Roy Purdy

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Roy Purdy
Born1998 (age 2526)
Appleton, Wisconsin, U.S.
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Years active2016–present

Roy Purdy (born 1998) is an American rapper, dancer, YouTuber, and skateboarder. Purdy's first viral video was a 2016 Running Man Challenge set in his high school. [1] He has released several singles, including Walk It out! and Oh Wow. Purdy is known for his pink and green sunglasses and overall use of 1980s fashion. [2] [3] Purdy's YouTube channel has 3.02 million subscribers as of August 2024. [4]

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Career

Purdy's first viral release was a Running Man Challenge video posted on his YouTube channel in May 2016. One month afterwards, his video "when u graduated af" went viral, featuring Purdy dabbing during his high school graduation ceremony. [2]

Since his debut, Purdy has released a number of music videos through his YouTube channel and other platforms, including SoundCloud and Spotify. His style has been described as "smooth" and "Asher Roth-like." [3] [2]

Purdy toured with Yung Gravy in April 2018 and was signed in 2017 by inArtists (iA) & 2018 by CAA. [5]

Discography

Singles

Title [6] Year
"When We Were Just Kids"2015
"Guacamole"2016
"Pink and Green"2017
"Livin These Days"
"Walk It out!"2018
"Oh Wow"
"Money On You"

(with The Americanos)

"Soda Pop"2019
"DirtyVansFreestyle"

(with IshDARR)

2024

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