Seandrea Sledge (born March 28, 1994), better known by her stage name Dreezy, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Hailing from Chicago, she signed with Interscope Records in 2014. The label released her debut studio album, No Hard Feelings (2016), as well as its follow-up, Big Dreez (2019). In 2020, she split from the label and released Hitgirl (2022), a collaboration album with Hit-Boy.
Early life Sledge was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. Throughout her childhood, Sledge moved to a number of locations throughout the city of Chicago. To escape personal issues Sledge looked into the fine arts. She explored scatting, poetry writing, and drifted towards singing at the age of 10. Sledge always felt like music was her internal escapism, and by the age of 14, she found interest in becoming a rapper. Sledge has cited rappers J. Cole and Lil Wayne as her biggest musical influences, referring to the former as her favorite rapper of all time.
Career
2012–2013: Early beginnings As Dreezy was putting more time into rapping, she became good friends with fellow Chicago native rapper Sasha Go Hard, and made a guest appearance on Sasha's song "I Ain't No Hitta" in 2012. Dreezy later released a song with a fellow rapper Lil Durk, called "Ghost". In February 2013, Dreezy released a collaborative mixtape with fellow Chicago native rapper Mikey Dollaz, titled Business N Pleasure. In February 2014, she released her first solo mixtape, titled Schizo through AOE Music, along with a song, which features guest verse from a fellow Chicago rapper Common, called "No Good".
2014–2019: Signing to Interscope Records and No Hard Feelings In April 2014, she released her remix of rappers Nicki Minaj and Lil Herb's "Chiraq" and received general attention, with many fans claiming that it was better than Minaj's version."Dreezy Is the Crown Princess of Chicago Rap". Tara Mahadevan The remix later garnered her attention and landed her a collaboration with rapper Common on his tenth studio album Nobody's Smiling. In 2014, she was named as the "Princess of Chicago Rap" by Noisey via Vice. In December 2014, it was announced that Dreezy signed a recording contract with Interscope Records.
On July 28, 2015, Dreezy released her debut EP titled Call It What You Want. On December 25, 2015, Dreezy released another EP titled From Now On to digital retailers and streaming via Interscope Records. In January 2016, Dreezy released single "Body" which became her first single to enter the Billboard Hot 100 and later peaked at number 62. Her debut album, No Hard Feelings, was released on July 15, 2016.
In 2018, she performed at Rolling Loud. In January 2019, she released her second studio album Big Dreez. She appeared in the Netflix film Beats as Queen Cabrini.
2020–present: Going independent In 2020, she split from Interscope Records and went independent.
On May 11, 2022, Dreezy released the song "Balance My Lows" featuring rapper Coi Leray. It is the lead single from her collaborative album with American record producer Hit-Boy, Hitgirl, which was then released on May 20, 2022.
Discography Studio albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions US US R&B US Rap No Hard Feelings Released: July 15, 2016 Label: Interscope Format: CD, LP, digital download 101 15 11
Collaboration albums Title Album details Hitgirl Released: May 20, 2022 Label: Dreezy Sound Inc., Empire Format: Digital download
Extended plays + List of extended plays, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions USHeat USSouth Call It What You Want Released: July 28, 2015 Label: Interscope Format: Digital download — — From Now On Released: December 25, 2015 Label: Interscope Format: Digital download 10 10
Mixtapes Title Album details The Illustration Released: April 27, 2012 Label: Self-released Format: Digital downloadBusiness N Pleasure(with Mikey Dollaz) Released: February 14, 2013 Label: Self-released Format: Digital DownloadD.S.M (Schizo Pre-tape) Released: August 13, 2013 Label: Self-released Format: Digital downloadSchizo Released: February 24, 2014 Label: AOE Music Format: CD, digital downloadBig Dreez Released: January 25, 2019 Label: Interscope Format: Digital download
Singles As lead artist + List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US US R&B/HH US R&B USRhythm "Ghost"(featuring Lil Durk) 2012 — — — — "I Love That Bitch" 2013 — — — — D.S.M (Schizo Pre-Tape) "Zero"(featuring Sasha Go Hard and Katie Got Bandz) 2014 — — — — Schizo "No Good"(featuring Common and Ross Augusta) — — — — "Serena"(featuring Dej Loaf) 2015 — — — — From Now On "Body"(featuring Jeremih) 2016 62 20 8 32 RIAA: Platinum No Hard Feelings "We Gon Ride"(featuring Gucci Mane) — — — — "Close to You"(featuring T-Pain) — — — — RIAA: Gold "Spazz" — — — — "Wasted" — — — — "F.D.N"2017 — — — —rowspan="4" "Spar" (featuring 6lack and Kodak Black) — — — — "Can't Trust a Soul" (featuring PnB Rock) — — — — "2nd to None"(with 2 Chainz)2018 — — — — "Where Them $ @" — — — —Big Dreez "Chanel Slides"(featuring Kash Doll) — — — — "RIP Aretha" 2019 — — — —"They Not Ready"2022 — — — —Hitgirl"Balance My Lows"(featuring Coi Leray) — — — —
As featured artist + List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US US R&B/HH US R&B USRhythm "Mean What I Mean" 2016 — — — — I Remember "Got Me F*cked Up" — — — — Lauren "Come With Me" 2018 — — — — Ray Ray from Summerhill "Actin' Different" — — — — Pain 2 "Got Me" 2019 — — — —Revenge of the Dreamers III "Mad At You" 2020 — — — —Welcome to O'Block "Hard To Trust" 2022 — — — —What It Means to Be King "Yea Yea" 2023 — — — —S.O.U.L.
Filmography Film Year Film Role 2019 Beats Queen Cabrini
Awards and nominations YearAwardNomineeCategoryResultRef.2017IHeartRadio Music AwardsHerselfBest New R&B Artist2022Grammy AwardsBack of My Mind (as songwriter)Album of the Year
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