Christopher Saint Victor (born November 16, 1995), better known by his
stage name Flipp Dinero, is an
American rapper
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,
singer
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, and
songwriter
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. He is best known for his 2018 single "Leave Me Alone", which is certified 4× platinum by the
RIAA, and has since received over 525 million plays on
Spotify
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. Being from
Brooklyn
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, New York, he was later able to connect with another Brooklyn, New York rapper,
Joey Badass
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who later co-signed him along with the record labels
Cinematic Music Group,
Epic Records, and
We the Best Music group.
In 2018, Dinero gained recognition when football wide-receiver
Odell Beckham Jr. danced to "
Leave Me Alone" and when
NBA champion
Jordan Bell
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rapping to the song on
Instagram Causing the song to go viral.
The song peaked at 20 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 2019
and later went
triple platinum
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.
Early life
Flipp Dinero is from the
Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn and of
Haitian descent. He was raised in a Christian home and grew up attending private school in
New York.
Career
Flipp Dinero's music combines R&B and gospel singing with rapping, hip-hop, and trap music. His music career began in 2016 with support of his brother, Lows, a sound engineer. Lows promoted Flipp's music and connected him with other artists.
During this time, Flipp Dinero received early recognition from
Brooklyn-based rapper
Joey Badass
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who had heard his tracks, Smoke2This, I Do, and others.
Flipp Dinero signed with Cinematic Music Group that summer of 2016
and then later signed with record labels, Epic Records and
DJ Khaled's We the Best Music Group.
In 2017, Flipp Dinero was featured five times on Spotify's popular hip-hop 'Most Necessary' playlist while his music was played millions of times on Spotify and SoundCloud. Later in 2017, Flipp made his first performance on Complex, with his single "I do." This led to the release of his debut EP titled ''The Guala Way'' which was released in June 2017 and which reached over 2 million streams.
With the help of his brother, Flipp Dinero recorded and released his hit song, "
Leave Me Alone" in 2018. The song was written as an expression of his troubles with a woman that would not leave him alone.
In 2018 his song "Leave Me Alone" aired on multiple radio stations.
"Leave Me Alone" was later recognized by the
Cleveland Browns' NFL football player,
Odell Beckham Jr., who posted a dancing video to this song on Instagram, which led the song to "
go viral
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" and increase rapidly in popularity.
Months later, famous
Canadian
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rapper
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, singer,
songwriter
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,
Drake
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, featured "
Leave Me Alone" on his Instagram Story as a song which had inspired him while producing his new album
Scorpion
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.
"Leave Me Alone", became certified platinum by the RIAA on January 15, 2019 and later went
double-platinum
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on May 23, 2019.
In 2019, Flipp Dinero was featured on hip-hop media company
XXL 2019 Freshman class after performing his freestyle "What I do". Later in 2019, Flipp released his album Love for Guala,
which reached #132 on US Billboard 200.
Flipp Dinero's record, "How I Move", came to be because he wanted to share his current experiences in Canarsie as a rapper being from an area that where not many people have or are able to obtain big money in their pockets.
Flipp includes the word "Guala" into his album titles. The lifestyle term is a reference to Gods, Unique, Accolade, Life, Acquired and holds great meaning to him.
Discography
Studio albums
Mixtapes
EPs
*''The Guala Way'' (2017)
*''Table For One'' (2021)
Singles
As lead artist
Notes
As featured artist
Television performances
Flipp Dinero performed his song "
Leave Me Alone" for both the 2018
Hip-Hop BET Awards and the 2019
BET awards
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.
References
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1995 births
Living people
American rappers of Haitian descent
21st-century American rappers
People from Canarsie, Brooklyn
Rappers from Brooklyn
East Coast hip hop musicians
Epic Records artists
African-American male rappers
21st-century American male musicians
21st-century African-American musicians