Roy Purdy (born 1998) is an American

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, and skateboarder. Purdy's first viral video was a 2016

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set in his high school. He has released several singles, including ''Walk It out!'' and ''Oh Wow''. Purdy is known for his pink and green

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and overall use of 1980s fashion. Purdy's YouTube channel has 2.99 million subscribers as of May 2025.

Career

Purdy's first viral release was a

video posted on his

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channel in May 2016. One month afterwards, his video "when u graduated af" went viral, featuring Purdy dabbing during his high school

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. Since his debut, Purdy has released a number of music videos through his YouTube channel and other platforms, including

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and

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. His style has been described as "smooth" and "

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-like." Purdy toured with

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in April 2018 and was signed in 2017 by inArtists & by CAA in 2018.

Discography

Singles

References

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