Blvck Bunnie, better known by her stage name THOT SQUAD, is a Flint native and University of Michigan-Flint alum who quickly gained attention through her role as Prism in the video game Dispatch.
Dispatch is a narrative-driven superhero comedy video game released by AdHoc Studio on Oct. 22, 2025.
AdHoc Studio reached out to Blvck Bunnie to ask whether she would be interested in voicing Prism. “They sent us an email like ‘Hey, I’m making video games; there’s this character Prism. You wanna be in my video game?” she said. “We were like, these scammers are going crazy.”
After a preliminary Zoom meeting, Blvck Bunnie traveled to her audition in California, which quickly turned into her first recording session.
In the game, Prism is a supporting character and a reformed villain and pop star who is employed by the Superhero Dispatch Network under the Phoenix Program.
Following its release, Dispatch sold 1 million copies within the first 10 days. One scene in particular gained widespread attention: the bar fight in Episode 5. While the superheroes are fighting the criminal syndicate, the Red Ring, Prism is singing a song in the background.
The song featured in the scene is “HOES DEPRESSED” — one of Blvck Bunnie’s original songs. The song quickly went viral and has more than 29 million streams on Spotify after the game’s release. Her other original song, “POUND CAKE,” is also featured in the game and has more than 11 million streams on Spotify.
“Before the game came out, we had 182,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, and now we have 1.2 million,” she said.
Blvck Bunnie started her music career in 2022 with her producer and husband, Benny Ari, who is also a UM-Flint alum. That same year, she was the opening act for the rapper cupcakKe.
With new attention, there is also added criticism. Many players voiced their concerns about the character Prism and how she may perpetuate negative stereotypes against Black women.
“It grinds my gears because I put so much of myself into Prism for people to be like ‘Oh well, she’s a stereotype,’” she said, “They are people who think they have surpassed this anti-Blackness that is in Black nerd spaces, but really, you just only advocate for Black people who don’t act — quote unquote — ‘Black.’”
Blvck Bunnie explained that she considers herself to be “very authentically Black” but that she also has many other layers.
Before she gained widespread attention, Blvck Bunnie attended UM-Flint. She graduated in 2016 with a dual bachelor’s degree in theater and French. During her senior year, she traveled to New York every month for auditions to pursue a career in acting.
“I booked like two things, but I didn’t book any Broadway or anything like that. … Then it took me doing this whole switcheroo into music that got me to acting again,” she said.
Blvck Bunnie worked for the Office of Education Opportunity Initiatives and the Michigan Times while at UM-Flint. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in nonprofit leadership from Johns Hopkins University.
In the meantime, Blvck Bunnie will be on the Isle of Qveen Tour with fellow rapper Qveen Herby from May 13 to Aug. 8.
