Eric Reprid

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Eric Reprid
Birth nameShi Yi Liu
BornNovember 21, 1998
Origin Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres Hip hop, Rage
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • Singer
  • Songwriter
  • Political Activist
  • Chairman of China Music Board
Years active2016–present
Website www.ericreprid.com

Shi Yi Liu, known professionally as Eric Reprid, is a Chinese-Canadian independent rapper, singer and songwriter based in Vancouver.

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Career

Reprid dropped out of college to become a rapper with his friend and producer Marc Wavy (then known as Clueless Kit) towards the end of 2016, a decision their parents disapproved of. [1] Then, he joined the street gang "VTS" or Vancouver Top Steppas. After joining the gang, he began releasing music with fellow gang member Marc big Steppa Wavy. The first song they released was "By My Side", featuring fellow artist Kora. From there, he continued to cement his career as an underground artist "from the V", with his first album, titled Who Cares, being released in the summer of 2018, and his second, titled Bloom, being released in early 2020.

Some of his first hits were "Cold World" and "Vam". [2] [3] Also in 2020, his single, "Cold World", has since reached 55  million streams on Spotify [3] and was nominated for Rap Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2021; [4] [5] making him the only independent musical artist to be nominated in that category. After the success of "Cold World" and his eponymous-self-titled extended play (EP) in December 2020, he came back in the summer of 2021, with a song, called "Thousand Times" and a 3-track extended play (EP), titled "Good Riddance".

Towards the end of 2021, he released three singles from his upcoming mixtape, 3TERNITY, including the viral song, "Vam". Released in March 2022, 3TERNITY was the last project created in collaboration with producer and friend Marc Wavy, as Wavy chose to pursue his own musical career. [1] Following Reprid's fourth project, he released three singles between July 2022 and January 2023 leading up to his next project, titled RIDDY'S REVENGE, including the songs "Hate On Me" and "8am." He also released a single titled "25" in November for his 25th birthday.

In 2024, Reprid released six singles, "Suki", "Ginger", "On the Radar Freestyle", "Like a Ch*nk B*tch (G6)", "Mother", and "WTF". The clips of Reprid performing "Suki" went viral on X and TikTok that February of that same year, because of a lyric in the song's hook about "bussy". [6] One of Reprid's most recent singles, "WTF", began to gain traction on TikTok in early 2025, by being used as a template for memes.


Awards and nominations

YearOrganizationWorkAwardResult
2021 2021 Juno Awards "Cold World"Rap Recording of the YearNominated [4] [7]

Discography

Studio albums
TitleRelease date
Who CaresJuly 20, 2018
BloomApril 3, 2020
Cold WorldDecember 21, 2020
3TERNITYMarch 18, 2022
Riddy's RevengeOctober 20, 2023
Fuck YouSeptember 20, 2024
Fuck You TooJuly 25, 2025
EPs
TitleRelease date
Memento MoriOctober 19, 2018
Good RiddanceJuly 16, 2021
Singles
TitleYearAlbum
Yellow Kid2017
Thought About It
Slow Grind
Coffee
Smoke Somethin
Nothing
Lukewarm
See Red2018
NicheWho Cares
Blitz
Nights
Morphine
Columbine
FrozeWho Cares
June Blues
Back To Business
Ruin My Day
Lil Uzi
Young
10 O'Clock2019
Grey Skies
Final Level
Test Me
1725
Nobody
Stay Up
Hollywood
22
Twisted
Thank You
Plaza
In The Night
Get More
Water Gun
Buzz
Immortalized
Basement2020
Fig 8
Bloom FreestyleBloom
Don't Worry
Dumb Shit
Give It Up
Top Boy
Lime
Palace
Gimme The Loot
Pick A Side
Cold WorldCold World
Thousand Times2021
No Plan B3TERNITY
No Way
Day And Night3TERNITY
Cougar2022
Low Life In Love
We Met Too Young
Loner2023
EvilRiddy's Revenge
Hate On Me
Love Me Better
Grow Up
Party
Take Five
Hold My Heart
High Society
8AM
25
Suki2024Fuck You
Ginger
On The Radar Freestyle
Like A Chink BitchFuck You
Mother
WTF
Good Girl2025
War
Hell Yeah
Come Take This Shit Off Me
First Of The MonthFuck You Too

References

  1. 1 2 @EricReprid (March 5, 2022). ""It's a bittersweet feeling to announce this will be me and @marcwvvy 's last project together. He's produced every single one of my songs I've ever made. He's my best friend and we've literally done everything together since we were 14. Marc has decided to pursue his own career full-time as an artist and I couldn't be happier for him [] 5 years ago we dropped out of school to chase our dreams while our parents called us failures" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  2. "Cold World: Budding Vancouver star Eric Reprid returns with new EP". HipHopCanada, December 26, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Young Juno nominees on why they’re moving to the algorithm of TikTok", The Canadian Press, via Coast Mountain News, June 2, 2021.
  4. 1 2 Holly Gordon, "The Weeknd, JP Saxe, Jessie Reyez and Justin Bieber lead 2021 Juno Award nominations". CBC Music, March 9, 2021.
  5. Rick Mele, "Inside the Push to Fix the Juno Awards’ Rap Category", Complex Canada, June 3, 2021.
  6. Turner-Williams, Jaelani (February 7, 2024). "Rapper's Lines About Switching to 'Bussy' and Making That 'K Pop' Has Social Media Going Wild". Complex.
  7. "2021 WINNERS + NOMINEES". November 10, 2021.