2017–2018: Commercial debut, Feed Tha Streets, and Feed Tha Streets II On November 22, 2017, Ricch released his debut commercial mixtape:
Feed Tha Streets, which also served as his first full-length project. The mixtape featured songs such as "Position", "Chase tha Bag", "HoodRicch", and "Fucc It Up"—among others. The mixtape caused him to garner praise from established rappers with mainstream popularity, most notably
Meek Mill,
Nipsey Hussle, and
03 Greedo, as well as established record producer
Mustard. In March 2018, Ricch released his debut extended play:
Be 4 Tha Fame—consisting of four tracks, the EP featured a sole guest appearance from
Skeme and lacked reviews from major music critics. In May 2018, rapper Nipsey Hussle brought Ricch out as his special guest at a
PowerHouse concert in
Los Angeles. The song—which was dedicated, in part, to the childhood friend and its music video would go on to accumulate over 149 million views on
YouTube and 220 million streams on
Spotify as of February 16, 2025. On September 27, 2018, he released the single "Ricch Forever". In October, fellow rapper
Meek Mill brought Ricch out as his special guest at a PowerHouse concert in
Philadelphia, in which he also gifted Ricch a "Dreamchasers" chain for appearing on his fourth studio album:
Championships, in which he was co-featured alongside fellow rappers
Future and
Young Thug on the song "Splash Warning", which was released a few weeks later on November 30. On October 28, Ricch released the single, "
Every Season", as the second single from
Feed Tha Streets II—the mixtape being released on November 2, 2018. The album, which features the singles "
Die Young" and "
Every Season", peaked at number 67 on the
Billboard 200 chart and at number 36 on the
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. On December 7, 2018, Ricch released a collaboration with DJ and producer
Marshmello, titled "
Project Dreams".
2019–2020: Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial, "The Box", and "Rockstar" On February 15, 2019, Ricch was featured alongside producer
Hit-Boy on
Nipsey Hussle's single "
Racks in the Middle". and earning him a
Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance. On May 31, 2019, Ricch released the non-album single, "Out Tha Mud". On June 28, 2019, he released a collaboration with producer
Mustard on the single, "
Ballin'", as part of the latter's third studio album,
Perfect Ten. The song received a nomination for
Best Rap/Sung Performance at the
2020 Grammy Awards. Two weeks later on October 25, 2019, he released the album's second single, "
Start wit Me", which features fellow rapper
Gunna. Exactly one month later, on November 25, 2019, he released the album's third single "
Tip Toe", which features fellow rapper
A Boogie wit da Hoodie.
Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial was released on December 6, 2019. It also features guest appearances from
Lil Durk,
Meek Mill,
Mustard, and
Ty Dolla Sign. The album debuted atop the
Billboard 200 and spent four non-consecutive weeks on the chart, which became the longest running number one debut rap album in the US since ''
Get Rich Or Die Tryin''' by rapper
50 Cent in 2003. The album contained Ricch's highest-charting single: "
The Box", which was later released as the fourth single from the album on January 10, 2020, and topped the
Billboard Hot 100 the following week, remaining there for eleven weeks—the
longest running number-one single of 2020. On January 27, 2020, Ricch was featured on Meek Mill's single, "
Letter to Nipsey", an ode to the now-late
Nipsey Hussle. Ricch was also co-featured alongside rapper
Gunna and producer
London on da Track on
A Boogie wit da Hoodie's single, "
Numbers", from the latter's third studio album,
Artist 2.0, which was released on February 14, 2020. On March 19, 2020, Ricch appeared on
NLE Choppa's single, "
Walk Em Down", which appeared on the latter's debut studio album:
Top Shotta. On April 17, 2020, Ricch was featured on
DaBaby's single "
Rockstar", from the latter's third studio album,
Blame It on Baby, which became his second number-one single on the
Billboard Hot 100—spending seven weeks atop the chart, as well as reaching number one in the UK, and in several other countries. Ricch became the first artist to achieve his first two number-one singles in the same year since English singer-songwriter
Ed Sheeran did so in 2017. Ricch won
Album of the Year at the
2020 BET Awards, and spent eighteen cumulative weeks atop the Hot 100 in 2020, the most weeks atop the chart for any artist that year. On May 19, 2020, Ricch's track "
High Fashion", which features
Mustard, was released as the fifth single from his debut album
Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial. On July 3, 2020, Ricch was featured alongside
50 Cent on
Pop Smoke's posthumous single "
The Woo", from Smoke's debut studio album,
Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon. On August 27, 2020, Ricch appeared on
Cordae's single, "
Gifted", a bonus track from the latter's second studio album:
From a Birds Eye View (2022). On September 30, 2020, Ricch collaborated with record label
Internet Money and
Don Toliver on the remix of the latter two's top-10 single, "
Lemonade", which the original song is also a collaboration with Gunna and features Canadian rapper
Nav; the remix appeared on the complete edition of the label's debut album,
B4 the Storm. During an interview with
GQ, Ricch revealed that his second studio album was completed. On November 24, 2020, he teased towards a potential upcoming project titled
Love Is Barely Real Anymore. Ricch tied Canadian singer
The Weeknd for being the most nominated artist at the
2020 American Music Awards, both receiving eight nominations. Ricch then would receive six nominations at the
63rd Annual Grammy Awards, including for
Song of the Year and
Record of the Year for "The Box" and "Rockstar", respectively.
Variety named him Breakthrough Artist of 2020, and
Apple Music awarded him Album and Song of the Year in 2020, with
Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial and "The Box" respectively being the most-streamed album and song of the year globally on the platform. He was ranked third on the
Billboard Year-End chart for Top Artists.
2021–2023: Live Life Fast and Feed Tha Streets III On March 14, 2021, Ricch performed an unreleased song called "Heartless", and his song "
The Box"—which he debuted at the
63rd Annual Grammy Awards. On April 2, Ricch released a collaboration with fellow rapper
42 Dugg, titled "
4 Da Gang"—which appeared as the lead single from the latter's commercial mixtape,
Free Dem Boyz. Ricch was also featured alongside singer
Bryson Tiller and rapper
Lil Baby on
DJ Khaled's single "
Body in Motion", from the latter's self-titled twelfth studio album:
Khaled Khaled, which was released on April 30. On May 21, 2021, Ricch released a collaboration with fellow rapper
Birdman, titled "Stunnaman", which features rapper
Lil Wayne. On June 4, 2021, Ricch released the single, "
Late at Night"—the lead single from his second studio album,
Live Life Fast. On October 1, 2021, Ricch released a collaboration with fellow rapper Bino Rideaux, titled "Lemme Find Out". On December 3, 2021, Ricch also joined
Gunna and
Future on a remix of their single, "
Too Easy"—which appeared on Gunna's third studio album,
DS4Ever. On September 14, 2021, Ricch posted a story to his
Instagram, in which he revealed the album title—he then used the album title again on social media posts a couple days later. On November 30, in preparation for the release of the album, Ricch deleted all his previous posts from Instagram and announced the release date and revealed its cover art the following day. The album,
Live Life Fast was released on December 17, 2021, and featured guest appearances from
Future,
Kodak Black,
21 Savage,
Takeoff,
Jamie Foxx,
Ty Dolla Sign,
Alex Isley,
Fivio Foreign,
Lil Baby, and
Gunna. Performing moderately on the
Billboard 200 compared to his
previous release, the album was met with predominantly mixed reviews from fans and critics alike—with some music outlets categorizing the album as a
sophomore slump. On April 15, 2022, Ricch released a collaboration with fellow rapper
Fredo Bang, titled "Last Ones Left". On May 12, 2022, Ricch was featured on
Post Malone's single, "
Cooped Up", which appeared on the latter's fourth studio album,
Twelve Carat Toothache. On June 24, 2022, Ricch released
The Big 3, his second extended play and his first since 2018. On September 8, 2022, Ricch released the single "Ghetto Superstar", which features fellow rappers
G Herbo and
Doe Boy. On September 15, 2022, Ricch was featured on the song "Never Change"—by fellow rapper Symba. On September 30, 2022, Ricch released the single "
Stop Breathing"—the lead single from his third mixtape:
Feed Tha Streets III. On October 21, 2022—Ricch released the single "
Aston Martin Truck". The following day—on October 22, 2022, Ricch announced the release date and revealed the cover art for his at-the-time upcoming third mixtape,
Feed Tha Streets III. On November 18, 2022,
Feed Tha Streets III—the third mixtape by Ricch was released, consisting of guest appearances from
Lil Durk and
Ty Dolla Sign, the mixtape debuted at number 14 on the
Billboard 200 after early predictions and also spent the following week on the chart. On March 24, 2023, Ricch collaborated with
Internet Money and
Kodak Black on their single "I Remember". On May 5, 2023, Ricch was featured alongside
Nardo Wick on
Gucci Mane's single "
Pissy"—which became the third single from his sixteenth studio album,
Breath of Fresh Air. On June 9, 2023, Ricch was featured on the song "TRX", by rapper
Rob49, the track appeared on the latter's sixth mixtape,
4GOD ll. On August 11, 2023, Ricch and fellow rapper
Trippie Redd released their single "Closed Doors", the song later appeared on the latter's fifth mixtape,
A Love Letter to You 5. On November 9, 2023, Ricch and fellow singer Rosemarie released a collaborative single titled "Is It Real".
2024–present: The Navy Album On May 10, 2024, Ricch was featured on the track "Let It Breathe", from the album
One of Wun by fellow rapper
Gunna. On May 31, 2024, Ricch released the single "
Survivor's Remorse", which is rumored to be the lead single for his upcoming third studio album
The Navy Album. On June 27, 2024, Ricch released the single "911". On July 22, 2024, Ricch and fellow singer
Ella Mai were featured on the promotional single "One Bad Decision" by record producer
Mustard from his fourth studio album,
Faith of a Mustard Seed. After
Faith of a Mustard Seed was released on July 26, 2024—Ricch additionally featured on the song "Truth Is". On November 22, 2024, Ricch was featured alongside fellow rappers WallieTheSensei and Siete7x on the song "Dodger Blue", from fellow rapper
Kendrick Lamar's sixth studio album
GNX. Notably on the December 7, 2024 issued
Billboard Hot 100, Ricch charted on the issue for the first time since 2022 when "Dodger Blue" debuted at number eleven on the chart. On December 6, 2024, Ricch released the single "Lonely Road", which features vocals from fellow musician
Terrace Martin. ==Artistry==