Trippie Redd Unveils New Look Inspired By Playboi Carti

Trippie Redd appears to be experimenting with a look — one that was pioneered by Playboi Carti earlier this year.

On Friday (September 2), the Pegasus rapper posted a carousel of photos on Instagram in which he is rocking heavy black eyeliner, makeup, and a style of braided dreads similar to the aesthetic Playboi Carti notoriously broke the internet with back in March at Kanye West’s Donda 2 album listening event in Miami.

While Trippie Redd’s new look is distinctively less gaudy and reflective of DC Comic supervillain The Joker, it also seems to be inspired by music, like Playboi Carti’s stylistic pivot, as the 1400 general also shared an acoustic snippet of a somber unreleased song along with the photo dump.

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