Los Angeles-based rapper
Bino Rideaux delivers confident rhymes about the daily struggles of street life. He received attention through numerous collaborations with his close associate
Nipsey Hussle, including 2017 mixtape No Pressure, and has also worked with rappers like
Casey Veggies,
G Perico, and
Blxst. While his earlier material was often brash and volatile, his sound has grown smoother and more Auto-Tune-heavy with releases like 2019's Sorry 4 tha Wait and 2020's
Outside, his first proper full-length.
Rideaux first started releasing music around 2016, issuing mixtapes such as Le' Garcon (with DJ Carisma) and Life Is Like a Movie, and making appearances on tracks by
Nipsey Hussle and
Johnny Cinco. No Pressure, an eight-song mixtape with
Hussle, appeared in 2017, and
Rideaux's EP 4 was released in 2018. Following
Hussle's untimely death in 2019,
Rideaux recorded the vulnerable "Of All Things" in tribute. Sixtape (with
Blxst) and Sorry 4 tha Wait both appeared the same year, in advance of
Rideaux's debut studio album. Released in May 2020,
Outside included the spotlight track "Cold Feet" with
Ty Dolla $ign.
Sixtape 2 (again with
Blxst) followed the next year. ~ Paul Simpson