Did RYTMZ open doors for Anaheim rappers? He says 'now there's a lot more OC artists'

Did RYTMZ put Anaheim rap on the map? Juice Unlocked put that question to fans on May 10, 2026, in a two-clip post shared via the Foo Community podcast and tagged in Anaheim.

In the interview clip, the host told RYTMZ (@r.ytmz) that when he "popped out" about three years earlier, there weren't many rappers in Anaheim "doing it up like that." RYTMZ agreed: "There wasn't, bro."

"Pave the way"

The host then gave him the credit outright, saying RYTMZ "kind of helped pave the way for other Anaheim rappers to pop out." RYTMZ didn't take the title. "Honestly, bro, I don't know," he said.

He said he just kept at it, trying to rap out of Anaheim and OC, and that the scene has grown since: "Now there's a lot more OC artists." Back then, as one of them put it, "it was just all LA." The clip closes on the idea that Anaheim is starting to pop.

“You kind of helped pave the way for other Anaheim rappers to pop out.”

RYTMZ on Juice Unlocked

It's not the first time the question has come up. In January 2026, Juice Unlocked shared RYTMZ's freestyle on The Corner Store LA and asked whether he put on for Anaheim. In March, he was one of the 32 artists in Juice Unlocked's OC Rap Madness bracket.

The post was a collab with the Foo Community podcast (@podcastfoocommunity) and drew 87 comments.

“Honestly, bro, I don't know.”

“Now there's a lot more OC artists.”