Eric Reprid
Eric Reprid | |
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| Born | Shi Yi Liu November 21, 1998 |
| Origin | Vancouver, Canada |
| Genres | Hip-hop, rage |
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| Years active | 2016–present |
| Website | ericreprid |
Shi Yi Liu (born November 21, 1998), known professionally as Eric Reprid, is a Canadian independent rapper, singer, and songwriter currently based in Los Angeles, California. He first rose to prominence with the release of his single "Cold World", which would later be featured on the eponymous EP. Since then, the track has accumulated over 66 million streams as of October 2025.
In recent times, Eric Reprid has become known for his often provocative and controversial lyricism. His work has drawn attention for the use of racial slurs, most notably the word "chink." In addition, he is frequently credited with popularizing the slang term "badussy", which gained traction through his music and online fan communities. Beyond slang, Reprid's catalog often includes explicit references to sex, a recurring subject matter in his lyrics that has contributed both to his appeal among fans and to criticism from listeners and commentators.
Career
[edit]Early beginnings: Release of Who Cares & Bloom
[edit]Reprid dropped out of college to become a rapper with his friend and producer, Marc Wavy (then known as Clueless Kit), towards the end of 2016, a decision that their parents disapproved of.[1] Then, he joined the street gang "VTS" or Vancouver Top Steppas. After joining the gang, he began releasing music with fellow gang member Marc big Steppa Wavy. The first song they released was "By My Side", featuring fellow artist Kora. From there, he continued to cement his career as an underground artist "from the V", with his first album, titled Who Cares, being released in the summer of 2018, and his second, titled Bloom, being released in early 2020. His track, "Pick a Side", off of his project was featured on Season 4, episode 9 of the popular ABC series, Grown-ish[2].
Breakthrough: Release of Cold World and 3ternity
[edit]Some of his first hits were "Cold World" and "Vam".[3][4] Also in 2020, his single, "Cold World", has since reached 55 million streams on Spotify[4] and was nominated for Rap Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2021;[5][6] making him the only independent musical artist to be nominated in that category. After the success of "Cold World" and his eponymous-self-titled extended play (EP) in December 2020[7], he came back in the summer of 2021, with a song, called "Thousand Times" and a 3-track extended play (EP), titled "Good Riddance".
Towards the end of 2021, he released three singles from his upcoming mixtape. After being delayed several times, 3TERNITY was released in March 2022 and was the last project created in collaboration with Eric's producer and friend Marc Wavy, as Wavy chose to pursue his own musical career.[1]
Album releases and lyric controversy (2024-present)
[edit]Following Reprid's fourth project, he released three singles between July 2022 and January 2023 leading up to his next project, titled RIDDY'S REVENGE, including the songs "Hate On Me" and "8am." as a reference to the 2017 altercation. On September 20, 2025, Reprid released his sixth album, titled FUCK YOU.[8][9] He also released a single titled "25" in November for his 25th birthday.
In 2024, Reprid released six singles, "Suki", "Ginger", "On the Radar Freestyle", "Like a Chink Bitch (G6)", "Mother", and "WTF". The clips of Reprid performing "Suki" went viral on X and TikTok that February of that same year, because of a lyric in the song's hook about "bussy".[10][11][12][13] One of Reprid's most recent singles, "WTF", began to gain traction on TikTok in early 2025, by being used as a template for memes.
Personal life
[edit]Growing up, since the age of 10, Reprid used to play basketball.[14]
Awards and nominations
[edit]| Year | Organization | Work | Award | Result |
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| 2021 | 2021 Juno Awards | "Cold World" | Rap Recording of the Year | Nominated[5][15] |
Discography
[edit]| Title | Release date |
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| Who Cares | July 20, 2018 |
| Bloom | April 3, 2020 |
| Cold World | December 21, 2020 |
| 3TERNITY | March 18, 2022 |
| Riddy's Revenge | October 20, 2023 |
| Fuck You | September 20, 2024 |
| Fuck You Too | July 25, 2025 |
| Fuck You III | November 7, 2025 |
| Title | Release date |
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| Memento Mori | October 19, 2018 |
| Good Riddance | July 16, 2021 |
| Ch*nk Pack | September 12, 2025 |
| Title | Year | Album |
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| Yellow Kid | 2017 | |
| Thought About It | ||
| Slow Grind | ||
| Coffee | ||
| Smoke Somethin | ||
| Nothing | ||
| Lukewarm | ||
| See Red | 2018 | |
| Niche | Who Cares | |
| Blitz | ||
| Nights | ||
| Morphine | ||
| Columbine | ||
| Froze | Who Cares | |
| June Blues | ||
| Back To Business | ||
| Ruin My Day | ||
| Lil Uzi | ||
| Young | ||
| 10 O'Clock | 2019 | |
| Grey Skies | ||
| Final Level | ||
| Test Me | ||
| 1725 | ||
| Nobody | ||
| Stay Up | ||
| Hollywood | ||
| 22 | ||
| Twisted | ||
| Thank You | ||
| Plaza | ||
| In The Night | ||
| Get More | Cold World | |
| Water Gun | ||
| Buzz | ||
| Immortalized (Remix)[16] | ||
| Basement | 2020 | |
| Fig 8 | ||
| Bloom Freestyle | Bloom | |
| Don't Worry | ||
| Dumb Shit | ||
| Give It Up | ||
| Top Boy | ||
| Lime | ||
| Palace | ||
| Gimme The Loot | ||
| Pick A Side | ||
| Cold World | Cold World | |
| Thousand Times | 2021 | |
| No Plan B | 3TERNITY | |
| No Way! | ||
| Day And Night | ||
| Cougar | 2022 | |
| Low Life In Love | ||
| We Met Too Young | ||
| Crazy Rich Asians[17] | ||
| Loner | 2023 | |
| Evil | Riddy's Revenge | |
| Hate On Me | ||
| Love Me Better | ||
| Grow Up | ||
| Party | ||
| Take Five | ||
| Hold My Heart | ||
| High Society | ||
| 8AM | ||
| 25 | ||
| Suki | 2024 | Fuck You |
| Ginger | Fuck You | |
| On The Radar Freestyle | ||
| Like A Ch*nk Bitch | Fuck You | |
| Mother | Fuck You | |
| WTF | ||
| Good Girl | 2025 | |
| War | ||
| Hell Yeah | ||
| Come Take This Shit Off Me | ||
| First Of The Month | Fuck You Too | |
| Let's Go | Fuck You III |
References
[edit]- ^ a b @EricReprid (March 5, 2022). ""It's a bittersweet feeling to announce this will be me and @marcwvvy 's last project together. He's produced every single one of my songs I've ever made. He's my best friend and we've literally done everything together since we were 14. Marc has decided to pursue his own career full-time as an artist and I couldn't be happier for him […] 5 years ago we dropped out of school to chase our dreams while our parents called us failures" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Matias, Sofia (September 3, 2021). "grown-ish Official Season 4 Music Guide". ABC. Disney/ABC Television Group. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
- ^ "Cold World: Budding Vancouver star Eric Reprid returns with new EP". HipHopCanada, December 26, 2020.
- ^ a b "Young Juno nominees on why they're moving to the algorithm of TikTok", The Canadian Press, via Coast Mountain News, June 2, 2021.
- ^ a b Holly Gordon, "The Weeknd, JP Saxe, Jessie Reyez and Justin Bieber lead 2021 Juno Award nominations". CBC Music, March 9, 2021.
- ^ Rick Mele, "Inside the Push to Fix the Juno Awards' Rap Category", Complex Canada, June 3, 2021.
- ^ @HipHopCanada (March 15, 2021). ""Anyone But Me: Vancouver's Eric Reprid drops new video …"". HipHopCanada. HipHopCanada.com. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
- ^ Bluetec, DJ (September 20, 2024). "Eric Reprid Drops "NBA" Video In Support of New Mixtape". HipHopCanada. HipHopCanada.com. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
- ^ Bluetec, DJ (September 20, 2024). "Eric Reprid Makes A Statement With New F**k You Mixtape". HipHopCanada. HipHopCanada.com. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
- ^ Turner-Williams, Jaelani (February 7, 2024). "Rapper's Lines About Switching to 'Bussy' and Making That 'K Pop' Has Social Media Going Wild". Complex.
- ^ Liu, She Yi. "Did this Canadian rapper just use queer slang to come out?" Yahoo News. February 9, 2024. [1]
- ^ "Canada rapper goes viral for new song with LGBTQ+ slang". Yahoo News. February 7, 2024.
- ^ Rude, Mey (February 9, 2024). "A brief history of the word 'bussy'". Out. Out Magazine.
- ^ Eric Reprid on Switching to Bussy, Blowing up as a Chinese Rapper, Lael Hansen & More. NoJumper. August 22, 2024. Event occurs at 1:40.
- ^ "2021 WINNERS + NOMINEES". November 10, 2021.
- ^ "Kresnt enlists Roney & Eric Reprid for "Immortalized" video". HipHopCanada. January 29, 2020.
- ^ Maurice, Marcus (May 9, 2022). "Ted Park does a mega-posse remix of 'Crazy Rich Asians'". LiFTED Asia. LiFTED Asia. Retrieved October 21, 2025.
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