Sexyy Red | |
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 Sexyy Red in 2023 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Janae Nierah Wherry[1] |
| Born | April 15, 1998[2] St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Occupations | Rapper |
| Years active | 2018–present |
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| Children | 2 |
| Website | sexyy4president |
Janae Nierah Wherry (born April 15, 1998), known professionally as Sexyy Red, is an American rapper. She rose to prominence with the release of her 2023 single "Pound Town" (with Tay Keith); its popularity spawned the remixed sequel "Pound Town 2" (with Nicki Minaj), which marked her first entry on the Billboard Hot 100. Released in June of that year, her follow-up single, "SkeeYee", was met with similar success; both songs were included on her second mixtape, Hood Hottest Princess (2023). Her 2024 single, "Get It Sexyy", peaked within the top 20 of the chart and led her third mixtape, In Sexyy We Trust (2024).
Throughout 2023, Wherry guest appeared on the official remixes of the singles "Shake Sumn" by DaBaby, "Slut Me Out" by NLE Choppa, and "Peaches & Eggplants" by Young Nudy, alongside rapper Latto, all of which entered the Billboard Hot 100. She also guest performed alongside SZA on Drake's single "Rich Baby Daddy" that same year, which peaked at number 11 on the chart.
Billboard declared her as "one of the biggest breakout artists of summer 2023."[3] She received a nomination for "Best Breakthrough Hip Hop Artist" at the 2023 BET Hip Hop Awards. Her public image, lyrics, and media presence have been described as brazenly sexual, boisterous, and "confident".[4]
- ^ "FaceTime". ASCAP.
- ^ @SexyyRed314_ (April 4, 2023). "My birthday day April 15th" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Multiple Sexyy Red Songs are Up in Streams This Summer – Billboard". Billboard. July 13, 2023. Archived from the original on July 13, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
- ^ Wang, Steffanie (August 23, 2023), "Sexyy Red's Raps Bring the Raunch and Personal", Nylon.com