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Birth name | Ryan Mitchel Chassels |
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Born | Oshawa, Ontario, Canada | September 19, 1997
Origin | Oshawa, Ontario, Canada |
Genres | Hip hop, Trap, Phonk, [1] Memphis rap, Horrorcore, Experimental hip hop |
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Years active | 2014–present |
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Ryan Mitchel Chassels (born September 19, 1997), known professionally as Freddie Dredd, is a Canadian rapper, singer, producer and songwriter, best known for blending gritty, lo-fi sounds, vintage samples, and dark, intense lyrics which is often similar to the style of $UICIDEBOY$. [2] Dredd began uploading music to SoundCloud in 2014 under the producer name Ryan C. and rapper name Freddie Dredd. [3] He gained prominence on TikTok with several viral songs including "GTG", "Opaul", "Limbo" and "Cha Cha" and his official TikTok account is waltdisneysbum. [4] [5] In 2022 his singles "GTG" and "Cha Cha" were certified gold in the United States by the RIAA. [6] Dredd is a member of the music collective Sixset and his music is released with RCA Records and Doomshop.
In 2023, Dredd's song "Wrath" was nominated for a Juno Award in the Rap Single of the Year category. [7] In addition to his solo work, Dredd frequently collaborates with other underground rappers Baker, RAMIREZ, and Slim Guerilla. He has both collaborated with and appeared on Family Feud Canada with Yung Gravy and bbno$ (Season 4 Episode 100). [8] [9]
His debut studio album, Freddie's Inferno, was released on August 11, 2022, along with The Slow Descent and Ghost Slowed versions in December 2022 and deluxe version in February 2023. The album was supported by two singles: "Kick Rocks" featuring Lil Darkie and "Limbo".
Freddie Dredd, was born in Oshawa, Ontario on September 19, 1997.
Dredd's production style is primarily sample-based, with him often using samples from Bossa Nova music and Japanese anime and video games accompanied by 808 cowbell melodies and phonk drums. His vocals are often very crude and aggressive in both lyrical content and mixing, with his vocals often being heavily bitcrushed and distorted. The genre would be considered to be labeled as phonk, [10] [11] a subgenre of Hip hop. Many of the sounds used in his tracks are reminiscent of the Memphis rap mixtapes from the mid to late 1990s.
Title | Release Date |
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Freddie's Inferno | August 11, 2022 |
Freddie's Inferno - The Slow Descent | December 9, 2022 |
Freddie's Inferno - Ghost Slowed | December 16, 2022 |
Freddie's Inferno (Deluxe) | February 22, 2023 |
Year | Title | Release Date |
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2016 | 8ball Playaz | April 23, 2016 |
Death Valley | August 2, 2016 | |
8ball Playaz 2 | September 1, 2016 | |
2017 | Casper Flip | February 10, 2017 |
Dredd | September 27, 2017 | |
2018 | Fade | January 8, 2018 |
Pink Lotus | April 4, 2018 | |
2019 | Dreddalicious | February 6, 2019 |
8ball Playaz 1 & 2 | June 6, 2019 | |
Variety Pack EP, VOL.1 | August 26, 2019 | |
2020 | Suffer | August 18, 2020 |
Year | Title | Release Date | Certifications | Album |
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2018 | "Evil Fantasy" | January 8, 2018 | Non-album singles | |
"Who Is Freddie Dredd?" | ||||
"Up" | February 14, 2018 | |||
"Movin'" | March 16, 2018 | |||
"Opaul" | April 26, 2018 | Pink Lotus | ||
"Zoro / Pure Imagination" | June 20, 2018 | Non-album singles | ||
"Oh Darling" (featuring Soudiere) | June 25, 2018 | |||
"Crown" | July 25, 2018 | |||
"GTG" | August 10, 2018 | |||
"METÀ VITA" | September 7, 2018 | |||
"Catch Thirtythree" | September 14, 2018 | |||
"Conductor" | October 8, 2018 | |||
"Holiday" | October 23, 2018 | |||
"Stutter" | November 13, 2018 | |||
"Killin' On Demand" | December 18, 2018 | |||
2019 | "Viva Nao Mais" | January 4, 2019 | ||
"Redrum" | January 16, 2019 | |||
"Repo" | February 2, 2019 | |||
"On Me" | February 16, 2019 | |||
"Cha Cha" | March 22, 2019 | |||
"Nasty" | April 4, 2019 | |||
"Slangin'" | April 16, 2019 | |||
"All Alone" | May 22, 2019 | |||
"Ditty" | July 19, 2019 | |||
"Weather" | September 11, 2019 | |||
"Need a Hit" (with Soudiere) | September 12, 2019 | |||
2020 | "Necklace" | April 29, 2020 | ||
"Tool" | April 30, 2020 | |||
"Darko" | June 24, 2020 | |||
"Speak Up" | July 29, 2020 | |||
"Devil's Work" | August 11, 2020 | |||
2021 | "Doomset" | July 29, 2021 | ||
"Shut Up" (with LLusion and Lil Toe) | August 27, 2021 | |||
2022 | "Wrath" | June 9, 2022 | ||
"Greed" | June 30, 2022 | |||
"Kick Rocks" (featuring Lil Darkie) | July 28, 2022 | Freddie's Inferno | ||
"Limbo" | August 11, 2022 | |||
2023 | "Slump" (featuring NxxxxxS) | March 7, 2023 | Short Term Agreement | |
"Rockefeller" | October 31, 2023 | Non-album singles | ||
2024 | "Frank Miller (Kill Again)" | February 1, 2024 | ||
"I'm So Glad" |
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