her child as a single parent. White grew up in Canton despite moving to Columbus, Ohio . Michael's musical interests slowly came when his mother played him Ashanti , Beyoncé , Tupac and Nas in his childhood . He later turned to musicians like T-Pain , KISS , Gucci Mane , Marilyn Manson, and Lil Wayne . White started rapping after taking inspiration from Taevion Williams, also known as Lil Tae. Williams later died in a car accident. White began to take his music career seriously and recorded music with the release of the songs Sub-Zero and New Ferrari in 2014. He later deleted those songs. White was also a member of the Bloods street gang. He attended high school in Canton, which he graduated with a 4.0 GPA average. He describes himself as a loner in his school days, but who was always popular. After graduating, Michael moved to Atlanta where he met rapper Lil Wop and was eventually offered a record deal.
Private life
White is of partial Irish and Native American descent.
White claimed in March 2017 that his net worth was $ 7 million and that he bought his mother a $ 300,000 home.
Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2018 | Life's a trip |
DE98 (1 week) DE |
- |
CH39 (1 week) CH |
UK19 (3 weeks) UK |
US4th
gold
(60 weeks)US |
First published: August 10, 2018
Sales: + 500,000 |
2019 | ! |
DE79 (1 week) DE |
AT44 (1 week) AT |
CH32 (1 week) CH |
UK19 (1 week) UK |
US3 (13 weeks) US |
First published: August 9, 2019
|
Mix tapes
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CH | UK | US | |||
2017 | A love letter to you | - | - |
US64
gold
(45 weeks)US |
First published: May 12, 2017
Sales: + 500,000 |
A Love Letter to You 2 | - | - |
US34 (7 weeks) US |
First published: October 6, 2017
|
|
2018 | A Love Letter to You 3 |
CH62 (1 week) CH |
UK31 (2 weeks) UK |
US3 (54 weeks) US |
First published: November 9, 2018
|
2019 | A Love Letter to You 4 |
CH43 (1 week) CH |
UK32 (3 weeks) UK |
US1 (... week) US |
First published: November 22, 2019
|
EPs
- 2016: Awakening My InnerBeast
- 2016: Beast Mode
- 2016: Rock the World, Trippie
- 2017: White Room Project
- 2017: A Love Letter You'll Never Get
- 2017: Angles and Demons (with Lil Wop)
Singles
Chart placements
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | UK | US | |||
2017 | Dark Knight Dummo Life’s a Trip |
- | - |
US72
platinum
(7 weeks)US |
First published: December 6, 2017
Sales: + 1,000,000; feat. Travis Scott |
2018 | Taking a Walk Life’s a Trip |
- |
UK80 (1 week) UK |
US46
gold
(3 weeks)US |
First published: August 6, 2018
Sales: + 500,000 |
Topanga A Love Letter to You 3 |
- |
UK88 (1 week) UK |
US52
platinum
(5 weeks)US |
First published: October 22nd, 2018
Sales: + 1,000,000 |
|
2019 | Under enemy arms ! |
- | - |
US94 (1 week) US |
First published: May 29, 2019
|
Mac 10 ! |
- | - |
US64 (2 weeks) US |
First published: July 24th, 2019
feat. Lil Baby & Lil Duke |
|
Love Me More A Love Letter to You 4 |
- | - |
US79 (2 weeks) US |
First published: November 1st, 2019
|
|
Death A Love Letter to You 4 |
- | - |
US59
gold
(7 weeks)US |
First published: November 12, 2019
Sales: + 500,000; feat. DaBaby |
|
Who Needs Love A Love Letter to You 4 |
- | - |
US58 (2 weeks) US |
First published: November 19, 2019
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2020 | Tell Me U Luv Me | DE- 1DE |
UK56 (... weeks) UK |
US38 (4 weeks) US |
First published: May 29, 2020
with Juice Wrld |
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement: | |||||
2018 | 1400/999 Freestyle A Love Letter to You 3 |
- | - |
US55
gold
(3 weeks)US |
Chart entry: November 9, 2018
Sales: + 500,000; feat. Juice Wrld |
Love Scars 3 A Love Letter to You 3 |
- | - |
US73 (1 week) US |
Chart entry: November 9, 2018
|
|
Negative Energy A Love Letter to You 3 |
- | - |
US89 (1 week) US |
Chart entry: November 9, 2018
feat. Kodie Shane |
|
Toxic Waste A Love Letter to You 3 |
- | - |
US98 (1 week) US |
Chart entry: November 9, 2018
|
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2019 | Snake Skin ! |
- | - |
US87 (1 week) US |
Chart entry: August 24, 2019
|
6 Kiss A Love Letter to You 4 |
- | - |
US60 (4 weeks) US |
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Hate Me A Love Letter to You 4 |
- | - |
US84 (1 week) US |
Chart entry: December 7th, 2019
feat. YoungBoy Never Broke Again |
More singles
- 2017: Poles1469 (feat. 6ix9ine; US:platinum)
- 2017: Love Scars (US:platinum)
- 2017: Bust Down (US:gold)
- 2017: Romeo & Juliet (US:gold)
- 2018: Ferris Wheel (US:gold)
- 2018: Shake It Up (US:gold)
Chart placements as a guest musician
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2017 | Fuck Love 17 |
- |
AT69 (2 weeks) AT |
CH48 (4 weeks) CH |
UK89
gold
(4 weeks)UK |
US28 × 6
(21 weeks)US |
First published: August 25, 2017
Sales: + 6,610,000; XXXTentacion feat. Trippie Redd |
2020 | Wake Up Call Dissimulation |
- | - | - |
UK11 (9 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: January 31, 2020
KSI feat. Trippie Redd |
Louboutin |
DE76 (1 week) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: June 5, 2020
Data Luv feat. Trippie Redd |
|
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement: | |||||||
2017 | 66 Lil Boat 2 |
- | - | - | - |
US73 (1 week) US |
Chart entry: March 24, 2018
Lil Yachty feat. Trippie Redd |
2019 | Bad Vibes Forever Bad Vibes Forever |
- | - | - | - |
US85 (1 week) US |
Chart entry: December 21, 2019 XXXTentacion feat. PnB Rock & Trippie Redd |
Further guest contributions
- 2017: Ill Nana (DRAM feat.Trippie Redd)
- 2018: 18 (Kris Wu, Rich Brian, Joji feat. Trippie Redd and Baauer)
- 2019: Candy ( Machine Gun Kelly feat.Trippie Redd, US:gold)
Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Canada (MC) | 8 × gold8th | 5 × platinum5 | 720,000 | musiccanada.com |
United States (RIAA) | 10 × gold10 | 10 × platinum10 | 15,000,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | gold1 | - | 400,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 19 × gold19th | 15 × platinum15th |
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Break Presents: Trippie Redd - XXL. Retrieved May 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Mass Appeal: Open Space: Trippie Redd | Mass appeal. June 30, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c Mass Appeal: Open Space: Trippie Redd | Mass appeal. June 30, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Trippie Redd Is on the Way to Becoming Soundcloud Rap's Frank Sinatra . In: Noisey . August 11, 2017 ( vice.com [accessed May 23, 2018]).
- ↑ No Jumper: The Trippie Redd & Lil Wop Interview. June 19, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Daquan Washington: Who is Trippie Redd? ( drillking.org [accessed May 23, 2018]).
- ↑ The New Wave: Who Is Trippie Redd? ( beat.media [accessed on May 23, 2018]).
- ↑ Trippie Redd Claims He Bought His Mom a New House - XXL. Retrieved May 23, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c d Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ Official single trending charts. mtv.de, June 5, 2020, accessed on June 12, 2020 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Trippie Redd |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | White, Michael Lamar IV |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rapper and singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1999 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Canton , Ohio |