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Tommy Richman Says He Isn’t Hip-Hop, Immediately Backtracks After Backlash


The Virginia singer found himself in hot water, but it remains to be seen if this controversy will hinder his album sales.

Tommy Richman performs onstage as Spotify Celebrates Songs of the Summer 2024 on July 24, 2024 in New York City. The singer out of Virginia — whose single “ Million Dollar Baby ” went viral and was on its way to dominating the summer until the Kendrick and Drake battle thwarted those dreams — sent out a now-deleted tweet seemingly distancing himself from the genre that propelled him to sudden stardom. Post Malone with “ White Iverson ” and Miley Cyrus ‘ brief soiree with the sound with her 2013 album Bangerz are the two examples some have cited.

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