When Ohio-born rapper Trippie Redd first burst onto the scene in 2017 ... When Peep, X, and Juice passed, I knew that one or two more years, it would have been more crazy,” Trippie says.

In early fall, Trippie Redd shuffled down the hallway of the Record Plant, the Hollywood studio where pop stars from Rihanna to Selena Gomez have cut albums. Standing over a pool table near the ...