Dreezy

Rapper, singer, and actress Dreezy balances bold, swaggering lyricism with smooth R&B hooks and vibrant pop-trap production. The South Side MC debuted in the early 2010s, and her appearances on underground remixes caught the ear of fellow Chicagoan <a href="spotify:artist:2GHclqNVjqGuiE5mA7BEoc">Common</a>. After years of issuing mixtapes and EPs, she made her official full-length debut on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Interscope%22">Interscope</a> with 2016's No Hard Feelings, which included the platinum-certified hit "Body" (with <a href="spotify:artist:3KV3p5EY4AvKxOlhGHORLg">Jeremih</a>) and the gold-certified "Close to You" (with <a href="spotify:artist:3aQeKQSyrW4qWr35idm0cy">T-Pain</a>). She later went independent and released Hitgirl, a 2022 collaboration with Hit-Boy, as well as the 2024 single "Bitch Duh."

Born Seandrea Sledge, she began rapping at 14, influenced by <a href="spotify:artist:6l3HvQ5sa6mXTsMTB19rO5">J. Cole</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:55Aa2cqylxrFIXC767Z865">Lil Wayne</a>. She made a handful of appearances on tracks by <a href="spotify:artist:747j7S28EFewbA0BXxLSsC">Sasha Go Hard</a> and Lil Durk, and released mixtapes such as The Illustration (2012), Business N Pleasure (with Mikey Dollaz, 2013), and Schizo (2014). Also in 2014, she released a self-remixed version of <a href="spotify:artist:0hCNtLu0JehylgoiP8L4Gh">Nicki Minaj</a>'s "Chiraq." With Dreezy's version hitting half-a-million views in no time, she was invited to join <a href="spotify:artist:2GHclqNVjqGuiE5mA7BEoc">Common</a> on the track "Hustle Harder" for his Nobody's Smiling LP. In 2015, she signed with <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Interscope%22">Interscope</a> and released a pair of EPs: Call It What You Want and From Now On.

Her debut full-length, No Hard Feelings, arrived in 2016. The set included Dreezy's first charting single as a lead artist, "Body" featuring <a href="spotify:artist:3KV3p5EY4AvKxOlhGHORLg">Jeremih</a>; debuting at number 15 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and landing at number 101 on the Billboard 200, it was ultimately certified platinum. She followed it with a string of singles, including 2017's "Spar" with <a href="spotify:artist:4IVAbR2w4JJNJDDRFP3E83">6lack</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:46SHBwWsqBkxI7EeeBEQG7">Kodak Black</a> and 2018's "2nd to None" with <a href="spotify:artist:17lzZA2AlOHwCwFALHttmp">2 Chainz</a>. Additional singles arrived in 2018, such as "Where Them $ @" and "Chanel Slides" with <a href="spotify:artist:3u579Gdap91lMptBSdXTpf">Kash Doll</a>. Those tracks landed on her sophomore effort, Big Dreez, which was released in January 2019. She also made her acting debut, starring in the movie Beats.

Dreezy split from <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Interscope%22">Interscope</a> and went independent in 2020. After making appearances on releases by artists such as <a href="spotify:artist:6QtgPSJPSzcnn7dPZ4VINp">King Von</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1ZbmerOthZbxz5eR3c9Mn1">Icewear Vezzo</a>, she worked with producer/rapper Hit-Boy on a 2022 album called Hitgirl. Dreezy was then featured on Lady London's 2023 single "Yea Yea." Solo single "Bitch Duh" appeared in 2024, followed by a remix featuring <a href="spotify:artist:6veh5zbFpm31XsPdjBgPER">BIA</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6o4O5GX5kOWAGXtZUedxo3">KenTheMan</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:77gMBvQ2frbQAPyCeoYGm7">Lakeyah</a>. ~ David Jeffries & Neil Z. Yeung, Rovi