Recordings, she released her first mixtape RYEot PowRR in 2011 and her anticipated debut album Go!
"[5] She met the musician Blaqstarr, a friend of her sister's, and worked with him on her early material after leaving a rap verse on his answering machine.
One day I was home, bored, and started to compose songs.
"[6] Her song "Shake It To The Ground," produced in collaboration with Blaqstarr, was a club hit in 2006, leading to local speculation that Rye Rye could be a fresh, new female success within hip hop music.
during the KALA Tour in fall and winter of 2007, which included opening for her during the CMJ Music Marathon and dates in the United Kingdom in 2007, the People Vs. Money Tour in early 2008 and briefly with Afrikan Boy.
in live performances; other recordings completed but not confirmed for her album included "Gangsta Girl" with Zakee, "Bang" with M.I.A., "Wassup Wassup" with DJ Diplo, "Hardcore Girls" with The Count & Sinden and "Reasons" as well as "Older Man", a song about falling in love with someone twice your age, and "Quit Swinging.
's remix of Busy Signal's "Tic Toc"[18][19] and she performed in Sweden in summer of 2008, featuring on the rapclash remix of Adrian Lux's single "Strawberry".
's "Paper Planes" with Afrikan Boy, which she performed during her 2007 live dates on the Kala Tour and appears on the Paper Planes - Homeland Security Remixes EP.
In October 2008, she performed the song "Paper Planes" with Pharrell Williams and a pregnant M.I.A.
appeared on the Fast & Furious motion picture soundtrack, and she released her M.I.A.-directed video for the track in 2009.
[23] She performed at the Winter Music Conference in Miami before opening for indie rock band The Gossip in April 2010.
entitled "Sunshine", was released on October 5 and leaked online a day earlier.
[26] On June 7, 2011, she released a second single "Never Will Be Mine" featuring Robyn.
The video featuring the two artists premiered on June 15, 2011 and after two days, had been viewed 2,740,998 times.
[28] Rye Rye released her single "New Thing" in 2011, which showcases and soundtracks fashion designer Prabal Gurung's collection and the 2011 "Women Go All In" Adidas advert.
was focusing on her own stuff, [and] never really put that much time into the label", and that she was planning on releasing music independently.
as "the hip-hop album most likely to set the club on fire" while Paper stated the album "will take over car stereos one impossibly ear-catching kinetic party jam at a time."
She told Rap-Up TV that she was also a fan of clothing designer Jeremy Scott.
[31][32] Speaking of the ease at which writing her lyrics comes to her, Rye Rye notes that listening to her songs' beats repeatedly in the studio helps her to focus.
[33] Rye Rye has spoken of her intention to work with Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, Rihanna and Jay-Z as well as a Disney Channel artist to reach out to child audiences.