Greatest Pop Stars of 2025: No. 9, Doechii (with AJ Marks)

Our Greatest Pop Stars of 2025 series continues its top 10 with a look at our No. 9 artist, Doechii. Host Andrew Unterberger is joined by AJ Marks of r/Popheads and the excellent Main Pod Girl podcast to look at the ascendant rapper's breakout 2025 — where she made good on all the most optimistic prognostications about her in late 2024 with multiple breakout hits from her 'Alligator Bites Never Heal' mixtape, a star-making Grammys night in February, and an out-of-nowhere smash that both capped her first half of the year and ended up confusing things a little for her second half.

Find all our Greatest Pop Stars of 2025 essays and podcasts here:

https://www.billboard.com/t/greatest-pop-stars-of-2025/

Listen to Main Pod Girl here:

https://mainpodgirl.libsyn.com/

Check out a YouTube playlist of Doechii's best 2025 moments here:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwFs58D1XAMbbd9I4MoYpztelJG1YH5oC&si=yHvMYQOMqWETWiw4

And please consider donating to the following causes:

Transgender Law Center

https://transgenderlawcenter.org/

Trans Lifeline

https://translifeline.org/

Destination Tomorrow

https://secure.givelively.org/donate/destination-tomorrow-inc

Gender-Affirming Care Fundraising on GoFundMe

https://www.gofundme.com/c/gender-confirmation-surgery-fundraising

Also, please consider giving your local congresspeople a call in support of trans rights, with contact information you can find on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠5Calls.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

https://5calls.org/

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