Roddy Ricch

Roddy Ricch Refuses To Snitch In 42 Dugg’s Fiery ‘4 Da Gang’ Video

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Grammy-winning Compton native comes through with the assist on emerging Detroit rapper 42 Dugg’s new song, “4 Da Gang.” The track, which combines an uptempo, Detroit grunge rap beat with an eyebrow-raising sample of “No One Like You” from German rock band Scorpion, finds the two rappers contemplating loyalty to their respective crews — and flexing on haters, naturally.

The video reflects those sentiments, opening with Roddy facing questions from authorities and refusing to give up Dugg. Dugg, who’s hiding out in a trailer at a nearby junkyard, arranges to have the agents ambushed by the redneck denizens, which include ski-masked little girls and the elderly bearded manager. The agents wind up in the trunk of their own car while Dugg and Roddy rap in front of a burning Confederate flag.

“4 Da Gang” makes Roddy the latest established rapper to lend the up-and-coming 42 Dugg a leg up, after Lil Baby and fellow Detroiter Big Sean also featured him on their songs “We Paid” and “Friday Night Cypher,” respectively. Dugg also popped up on breakout Louisville rapper EST Gee’s 2020 album, I Still Don’t Feel Nun.

The video for “We Paid” was the subject of a police investigation after a shooting during filming, which led to Sacramento rapper OMB Peezy being arrested.

Watch 42 Dugg’s “4 Da Gang” video featuring Roddy Ricch above.

Roddy Ricch is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Lil Wayne + Birdman Reunite W/ Roddy Ricch

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Cash Money Records’ Lil Wayne and Birdman are teaming up with West Coast rapper Roddy Ricch for something major. This week, a clip has started circulating of what seems to be a behind-the-scenes moment from a music video set. Lil Wayne + Birdman + Roddy Ricch In the clip, you can see the three rap […]

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Roddy Ricch Connects With 42 Dugg To Do It ‘4 Da Gang’ On Their Rambunctious New Track

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Roddy Ricch has been fairly quiet since dropping his debut album, Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial, at the end of 2019. Luckily for the Compton native, the music from the project did all the talking for him as it became one of the most popular albums of 2020 thanks to efforts in particular like “The Box,” which tallied 11 weeks at No. 1 on the singles chart.

While the wait continues for his sophomore album, the rapper has slowly emerged from his cave. His last appearance finds him working alongside 42 Dugg on their “4 Da Gang” collaboration. The track is a rambunctious effort that is sure to have you rocking out to the guitar-heavy production, which samples Scoprions’ 1982 track, “No One Like You.”

Prior to the track’s release, Roddy stopped by the 2021 Grammy Awards stage to give an epic performance of “The Box,” which also nabbed a few nominations at the show. A scary moment for fans of the rapper occurred earlier this year when a shooting at his and 42 Dugg’s music video shoot left three people injured, one that was presumably for this song. Roddy eventually revealed that he was not among the injured individuals and the incident eventually resulted in the arrest of rapper OMB Peezy.

Rock out to the new single in the video above.

Roddy Ricch is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Roddy Ricch Shares The Wisdom He Learned From Meeting Kanye West

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Roddy Ricch may be best known for his music thanks to his low-profile approach to fame, but he certainly has an interesting philosophy about music as his legacy. That’s thanks to his meeting with Kanye West in Calabasas, according to Roddy himself in a new profile in Complex. Revealing his pick for greatest album of all time, he grants that distinction to My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and recounts the wisdom Kanye shared when they finally got to meet.

“The main thing I learned from Kanye was expansion,” Roddy says.

“I pulled up on him in Calabasas. He showed me there’s more to life than just music. He taught me [about] really building empires. The empire you build with music, you could build it in other areas, like fashion, too. You’ve got clothes, or you’ve got a drink, or you’ve got this or that, and it’s all attached to you. He was building things that don’t got nothing to do with music, with different rooms having different ideas. Even building up a community or a civilization that can start and become something else. That’s a crazy thing to do. Just growing your own produce, and all these different things… It opened my mind.”

Roddy also reveals the best thing that’s happened to him in the two years since he blew up thanks to his Grammy-nominated hits “Racks In The Middle” and “The Box”: Becoming a father. “Having my son,” he tells Complex. “That was the most important.”

You can read the full profile here.