Fly Young Red

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Franklin Freeman Randall, known by his stage name Fly Young Red is an American rapper who gained notoriety due to his controversial song "Throw That Boy Pussy".

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Career

Beginnings

Red was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised in Southern California to a religious baptist family where he was an active Christian at that time. In his early teenage years, was a member of a short lived male hip hop/R&B group. When he was fourteen years old, due to events of Hurricane Katrina, he moved to Houston, Texas where he currently resides.

Recent years

After releasing some independent tracks online, as well as being a household name while performing in the gay clubs in the Houston and Atlanta areas, Red negotiated a deal with Las Vegas based music video production team Level Eight Studios to produce a music video from one of his notorious and provocative tracks that were released on his Twitter page titled "Throw That Boy Pussy". The video which was shot in the summer of 2013, and later released in the Spring of 2014 became viral and which ultimately led to Red being offered a record deal.

In April 2014 according to BET with an interview with he Red he stated "That he wasn't ready for a record deal", and that he wasn't contracted by a music label.