Riff Raff with Lardi B at Trees

Weird and wild enough to be associated with Soulja Boy, Andy Milonakis, O.G. Ron C., and Diplo’s Mad Decent crew, Houston rapper Riff Raff first came on the scene in 2009 as a contestant on MTV’s From G’s to Gents, a competitive reality series where hardcore ballers tried to become sophisticates. According to OutKast associate and the show’s host Fonzworth Bentley, Riff Raff was “beyond” his help, but “crazy like a fox” was another way to think of it, as the rapper had the MTV logo tattooed on his neck, thus allowing him to use the network’s name legally on his MTV Riff Raff mixtapes, his posts to video-sharing sites, and all his free tracks uploaded to social media.

– allmusic.com