Danny Brown has become an excellent example of how a strong inner core is born over time, through work on oneself, willpower and aspiration. Having chosen a selfish style of music for himself, Danny took up bright colors and painted the monotonous rap scene with exaggerated satire mixed with reality.
Musically, his voice is reminiscent of a mix of Doberman and Ol' Dirty Bastrad. Although to some it sounds like a parrot being fed Styrofoam. Be that as it may, this presentation of the text is a bold decision. And as practice shows, very effective.
Danny Brown's early years
The young rapper was born in 1981 on March 16. Birthplace: Detroid, Linwood District. At the time the young rapper was born, his parents were still teenagers themselves. The parents were never able to legitimize their relationship. The maintenance of the family fell on the shoulders of the grandmother, who in those years worked at the Chrysler plant.
In addition to Danny himself, there were 2 more brothers and 2 sisters in the family, as well as an adopted girl named Gerly. Her parents were killed by rival drug dealers, so Brown's mom picked up the young lady on the street. According to Danny himself, his childhood years were like an endless vacation with his grandmother. In those years, it seemed to him that his family was rich. His parents could afford to buy their child those things that the neighbors did not have.
It was his father who instilled in the future rapper a love of music. Although his profession was very dangerous. He sold dope on the street, but he did what he had to do - he brought money into the house. Mom was a housewife and never went to work.
Remembering his family, Danny says that all members of his family were somehow connected with drugs. Some used and some sold. From a young age, the boy was told that he could do anything, just not touch drugs.
Here's what the rapper himself says about crack: “I'm not going to hit crack, I'm a black guy. Crack is for the white guys to relax. Black brothers need it to cope with depression.
The story of teeth
Every fan of Danny's creativity knows that the absence of front teeth has become a kind of "chip" of the musician's image. He lost them back in the 6th grade, when his friend gave a bike to ride around the area. Danny was already returning, but he was careless on the road. As a result, he was hit by a car driven by two hucksters.
Young Danny did not even burst into tears at this, as he was in shock from a broken arm. The hucksters jumped out of the car and checked the guy. After the incident, they drove him home and paid his mother for the accident.
A couple of days later, the dentist puts the guy's front teeth back in, but he knocks them out again while playing with his brother. After that, he decides that he does not need teeth.
The heyday of Danny Brown's career
Danny Brown (Danny Brown) made his first, and to be honest, not the most confident step into the rap industry in 2008. Then the album "HotSoup" was born. After listening to the tracks, we can conclude that Brown still tried to follow the main trends of this style of music, was afraid to experiment and loosen established patterns.
But 2 years later, the musician releases "TheHybrid", where he begins to reveal his inner nature, to become more tangible. Now this formless musical mass has acquired a shell, is able to stand on its own feet and take steps towards freedom.
Loud-speaking album "XXX"
In 2011, Danny breaks the ears of rap lovers with the album "XXX". In the lyrics, Brown takes listeners into the abyss of their own world, trying to show new rules that will help them not to drown in this world of drug-addicted fantasies. On the record one can already clearly hear experiments with poisonous-acid electro and dirty grotesque.
Danny's thoughts spill out, they seem to get free, which led the rapper to create one of the loudest albums of the decade. The musician tells about the events of the past, directs his gaze to the future and describes what is happening on behalf of the "correct" present.
According to the musician, the album is not square, but multifaceted. With each new listening, you can notice new details of events that were previously hiding around the corner. It is this effect that over and over again creates the illusion of a new listening to the disc.
In 2013, Danny was talked about as a legend in the rap industry. The record "XXX" in narrow circles was equated with modern classics. After such a loud statement about himself, the fans were waiting for the continuation of enchanting motives and Brown did not disappoint.
In the same year he released the album "Old", where the musician tells about his success. The rapper was able to feel the pulse of his own creative alter ego, which allowed his music not to lose the freshness of sound.
The record is based on a simple concept, squeezed into the framework of the ideal, which allowed fans to consider Danny not just another musician, but a person who hides under the mask of dirty satire.
Interesting Danny Brown Biography Facts
- Danny could have signed with the G-unit label, but the deal fell through because 50 cent didn't like the rapper's image: skinny jeans and rocker style;
- At the time of the birth of the musician, his father was only 16 years old, and his mother was 17;
- To protect the child from the street, Danny's parents constantly bought video games;
- The rapper is a fan of electronic production and prefers to collaborate with beatmakers Paul White and SKYWLKR;
- From childhood, he listened to the vinyl records of his father, who preferred Roy Ayers, LL Cool J and A Tribe Called Quest;
- Received probation for selling drugs at age 19;
- In the film "The Man with the Iron Fist" you can hear the song Danny, which is the official soundtrack to the film. The track was co-recorded with Raekwon, Pusha T and Joell Ortiz;
- Wanted to write a children's book for my daughter in 2015;
- Danny's first tracks were released under the pseudonym Runispokets-N-Dumpemindariva.
