Call Me Karizma blends hip-hop with a brooding mix of confident rap delivery, emo-tinged vulnerability, and sonic elements drawn from pop, rock, and electronic production. His words navigate the space between boastful self-assurance and inward uncertainty, while the instrumentation stays sleek and propulsive, anchored by hip-hop rhythms and crisp synth lines, as guitars supply added bite and movement. The Minnesota rapper first broke through in 2016 when “F U Til I F U” surpassed 11 million streams, securing him a deal with a major label two years later.
Born Morgan Parriott on April 28, 1995, in New Prague, Minnesota, he began writing songs at age twelve and soon partnered with friend Nikky McGuiggan on early recordings. McGuiggan later launched the group Fre5h AiR, and Parriott contributed several tracks to their output. He sharpened his stage presence performing in Minneapolis clubs, initially under the name Karizma before adopting Call Me Karizma. National touring followed, and he covered his college costs with road earnings, particularly during a run of shows alongside Mod Sun and blackbear in his sophomore year. After building an online audience, he issued his debut album, Uninvited, in April 2016; the set’s standout cut, “F U Til I F U,” also featured on the 2017 EP Emo: Everybody Moves On.
Additional singles appeared in 2017, among them “Frank Ocean,” which accumulated more than 1.7 million streams. A 2018 collaboration with Illenium titled “God Damn It” exceeded three million plays, while the EP The Gloomy Tapes, Vol. 1—intended as the first installment of a trilogy—earned notice from listeners and reviewers alike. That same year brought a signing with the relaunched Arista Records, an imprint under Sony Music. His first Arista release, the November 2018 single “Serotonin,” addressed his experiences with depression and anxiety and later appeared on The Gloomy Tapes, Vol. 2, issued in 2019.
