About
Kwali (born July 24, 2007) professionally known as riptiny and formerly known as “tinyizu” is an American artist from Houston, Texas
riptiny started rapping in 2020, releasing music under the name tinyizu. . riptiny started taking music seriously in 2022 and started releasing songs on Souncloud, Youtube, and more. But most of this music under the name tinyizu got taken down and deleted.
riptiny is in a collective named “slitt” which has many other rappers and producers included in the group such as yak.
His breakout single was Retro ft. eyesince released in October of 2024. This song became one of riptiny’s most successful songs even though riptiny had only a little experience mixing and making songs and the song was for fun. He then released his debut album “IKIGAI” in March 2025 which consisted of 21 tracks and 1 feature from eyesince.
riptiny continues to grow more and more behind the scenes working hard to make it in the undergroundwith his unique beat selection, unique voice, and more. riptiny inspirations are @eyesince, @yak, @che, and more.