Famous Dex rocketed to fame in 2016 coming out of Chicago and working the word "drip" in wherever he can. Born Dexter Gore, the MC
beganposting and uploading his hooky, Southern-influenced brand of hip-hop in 2015. He hit late that year with the track "Drippy Drippy," and
then inearly 2016 he dropped the Drippy mixtape. He also dropped the mixtape OhhMannGoddDamm and signed with Rich the Kid's Rich Forever
Musicin 2016, the label who issued his hit single, "Drip from My Walk," that same year.