# Freddie Dredd

Ryan Mitchel Chassels, known professionally as Freddie Dredd, is a Canadian rapper, singer, producer and songwriter. He is best known for blending gritty, lo-fi sounds, vintage samples, and dark, intense lyrics which is often similar to the style of $UICIDEBOY$. He gained prominence on TikTok with several viral songs including "GTG", "Opaul", "Limbo" and "Cha Cha". Dredd is a member of the music collective Sixset and his music is released with RCA Records and Doomshop.
In addition to his solo work, Dredd frequently collaborates with other underground rappers Baker, Ramirez, and Slim Guerilla. He has also collaborated with Yung Gravy and bbno$.

## Life and career

Dredd began uploading music to SoundCloud in 2014 under the producer name Ryan C. and rapper name Freddie Dredd. His fifth album, Freddie's Inferno, was released on August 11, 2022, along with The Slow Descent and Ghost Slowed versions in December 2022 and deluxe version in February 2023. The album was supported by two singles: "Kick Rocks" featuring Lil Darkie and "Limbo".
In 2022 his singles "GTG" and "Cha Cha" were certified gold in the United States by the RIAA. In 2023, Dredd's song "Wrath" was nominated for a Juno Award in the Rap Single of the Year category. In March 2023, Dredd appeared on an episode of Family Feud Canada with Yung Gravy and bbno$. On September 8th, 2023 During his concert at "Worcester Palladium" in Worcester MA, he stated that he was biological cousins with fellow rapper, Yung Gravy. On July 3rd 2024, his song Limbo from the album "Freddie's Inferno" earned a platinum record.

## Musical style

Dredd's production style is primarily sample-based, with him often using samples from bossa nova music and Japanese anime and video games accompanied by 808 cowbell melodies and phonk drums. His vocals are often very crude and aggressive in both lyrical content and mixing, with his vocals often being heavily bitcrushed and distorted. The genre would be considered to be labeled as phonk, a subgenre of hip hop. Many of the sounds used in his tracks are reminiscent of the Memphis rap mixtapes from the mid to late 1990s.

## Discography
### Studio Albums

| Title | Release date |
| Dredd | September 22 2017 |
| Freddie's Inferno | August 11, 2022 |
| Freddie's Inferno - The Slow Descent | December 9, 2022 |
| Freddie's Inferno - Ghost Slowed | December 16, 2022 |
| Freddie's Inferno (Deluxe) | February 22, 2023 |
| Cease & Disintegrate | November 21, 2024 |

### Extended plays

| Year | Title | Release date |
| 2016 | 8ball Playaz | April 23, 2016 |
| 2016 | Death Valley | August 2, 2016 |
| 2016 | 8ball Playaz 2 | September 1, 2016 |
| 2017 | Casper Flip | February 10, 2017 |
| 2018 | Fade | January 8, 2018 |
| 2018 | Pink Lotus | April 4, 2018 |
| 2019 | Dreddalicious | February 6, 2019 |
| 2019 | 8ball Playaz 1 & 2 | June 6, 2019 |
| 2019 | Variety Pack EP, VOL.1 | August 26, 2019 |
| 2020 | Suffer | August 18, 2020 |

### Singles

| Year | Title | Release date | Certifications | Album |
| 2018 | "Evil Fantasy" | January 8, 2018 | | Non-album singles |
| 2018 | "Who Is Freddie Dredd?" | January 8, 2018 | | Non-album singles |
| 2018 | "Up" | February 14, 2018 | | Non-album singles |
| 2018 | "Movin'" | March 16, 2018 | | Non-album singles |
| 2018 | "Opaul" | April 26, 2018 | | Pink Lotus |
| 2018 | "Zoro / Pure Imagination" | June 20, 2018 | | Non-album singles |
| 2018 | "Oh Darling" (featuring Soudiere) | June 25, 2018 | | Non-album singles |
| 2018 | "Crown" | July 25, 2018 | | Non-album singles |
| 2018 | "GTG" | August 10, 2018 | RIAA: Gold | Non-album singles |
| 2018 | "METÀ VITA" | September 7, 2018 | | Non-album singles |
| 2018 | "Catch Thirtythree" | September 14, 2018 | | Non-album singles |
| 2018 | "Conductor" | October 8, 2018 | | Non-album singles |
| 2018 | "Holiday" | October 23, 2018 | | Non-album singles |
| 2018 | "Stutter" | November 13, 2018 | | Non-album singles |
| 2018 | "Killin' On Demand" | December 18, 2018 | | Non-album singles |
| 2019 | "Viva Nao Mais" | January 4, 2019 | | Non-album singles |
| 2019 | "Redrum" | January 16, 2019 | | Non-album singles |
| 2019 | "Repo" | February 2, 2019 | | Non-album singles |
| 2019 | "On Me" | February 16, 2019 | | Non-album singles |
| 2019 | "Cha Cha" | March 22, 2019 | RIAA: Gold | Non-album singles |
| 2019 | "Nasty" | April 4, 2019 | | Non-album singles |
| 2019 | "Slangin'" | April 16, 2019 | | Non-album singles |
| 2019 | "All Alone" | May 22, 2019 | | Non-album singles |
| 2019 | "Ditty" | July 19, 2019 | | Non-album singles |
| 2019 | "Weather" | September 11, 2019 | | Non-album singles |
| 2019 | "Need a Hit" (with Soudiere) | September 12, 2019 | | Non-album singles |
| 2020 | "Necklace" | April 29, 2020 | | Non-album singles |
| 2020 | "Tool" | April 30, 2020 | | Non-album singles |
| 2020 | "Darko" | June 24, 2020 | | Non-album singles |
| 2020 | "Speak Up" | July 29, 2020 | | Non-album singles |
| 2020 | "Devil's Work" | August 11, 2020 | | Non-album singles |
| 2021 | "Doomset" | July 29, 2021 | | Non-album singles |
| 2021 | "Shut Up" (with LLusion and Lil Toe) | August 27, 2021 | | Non-album singles |
| 2022 | "Wrath" | June 9, 2022 | | Non-album singles |
| 2022 | "Greed" | June 30, 2022 | | Non-album singles |
| 2022 | "Kick Rocks" (featuring Lil Darkie) | July 28, 2022 | | Freddie's Inferno |
| 2022 | "Limbo" | August 11, 2022 | RIAA: Platinum | Freddie's Inferno |
| 2023 | "Slump" (featuring NxxxxxS) | March 7, 2023 | | Short Term Agreement |
| 2023 | "Rockefeller" | October 31, 2023 | | Non-album singles |
| 2024 | "Frank Miller (Kill Again)" | February 1, 2024 | | Non-album singles |
| 2024 | "I'm So Glad" | February 1, 2024 | | Non-album singles |
| 2024 | "Plenty Guns" | June 6, 2024 | | Non-album singles |
| 2024 | "How Many" | July 1, 2024 | | Non-album singles |
| 2024 | "POS" | July 11, 2024 | | Non-album singles |
| 2024 | "Geek" | July 19, 2024 | | Non-album singles |