Trippie Redd emerged in 2015 with a series of online tracks that hinted at the versatile style he came to develop, one that blended elements of cloud rap, emo rap, and trap influenced by T-Pain, Gucci Mane, and Lil Wayne with the energy of punk and metal inspired by Slipknot and Marilyn Manson. Trippie’s fluid approach to genre and creative expression caught on with mainstream audiences, with both his 2019 mixtape A Love Letter to You 4 and 2020 studio album Pegasus debuting at the upper reaches of the Billboard charts.