Doechii is a rapper, singer, songwriter and actress from Tampa, Florida, who signed with Top Dawg Entertainment and Capitol Records in 2022 and won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album for Alligator Bites Never Heal.
Background
Doechii released her first song, “Girls”, on SoundCloud in 2016 under the name Iamdoechii. Early projects include the mixtape Coven Music Session, Vol. 1 (2019), the self-funded EP Oh the Places You’ll Go (2020) and the EP Bra-Less (2021). “Yucky Blucky Fruitcake” went viral on TikTok in 2021 and drew label interest, and in March 2022 she signed with Capitol and Top Dawg Entertainment, becoming the first female rapper on TDE.
Releases
Her first major-label release was the EP She / Her / Black Bitch (August 2022). “What It Is (Block Boy)” with Kodak Black (2023) was her first Billboard Hot 100 entry and went platinum. The mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal (August 2024) reached the Billboard 200 top ten, and “Anxiety” (March 2025) became her first Hot 100 top-ten song.
She has won two Grammy Awards, Best Rap Album for Alligator Bites Never Heal and Best Music Video for “Anxiety”, as well as two MTV Video Music Awards and a BET Award. She performed at Coachella in 2023, supported Kendrick Lamar and SZA on the Grand National Tour in 2025, and made her acting debut in Earth Mama (2023).
Where to start
Alligator Bites Never Heal is the central work. The featured video, “Alter Ego” with JT, is on her official channel.
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