Background and career
Addison Rae Easterling (born October 6, 2000) is an American singer, actress, and social media personality. Rae first gained recognition as one of TikTok's most-followed creators, before expanding her career into music and acting. She released her debut single, "Obsessed" in 2021, followed by her debut extended play (EP), AR (2023). She also starred in the Netflix film He's All That (2021) and the slasher film Thanksgiving (2023).
After signing with Columbia Records in 2024, Rae released her first major-label single, "Diet Pepsi", which marked her first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100. Her debut studio album, Addison (2025), debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 and earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Best New Artist.
Addison Rae Easterling was born on October 6, 2000, and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana, to parents Monty Lopez and Sheri Easterling. Rae has two younger brothers, Enzo Lopez and Lucas Lopez, and an older half-sister, Macye Neumeyer, who has two daughters of her own. Through her father, she is of mixed descent, including Mexican, Cajun French, and English ancestry; her paternal grandfather is of Mexican descent, making her one-quarter Mexican, while her mother is of European descent. Rae's parents initially divorced when she was younger and were on and off often throughout her childhood, before remarrying in 2017, later divorcing again in 2022.
Rae started dancing competitively at age six where she attended competitions across the country. Before moving to Los Angeles to pursue her career, she briefly attended Louisiana State University (LSU) where she studied broadcast journalism in the fall to become a sports broadcaster but then dropped out when she began to gain popularity on TikTok. In an interview with Elle magazine, Rae talked about her choice to move to Los Angeles, saying: "a few people in LA reached out to me, and I was like 'I need to go. I need to go.' So my parents supported me fully."
Rae joined the social media app TikTok in July 2019, uploading dance videos to trending songs on the platform. Within a few months, Rae gained over one million followers on the app, leaving LSU in November. She joined the TikTok collective The Hype House in December 2019 for a brief period of time. As of May 2026, she has amassed over 88 million followers on the app. She later signed with talent agency WME in January 2020. In July, Rae released a weekly Spotify-exclusive podcast alongside her mother, Mama Knows Best, covering their personal and career lives. Rae later relaunched this podcast under the name That Was Fun?.
How Addison Rae makes money
Rae has an estimated net worth of $25 million, earning over $5 million in 2020. Activism and politics In January 2021, Rae donated her $1 million in prize money from winning an all-star Mario Tennis Aces tournament called the Stay At Home Slam to the charity No Kid Hungry.
