2018–2020: Career beginnings After quitting her job, Leray released her debut single, a response to
A Boogie wit da Hoodie's song "DTB" titled "G.A.N.", in 2018 through
SoundCloud. She accompanied American rapper
Trippie Redd on his Life's a Trip Tour in early 2019, and released the single "Good Days" in March 2019. She appeared as a featured artist on the song "Everything BoZ" by Trippie Redd from his second studio album,
!. In April 2020, she released the single "Better Days" with American rapper
Fetty Wap, and was featured on the remix of American actress
Keke Palmer's single "Sticky" in May 2020. Leray released her debut
extended play,
Now or Never, in August 2020.
2021–present: Trendsetter and Coi Leray's single "
No More Parties" was released in January 2021, and became her first song to appear on the
Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 26. A remix of the song featuring American rapper
Lil Durk was released in February 2021, for which a music video was directed by Reel Goats and released the following month. "No More Parties" was
certified platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in May 2021. Leray released the single "
Big Purr (Prrdd)" in March 2021, featuring vocals from American rapper
Pooh Shiesty, which debuted at number 69 on the
Billboard Hot 100. She starred in the music video for American rapper Mooski's single "
Track Star" in April 2021, and is starring in the
Whistle series
Coi Vs. as of April 2021. Also in April 2021, she made her television debut, performing "No More Parties" on
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and was featured on the remix of
Pressa's song "Attachments". In May 2021, Leray released the single "Bout Me" and appeared as a featured artist on
EarthGang's remix of their song "Options". A clip of her performing to a motionless, silent crowd at H-Town Memorial Day Mayhem in May 2021 went viral. The following month, another clip of her performing to an unresponsive crowd at Rolling Loud Miami went viral. She was featured on
Rich the Kid's song "Boss Bitch" and the remix of
YN Jay's song "Triple S", and released the song "At the Top", featuring
Kodak Black and
Mustard, in June 2021. She was included on the
XXL Freshman Class of 2021 that same month. Her participation in the 2021
XXL Freshman Cypher was widely mocked across social media and by critics. Leray was nominated for
Best Female Hip-Hop Artist and
Best New Artist at the
BET Awards 2021. She also appeared on the song "Ocean Prime" from
Bfb Da Packman's debut album,
Fat Niggas Need Love Too, in June 2021. In July 2021, Leray was featured on the remix of
Sleepy Hallow's "
2055", and appeared on the single "What U Want" with Lil Xxel and
Tyga. She released the single "Okay Yeah!" in August 2021. In September 2021, she released the single "Twinnem" with a music video for the song. The song went viral on TikTok, and a remix of the song featuring
DaBaby was released in November 2021. Also in September, she began touring as an opening act for
Lil Baby's The Back Outside Tour alongside Lil Durk. At the
2021 BET Hip Hop Awards, she was nominated for Best New Hip Hop Artist. On March 18, 2022, Leray released a collaboration with
Nicki Minaj, titled "
Blick Blick", which debuted and peaked at number 37 on the
Billboard Hot 100. Leray released her debut studio album,
Trendsetter, on April 8, 2022. In November 2022, Leray released "
Players". It became her first solo song to chart on the
Billboard Hot 100, as well as her first top-10 hit on the chart when it peaked at number nine in 2023. The song benefited from remixes, including a
Jersey club remix by DJ Smallz 732. In January 2023, Leray was featured on the song "Happy Fools" from
Tomorrow X Together's fifth mini album,
The Name Chapter: Temptation. Leray's collaborative single with
David Guetta and
Anne-Marie, "
Baby Don't Hurt Me", was released in April 2023. The song peaked at number 48 on the
Billboard Hot 100 and at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. She also collaborated on the track "
Self Love" with
Metro Boomin, which was included on the
soundtrack for
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. On June 23, 2023, Leray released her second studio album,
Coi. Post-Coi EP releases Soon after the release of her
Coi album, Leray released a 5 song feature-less EP titled
Blue Moon on August 30, 2023. The title of the project reflects the
blue moon phenomenon that took place that same month. Many detractors assumed that Leray released this project so quickly after the "Coi" album due to its disappointing sales and reception and she wanted to move on from it. Coi herself described the EP in an Instagram post as her getting more vulnerable, raw and honest with her music. Leray stated she was tired of "trying" to do different sounds on her recent releases and instead wanted to stick to what she knew best. In 2024, in addition to doing various features for
G-Eazy for his "Freak Show" album and for
Shenseea for her "
Never Gets Late Here" album, Coi also released an EP titled "Lemon Cars" on May 24. Leray described one track on the project "Wanna Come Thru" and the project as a whole as her entering her "Grown and Sexy Era". Believing that as women get older, they should embrace their womanhood and tap in more to their femininity. The EP contained 6 tracks with the only feature being Detroit rapper
Skilla Baby on the track "Coke Bottle Body". On February 12, 2025, a month after announcing her pregnancy by rapper
Trippie Redd, Coi released another 5 song EP titled "What Happened To Forever?". This project marked her first to be released under
Epic Records after leaving
Republic Records. The project covered the topics of grief, heartbreak and infidelity, all things that Coi has revealed to fans she deals with internally due to her past relationship with Trippie Redd. ==Influences==