Desiigner is the author of the famous hit "Panda", released in 2015. The song to this day makes the musician one of the most recognizable representatives of trap music. This young musician managed to become famous less than a year after the start of active musical activity. To date, the artist has released one solo album on Kanye West's label, GOOD Music.
Biography of the artist Desiigner
The real name of the rapper is Sidney Royel Selby III. He was born in New York on May 3, 1997. The birthplace of the musician is the famous Brooklyn area, which has brought up more than one generation of rappers. The love of music was brought up in the boy from childhood. According to the artist himself, music has always surrounded him.
The rapper's grandfather was the guitarist for the Guitar Crusher band. He performed on the same stage with the legendary The Isley Brothers. The father of the young man also loves hip-hop. My sister has been listening to reggae since childhood. All the musician's friends also loved and love hip-hop. Thus, music, especially rap, has always surrounded him.
By his own admission, Sidney grew up as a difficult child. Until a certain age, he sang in the church choir, after that he took to the streets and began to participate in various street brawls. At the age of 14, the boy was injured. He was wounded in the thigh with a pistol. By the standards of an adult, it was not a serious injury.
The boy was simply treated with a thigh and released home. However, it was a living example - it is worth changing something.
The future musician began to write his first poems, and a year later his father gave him a rhyming dictionary. Sidney learned it "from" and "to". This improved my writing skills quite a lot. At the age of 17, he came up with the pseudonym Dezolo and began to perform with his music.
The first song recorded and released was "Danny Devito" with Phresher and Rowdy Rebel. After some time, the pseudonym was replaced (on the advice of her sister) with one that would later become known to the whole world.
The Rise of Desiigner Popularity
In the fall of 2015, he released his first solo song "Zombie Walk". The song was practically not noticed by the listeners. However, the young man did not stop and after 3 months he released his famous hit. The song "Panda" amazed listeners around the world. However, not immediately.
Interesting fact: the track was little noticed by listeners until Kanye West heard it. He used a sample (excerpt) in his track "Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 2".
So, "Panda" became a hit. By April 2016, 4 months after its official release, the song hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It was a number one hit in the US for two weeks. After the song began to make its way into foreign charts. The track stayed on Billboard for over four months.
Collaboration with Kanye West
Kanye West in 2016 organized the presentation of his solo disc "The Life of Pablo". During it, the rapper announced that from now on he was going to work closely with a young musician - Desiigner. It was about signing a cooperation agreement with the GOOD Music label.
Almost at the same time, the release of the New English mixtape was announced, which became one of the first major works of the musician (in terms of the format and volume of the recorded material). Then the song "Pluto" was presented.
Since that moment, Sidney has become a participant in the largest festivals and concerts taking place in the United States. In May, information about the musician's first solo album began to appear. It was published by music producer Mike Dean. He also announced that he would be the executive producer of the upcoming record.
In the summer, Desiigner hit several covers of music publications at once. So, XXL magazine named him one of the most promising young performers. At the same time, Sidney successfully participated in the song GOOD Music (the label's musicians recorded a compilation album). In the same month, the young man got on television. He performed his famous hit live at the 2016 BET Awards.
June 2016 was probably the most active month in the career of a musician. At the same time, the New English mixtape was released. Interestingly, despite the high expectations of the listeners, the release "did not impress". It spread through the network at an average speed, but did not produce the expected effect. However, it was just a mixtape. A full album was yet to come.
Rapper Designer's debut album: "The Life of Desiigner"
The Life of Desiigner was released in 2018, two years after the artist signed to the label. Perhaps the reason was in the long preparation of the material, or maybe in a bad promotional campaign on the part of the label. However, the debut disc did not become a hit.
The record allowed the young man to secure the audience who came after the release of "Panda". However, it was almost impossible to win new fans. A year later, after a long creative lull, the musician's departure from the Kanye West label was announced.
The new single of the artist "DIVA" was released without the support of the famous protégé. Nevertheless, the musician today continues his career and actively releases new songs.
However, the second album, which fans are waiting for, has not been available for three years. Information about the release of new releases periodically walks on the network, but so far nothing has been confirmed.
