He used to sing her songs when he was a kid.
The 20-year-old rapper caught up with Mariah’s ex-husband Nick Cannon on his Power 106 morning show to talk about his recently released project A Love Letter to You 4. During their discussion, Trippie shared that when he was younger, Mariah was a key player in his musical tastes. “When I was a kid, I used to sing this Mariah Carey song,” he said as Nick laughed. “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.”
Nick said he would deliver the message to Mariah that she helped shape Trippie’s creativity. “I swear to God I used to blow they mind with that sh*t,” Trippie continued. “I don’t know how, but my voice was just so high when I was younger…hittin’ them notes!” Trippie admitted that he still makes those “turn up” tracks as he’s a “versatile” artist that can switch things up. Watch his interview in full below.
