In June 2016, Harris released her second mixtape, S.T.D (Shelters to Deltas). "Pedophile" was also specifically noted for its "blunt commentary" on sexual assault.
A writer for Pitchfork, which included it on "9 Rap Mixtapes You Might Have Missed This Year", called the mixtape a "well rounded introduction to a skilled writer" and said it used songs "about love, loss, and hardship with its more explicit tracks to create a full profile of the up-and-coming Chicago rapper". Its release was also supported by further singles such as "Juicy Coochie", "Tit for Tat", and "Pedophile". The songs later became singles for Harris' debut mixtape, Cum Cake, which was released in February 2016. Within weeks, the two videos went viral on YouTube, Worldstar, and Facebook. One month later, Harris released "Deepthroat" on her own channel. According to Cupcakke, she wrote the song because she was inspired by Khia's song " My Neck, My Back (Lick It)". In October 2015, the official music video for her song "Vagina" was released on YouTube via YMCFilmz.
Over the next few years, she continued to release original music, as well as freestyles using beats from other artists through her YouTube channel, where she has amassed over 812,000 subscribers. She was only 15 at the time of its release-the original video has since been deleted. Harris released her first music video, "Gold Digger" onto her official YouTube channel in August 2012. Career 2012–2016: Early output, Cum Cake, S.T.D (Shelters to Deltas), and Audacious She cites 50 Cent, Lil' Kim, and Da Brat as early influences to her musical style. When she was 13, she met a fellow churchgoer who encouraged her to turn the poetry into rap music, and she became infatuated with the art form. It was also there that she got her start in performing, where she would perform for her local pastors by reciting poetry about her Christianity and faith. She got an early start into music and poetry at the age of ten by her involvement in her local church. She grew up and went to school with other established Chicago rappers such as Lil Reese and Chief Keef. Harris was raised by a single mother and spent nearly four years in Chicago's homeless shelters starting at age seven. 2.3 2019–present: Hiatus and standalone singlesĮlizabeth Eden Harris was born on May 31, 1997, in Chicago, Illinois, and was raised on King Drive, near Parkway Gardens.2.2 2017–2018: Queen Elizabitch, Ephorize and Eden.2.1 2012–2016: Early output, Cum Cake, S.T.D (Shelters to Deltas), and Audacious.Since then, she has been steadily releasing standalone singles, such as "Grilling Niggas", "Lawd Jesus" and " Discounts". Her second mixtape, S.T.D (Shelters to Deltas), was released in 2016 and preceded the studio albums Audacious (2016), Queen Elizabitch (2017), Ephorize (2018), and Eden (2018). The songs were later included on her debut mixtape, Cum Cake (2016), which was included on Rolling Stone 's list of the Best Rap Albums of 2016 at number 23. In 2015, two of her songs, "Deepthroat" and "Vagina", went viral on video-sharing platforms.
Ĭupcakke began her career as a rapper by releasing material online in late 2012. However, she has included themes such as gay rights, female empowerment, Christianity, and autism awareness in her music. She is known for her hypersexualised, brazen, and often comical persona and music. Elizabeth Eden Harris (born May 31, 1997), known professionally as Cupcakke (often stylized as CupcakKe pronounced / ˈ k ʌ p k eɪ k/), is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois.