Paul Russell is not slamming his brakes yet. With back-to-back, TV performances on TODAY Show, Live with Kelly & Mark, Good Morning America, The Graham Norton Show and Jimmy Kimmel, he constantly brings the heat. Even at holiday events like Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024 Paul has made his mark.
As a kid, the Dallas, TX native learned how to wail on trumpet in between spitting bars during lunchroom battle-raps and later crooning over ukulele. His musical DNA is just as wildly dynamic as his personality is. During his time at Cornell University, he often DJ-ed at parties. Settling down in Los Angeles, he released the independent anthem “Hallelujah” followed by “Ms. Poli Sci,” which generated over 37 million overall streams to date.
He best describes his boisterous rhythms, ecstatic hooks, and buffet of R&B, funk, pop, and hip-hop as “cookout music you listen to outside with a bunch of friends.” That holds true on his Arista Records debut single “Lil Boo Thang” which is now a platinum record and has been streamed over 373 million times globally.
