During an interview with Wild-N-Out host Nick Cannon on his Power 106 morning show, Trippie Redd spoke about his latest project, A Love Letter to You 4. In midst of the interview, Redd says that he often listened to Mariah Carey in his younger years. “When I was a kid, I used to sing this Mariah Carey song,” he adds “I used to make my grandma and my mom cry and sh*t. That’s why I really got into like, wanting to make love music and sh*t like that ’cause I just seen how it hit people differently than turn up sh*t and everything else.”
Cannon said he would convey the message to Mariah that she helped shape Trippie’s music flair. “I swear to God I used to blow they mind with that sh*t,” ReddTrippie continued. “I don’t know how, but my voice was just so high when I was younger…hittin’ them notes!”
On the contrary, Redd admitted that he still makes those “turn up” tracks because he’s a as he’s a “versatile” artist that can change things up.
Watch his interview in full below:
