Riot is the debut extended play by American recording artist Mandy Rain. The album was released on January 27, 2015 through Empire Distribution. The extended play was preceded with two singles: "Riot" (released on January 23, 2014) and "Dare to Love" (released on September 26, 2014).

When Rain was 13 years old, she auditioned for the Nickelodeon series "Star Camp". Rain was chosen along with seven other kids to be in a musical group called "The Giggle Club". Shortly after season one was finished up filming, the Giggle Club had broken up so all the members could focus on their solo careers. After the series ended, Nick Cannon decided to groom Rain for a solo career. Cannon brought Rain to several record producers to record solo tracks. After hearing one of Rain's songs "Detention", Canon started girl group School Gyrls which went on to record two albums, star in several movies on Nickelodeon, and also tour in Asia and North America. After Rain and fellow School Gyrls' member Jacque Pyles decided to leave the group, they both started pursuing solo careers.

After the disbandment of the School Gyrls, Rain started working with producers Rock City and G-Production on new solo music. Rain released her debut single "Boogie" in 2011. During the time it was released, Rain had announced several projects, some included an upcoming Christmas extended play, her debut mixtape, and her involvement in several potential television shows. These projects went unreleased for unknown reasons. During the three years after Boogie was released, Rain had signed with Empire Records and had begun work on writing and recording new material.

Throughout 2014, Rain tweeted pictures of her and other collaborators in different studios in California. The photos revealed that Rain was working with musicians such as Isaac Hasson, Buddy Dalton,Kenton Duty, and others. Rain recorded at Universal Republic Records throughout September and October.

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