| Background: | person |
| Anycia | |
| Birth Name: | Anycia Symone Edwards |
| Birth Date: | 19 August 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Genre: | Trap |
| Occupation: | Rapper |
| Instrument: | Vocals |
| Years Active: | 2022–present |
Anycia Symone Edwards (born August 19, 1997) is an American rapper. She began rapping professionally in 2022 and gained attention online when a snippet of her song "So What" went viral in 2023. She released her debut studio album, Princess Pop That, in 2024.
Anycia Symone Edwards was born on August 19, 1997[1] on the south side of Atlanta, Georgia. She was raised in a Catholic family by her grandmother, Narvellette, and mother, Andrea, alongside her younger brother; they lived in various parts of metro Atlanta.[2] She is of Barbadian descent and also has family from Los Angeles and New Orleans. She grew up listening to Usher with her mother.
She started rapping as a child about Jesus, performing at an Easter concert at Landmark Christian School in Fairburn, Georgia, where her teachers and classmates chose her to rap due to her loquaciousness. She attended a host of different schools throughout her childhood and teenage years and spent 10th grade at three different high schools, including two alternative schools that she attended due to a broken "behavior contract". While in high school, she recorded her first song, titled "Queen of Atlanta", in an audio engineering class.[3] She also spent a year living with her family in New Orleans, where they operated a mental health clinic and where she has said that she was often picked on by other children. She attended beauty school to become a barber before working as a teacher at a day care and as a hostess. She later quit both jobs to pursue a rap career due to not being satisfied by them.[4]
Inspired by a breakup, Anycia released her debut single, "Kimora Lee", in 2022. Her song "BRB" was released in summer 2023 with a music video, which was reposted by producer JetsonMade. He soon became a frequent collaborator of hers. She began to gain attention online, including from basketball player Kevin Durant and Drake, after posting a snippet of her song "So What", which samples the Field Mob song of the same name, in June 2023. She released her debut extended play, Extra, in November 2023 and, in late 2023, she toured with rapper Veeze on his Ganger Tour.[5] Anycia released her song "Back Outside", which featured Latto, in January 2024.[6] She was featured on the song "New Me" from Flo Milli's March 2024 studio album Fine Ho, Stay. Anycia's second studio album, Princess Pop That, was released on April 26, 2024 and preceded by the single "Bad Weather".[7] For Pitchfork, Alphonse Pierre wrote that Princess Pop That was "more buttoned up" than her previous songs such as "So What".[8] Anycia is scheduled to appear as a guest performer alongside Flo on Kehlani's Crash World Tour in late 2024.[9], Anycia is independent and distributes her music through UnitedMasters.
Anycia's music is largely trap music. Her early music was melodic plugg in which her voice was Auto-Tuned. For Rolling Stone, Andre Gee described Anycia's voice as a "sultry", "smoky", and "entrancing baritone". Rosemary Apkin, for Grammy.com, wrote that her music displayed her "playful personality, unique vocal style and skillful flow".[10] DeAsia Paige of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution opined that Anycia's music had a "laid-back confidence" and "braggadocios flair" with a "husky tone".[11] Her rap flow was compared by Aaron Williams of Uproxx to that of Veeze, with him writing that she had a "conversational nonchalance bordering on laconic", while Kyle Denis of Billboard wrote that she had a "raspy, blasé tone" in her music.[12] Hypebeasts Sarah Kearns detailed her rap style as "slower and casual" with "fun, witty bars and pop-leaning beats".[13] Anycia has compared her alter ego, Princess Pop That, whose name was based on her Twitter and finsta username, to Beyoncé's alter ego Sasha Fierce.
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| Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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| US R&B/HH Air. [14] | |||
| "Kimora Lee" | 2022 | — | rowspan="3" |
| "Delirious" | — | ||
| "Makin Em Dance" | 2023 | — | |
| "BRB" | — | Extra and Princess Pop That | |
| "Anycia" | — | rowspan="2" | |
| "Refund" | — | ||
| "Splash Brothers" | — | Princess Pop That | |
| "Basic" | — |
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| "Back Outside" | 2024 | 37 | Princess Pop That |
| "Up, Lit" | — | ||
| "Nene's Prayer" | — | ||
| "Bad Weather" | — | ||
| "I Did It" | — | rowspan="2" | |
| "Girls Gone Wild" |
| Year | Album | |
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| "Hot Outside" | 2024 | |
| "RichBoy" | RichBoy | |
| "Don Who Leo" (Blanco & Reposado remix) |
| Year | Artist(s) | Album | |
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| "Say My Grace" | 2023 | Woo Da Savage | Villain |
| "New Me" | 2024 | Flo Milli | Fine Ho, Stay |
| "Wednesday in Cali" | Big Bratt | The First Lady |