Note: Red Pill released his newest album "Portraits" under the name Chris Orrick. Chris “Red Pill” Orrick was born and raised in Detroit until seventh grade, when his grandfather evicted his family from a house he owned for failure to pay rent. He, his parents, and his three younger brothers moved to the rural city of Howell, Michigan. Around this time, he began writing raps and initially admired mainstream acts like DMX, Eminem, Jay-Z, and Nas, but later studied underground titans like Atmosphere, Jurassic 5, and Pharaohe Monch.