Over the past few months, Doechii has ascended to straight-up pop stardom so quickly that it left heads spinning. Her recently reissued Gotye flip “Anxiety” and her 2024 mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal are both top-10 hits, and now she’s headlining non-rap festivals. It’s enough to make people suspicious: Is Doechii just rap for people who don’t listen to rap now? Is she some kind of elaborate record-label psyop? Or is she simply a wildly talented rapper who finally got a chance to flex on everyone? I’ll save you some anguish: It’s the last one of those. If you’re too stressed about it, just listen to her ripping up a Westside Gunn track.
