Canton native and star rapper Trippie Redd headlining tour and September Cleveland concert
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Canton native and star rapper Trippie Redd has launched a national headlining tour with a Sept. 2 concert at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse featuring Lucki and other hip-hop artists.
Michael Lamar White, who performs under the name Trippie Redd, is a rapper, hip-hop artist and singer-songwriter who first gained notoriety in the online rap scene of SoundCloud, a music-streaming service.
White, who was born in 1999 in Canton, has released multiple albums and projects, including his 2017 debut recording, "A Love Letter to You," which featured the popular single "Love Scars" and catapulted him to fame. A video for the song has garnered 128 million views on YouTube.
Tickets go on sale to the general public at 11 a.m. Friday for Trippie Redd's Cleveland concert through Ticketmaster and Live Nation. Ticket presales, which require special codes, started on Thursday through SeatGeek and other outlets.
Canton native launches hip-hop tour: Trippie Redd Announces 2023 ‘Take Me Away’ North American Tour
The "Take Me Away" tour begins July 22 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami before stops in Wisconsin, Missouri, Illinois and Michigan, as well as the Cleveland date. The tour continues into October with concerts in Arizona, California and Washington, including at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on Oct. 4.
Tour openers also include D. Savage, EKKSTACY, K Suave and Jean Dawson.
Announcing the tour on social media on Wednesday, the rapper said: "Back outside and ready to go crazy for y'all. Tour time. ... We got so many surprises ready for y'all."
Who is Trippie Redd?
White (Trippie Redd) was a student in Canton City Schools from 2010 to 2012.
Earlier this year, Canton City Council presented his family members with an informal resolution commending him for his toy donations to children and participation in the Southeast Community Center Christmas party in December 2022.
According to the resolution, White also spent some time living in Massillon in his youth.
Part of the online rap generation, the musical artist has 3.6 million followers on TikTok and 13.8 million followers on Instagram. His song "Dark Knight Dummo," featuring Travis Scott, has attracted 175 million YouTube views.
Trippie Redd released the album "Mansion Musik" earlier this year with guest appearances by Chief Keef, Future, Lil Baby, Lucki, Lil Durk, Nardo Wick and Juice WRLD. "Swag Like Ohio, PT. 2" features Lil B.
AllMusic, an online music database, describes the 25-track album as featuring some of the rapper's "hardest material to date, favoring blown-out trap beats and futuristic synths over the more atmospheric textures of his earlier work."
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Debuting at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, "Mansion Musik" was reportedly rush-released due to hackers threatening to leak the album unless he paid them a million dollars, according to AllMusic.
Earlier this month, the 24-year-old musical artist released the single "Took My Breath Away," featuring Skye Morales.
Trippie Redd told Rolling Stone Magazine that he is working on a new musical project tentatively called "A Love Letter To You 5."
His diverse musical style has been described as grungy, melodic and innovative. Songs also have been categorized as both rage rap and emo-rap. AllMusic said that his music is "brash, energetic and emotional."
Past albums also include the 2020 release "Pegasus" and 2021 recording "Trip at Night," which featured Playboi Carti on "Miss the Rage."
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