Ro Ransom
Noah Gale, known by his stage name Ro Ransom, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer from Manhattan, New York. He is currently signed to Same Plate Entertainment, a joint venture label with Sony Music. He had a breakthrough hit with his 2015 single, "See Me Fall". His most recent project, an EP entitled Possessed, was released in September 2018.
Early life
Noah Gale was born in Queens, New York and grew up in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. He wrote his first rap in sixth grade and began releasing music at age 15 in 2008 using the stage name, Nero. He released an early mixtape at that time. In 2010, he was featured on the track "30,000" on the Casey Veggies album, Sleeping in Class. Gale graduated from the High School For Environmental Studies in Manhattan in 2011.Career
In 2011, Gale began using the stage name, Ro Ransom. He had also considered "Young Coyote" as an option for his pseudonym. That year, he released the track, "Even The Devil May Cry" and also appeared on the Ricky Hil song, "Varieties". In 2012, he released a remix of the Purity Ring song, "Odebear". He followed that with his first mixtape using the Ro Ransom moniker, Ransomnia. That collection featured the single "Deadman Wonderland" along with guest appearances from Trae tha Truth, Casey Veggies, 10ille, and Ricky Hil. In 2013, Ransom released several songs, including "No Fucks Given", "Forgiveness", "Lesbian Girl", and "Ebony & Ivory". In July 2014, he released the song "S-Rank Manifesto" which was a reference to his artist collective and label, S-Rank.In October 2014, Ransom released his second mixtape, Ro Ransom is the Future. The collection featured the single, "Anaconda Vise". A few weeks after the album's initial release, Ransom released a second disc to Ro Ransom is the Future which featured 8 additional tracks including "Killa Cam" and "All Dogs Go To Heaven". In August 2015, he released the single "See Me Fall" which would go onto become a breakthrough hit for Ransom. He released a music video for the song in December of that year and a remixed version by Y2K came out in March 2016. Together, both versions of the song have accumulated over 75 million streams across multiple platforms.
Throughout 2016, Ransom also released several other tracks including "Talk Too Much", "Donuts", "Invented Swag", and "Doppelgänger". Early in 2017, Ransom opened for Dua Lipa on her North American tour. He also secured a writing placement on Khalid's American Teen album, co-writing the song "Let's Go". In June of that year, he released the single "Prettiest" featuring Jazz Cartier. Two months later, he was featured on the Cartier and Mike WiLL Made-It track, "Made a Mess". In October 2017, he released an EP called Momentum. It featured the aforementioned "See Me Fall", "Prettiest", and "Doppelgänger". That fall, he also toured with Witt Lowry.
In April 2018, Ransom released the song "Floetry", which was the first single to be released on Same Plate Entertainment, a joint venture label with Sony Music. In June of that year, he released the single, "Wraith", a song influenced by 1990s R&B acts like TLC and Destiny's Child. The song would later get an official remix from Y2K in January 2019. In September 2018, Ransom released his first project with Same Plate/Sony, an EP called Possessed. The collection featured 8 tracks with "Floetry" and "Wraith" as singles. Including "Floetry", Kensei Abbot was featured on three songs on the EP. In October 2018, Ransom was featured on the BLAISE track, "No More", and, in May 2019, he was featured on the OnCue song, "Ritual".
Discography
Mixtapes
| Title | Details |
| Ransomnia |
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| Ro Ransom is the Future |
EPs
| Title | Details |
| Momentum |
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| Possessed |
Singles
| Title | Year | Album |
| "Deadman Wonderland" | 2012 | Ransomnia |
| "Anaconda Vise" | 2014 | Ro Ransom is the Future |
| "See Me Fall" | 2015 | Momentum |
| "Doppelgänger | 2016 | Momentum |
| "Prettiest" | 2017 | Momentum |
| "Floetry" | 2018 | Possessed |
| "Wraith" | 2018 | Possessed |