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in 2014 where she released the studio albums '' No Hard Feelings'' (2016) and ''

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'' (2019). In 2020, she split from the label and released ''Hitgirl'' (2022), a collaboration album with

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Early life

Sledge was born and raised on the South Side of the

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. Throughout her childhood, Sledge moved to a number of locations throughout the city of Chicago. To escape issues that a number of teens face (blended families, constantly having new friends, and problems at home) Sledge looked into the

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s, which helped her deal with some of the realities of her life. She explored scatting, poetry writing, and drifted towards singing at the age of 10. Sledge always felt like music was her internal escapism, and by the age of 14, she found interest in becoming a rapper. Sledge has cited rappers

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and

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as her biggest musical influences, referring to the former as her favourite rapper of all time.

Career

2012–2013: Early beginnings

Dreezy was putting more time into rapping, she became good friends with fellow Chicago native rapper

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, and made a

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on Sasha's song, "I Ain't No Hitta" in 2012. Dreezy later released a song with a fellow rapper

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, called "Ghost". In February 2013, Dreezy released a collaborative

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with fellow Chicago native rapper Mikey Dollaz, titled ''Business N Pleasure''. In February 2014, she released her first solo mixtape, titled ''Schizo'' through AOE Music, along with a song, which features guest verse from a fellow Chicago rapper

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, called "No Good".

2014–2019: Signing to Interscope Records and ''No Hard Feelings''

In April 2014, she released her remix of rappers

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and

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's "Chiraq" and received general attention, with many fans claiming that it was better than Minaj's version."Dreezy Is the Crown Princess of Chicago Rap". Tara Mahadevan The remix later garnered her attention and landed her a collaboration with rapper

on his tenth studio album ''

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''. In 2014, she was named as the "Princess of Chicago Rap" by Noisey via ''

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''. In December 2014, it was announced that Dreezy signed a recording contract with

. On July 28, 2015, Dreezy released her debut EP titled ''Call It What You Want''. On December 25, 2015, Dreezy released another EP titled ''From Now On'' to digital retailers and streaming via Interscope Records. In January 2016, Dreezy released single "

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" which became her first single to enter the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and later peaked at number 62. Her debut album, '' No Hard Feelings'', was released on July 15, 2016. In 2018, she performed at Rolling Loud. In January 2019, she released her second studio album ''

''. She appeared in the

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film '' Beats'' as Queen Cabrini.

2020–present: Going independent

In 2020, she split from Interscope Records and went independent. On May 11, 2022, Dreezy released the song "Balance My Lows" featuring rapper Coi Leray. It is the lead single from her collaborative album with American record producer

, ''Hitgirl'', which was then released on May 20, 2022.

Discography

Studio albums

Collaboration albums

Extended plays

Mixtapes

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Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Filmography

Film

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

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