In October 2018, after releasing the music video for his song "Respect My Cryppin'", he became a viral meme due to his offbeat style of rapping.

[3][4][5] His 2018 single, "Thotiana", became a sleeper hit the following year, peaking at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and spawning remixes with Cardi B and YG.

His debut studio album, Find the Beat (2020), sustained long-term delays, and was met with lukewarm critical and commercial reception.

He grew up in Mid-City in central Los Angeles and attended multiple elementary schools before moving in with his mother in Santa Clarita Valley, and later settled in Oakland with his father.

[7] After relocating to the San Fernando Valley, Porter attended Arleta High School and joined the marching band playing alto saxophone and the football team, becoming the starting quarterback in 2014, standing at 6 ft 4 in (193 cm).

[10] Porter references his past experiences as a football player in the video for the remix to "Thotiana", where the rapper portrays a top prospect high school quarterback disrespecting his coach due to his desire to pursue women and fame.

[11] Porter began to take an interest in rap music at a young age, and mainly listened to 50 Cent, the Game and Snoop Dogg.

[citation needed] In October 2018, Blueface released a music video for his song, "Respect My Cryppin'", on WorldStarHipHop's YouTube channel.

[16][17] In December 2018, Blueface again went viral thanks to an acoustic video with Einer Bankz previewing his new song, "Bleed It" which released officially in January 2019.

[20] On May 1, 2019, Blueface released the music video for his single, "Stop Cappin", which has amassed over 5 million views over the first four days on YouTube.

[22] In August 2019, Blueface released an EP titled Dirt Bag; the album was preceded by the singles "Stop Cappin'", "Daddy" and "Bussdown".

At eight tracks, the EP featured guest appearances from The Game, Rich the Kid, Offset, Lil Pump, and Mozzy.

[39] In April 2023, Blueface fought English TikToker Ed Matthews as a "wildcard bout" on the High Stakes Tournament Quarter-Finals undercard at Wembley Arena in London, England.

In December 2019, Porter garnered backlash after he posted a video of himself standing on top of a black SUV and throwing cash into a crowd of people in Skid Row, a notoriously poverty-stricken area of Los Angeles.