Francis Leblanc, known as US rapper Fridayy, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and began his rap career in 2014. He scored his big break in June 2022 when he contributed production credits to Chris Brown's Breezy album. That October, he launched his solo career with the debut single "Don't Give Up On Me" while his features on Lil Baby's track "Forever" (from the album It's Only Me), and DJ Khaled's "God Did" (the title track of his 13th studio album) also in 2022, helped to boost his profile. The tracks went to numbers eight and 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 respectively, with "God Did" leading to three Grammy Award nominations at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards. Signed to Def Jam, Fridayy dropped his debut EP Lost in Melody in October 2022 with a guest spot from Vory.