Danielle Peskowitz Bregoli (born March 26, 2003), known professionally as Bhad Bhabie (, "bad baby"), is an American rapper and internet personality.
2016
She first became known from a guest appearance on the talk show Dr. Phil in September 2016, in which she uttered the phrase, "Cash [sic] me outside, how 'bout that?", which became a viral video meme and catchphrase.
On September 14, 2016, Bregoli and her mother Barbara Ann were interviewed on Dr. Phil for a segment titled "I Want to Give Up My Car-Stealing, Knife-Wielding, Twerking 13-Year-Old Daughter Who Tried to Frame Me for a Crime".
They appeared on the show to discuss Bregoli's behavior, which included stealing a crew member's car while the episode was being filmed.
When Bregoli became irritated at the audience's laughter, she responded to them by saying, "Catch me outside, how about that?", challenging them to a fight outside the studio.
Her affected accent made the phrase sound like "Cash me ousside, how bout dah", which became a meme, and Bregoli became known as the "'Cash Me Outside' Girl".
2017
In 2017, Bregoli became the youngest female rapper ever to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with her debut single "These Heaux".
She subsequently signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records and has since expanded into a reality show, a makeup brand, tours, and a music career.
On February 10, 2017, Bregoli reappeared on the show, but without a studio audience due to the response at her previous appearance.
Her first appearance on the show, and the catchphrase it spawned, would inspire a single based on the clip ("Cash Me Outside") which was recorded by DJ Suede the Remix God and entered the Billboard Hot 100, Streaming Songs, and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts in its March 4, 2017 issue.
The song, in turn, led to a series of dance videos that were uploaded onto YouTube.
Bregoli and her mother sued three companies for "infringing her intellectual property rights" by using her signature catchphrase without consent.
She also threatened to sue Walmart for using her catchphrase on T-shirts.
She was nominated for the 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards in the "Trending" category based on the catchphrase.
Following her appearance on Dr. Phil, Bregoli spent time at the Turn-About Ranch, a facility for "troubled teens" in Escalante, Utah.
She was later arrested and pleaded guilty to charges of grand theft, marijuana possession, and filing a false police report, for which she was sentenced to five years' probation in July 2017, but the probation ended earlier in March 2018 after she hired a new lawyer.
In March 2021, Bregoli uploaded a video to her YouTube channel in which she says she experienced and witnessed abuse at the Turn-About Ranch.
She accused staffers of forcing her to sit still for three days straight without being allowed to sleep, using physical restraint on other teenagers, and ignoring reports of bullying.
She also criticized Dr. Phil for sending teenagers on his show to the facility.
He responded via an April 2021 interview with NewsNation that he was unaware of the ranch's actions and did not get progress reports from them.
Bregoli responded to this with a follow-up video in which she stated that the ranch sends progress reports directly to the show.
In early 2017, Bregoli was signed by music manager Adam Kluger and initially received industry backlash.
"'Everybody got weird,' he says. 'I wasn't even mad that they were bashing Danielle, because everyone was bashing Danielle at the time. I was like: 'You really don't believe that I know what I'm doing? Don't bet the horse, bet the jockey.''"
By March 2017, Bregoli's personal worth was estimated to be $200,000.
Bregoli released her first single "These Heaux" (pronounced "hoes") on August 24, 2017.
The recording reached number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100, making Bregoli the youngest female rap artist to debut on the music chart.
The success of "These Heaux" prompted Atlantic Records to sign Bregoli to a multi-album recording contract.
In September 2017, she remixed the Kodak Black song "Roll in Peace" and Tee Grizzley and Lil Yachty song "From the D to the A".
On September 22, 2017, she released "Hi Bich", which reached number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100, and a day after, "Whachu Know", as a single alongside the video, which received over 3 million views in 24 hours.
After a shorter break, on November 30, 2017, she released another single "I Got It", followed by "Mama Don't Worry (Still Ain't Dirty)" in December.
In the latter, she rapped about her past, and that her appearance in Dr. Phil should be forgotten.
This theme was echoed in the video for "Both of Em", in which she buried her old self in a shallow grave.
In "Hi Bich (Remix)" she collaborated for the first time with other artists, including YBN Nahmir, Rich the Kid and Asian Doll (in the video, YBN Nahmir was replaced by MadeinTYO for unknown reasons).
2018
Bregoli released her first mixtape, 15, in September 2018.
Its lead single, "Hi Bich", became her second single to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Bregoli was born and raised in Boynton Beach, Florida.
Her parents, Ira Peskowitz and Barbara Ann Bregoli, dated for a year before Barbara became pregnant, later separating when she was an infant.
She is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent through her father and Italian descent through her mother.
Bregoli was raised in a Catholic household primarily by her mother and is estranged from her father, a deputy who works for the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.
Through her father, she has two younger half-brothers.