The real name of Desiigner is Sidney Royel Selby III. He is the American rapper and the author of songs from Brooklyn, New York. Desiigner was born on May 3, І997. He became famous thanks to the song “Panda” which reached the 1st place in the Billboard chart. In February 2016, Desiigner was signed for GOOD Music label. In childhood, Desiigner sang in a church choir, and from 14 began to read a rap.
About Desiigner
First Steps
At first, he recorded tracks under the pseudonym Designer Royel. Then the sister advised him to get rid of the word “Royel” and to add additional ‘i’ to the name Designer. He recorded the songs “Danny DeVito” and “On the Low”, with the assistance of his friend Phresher and placed them on SoundCloud. Then in December 2015, he published the first official song “Zombie Walk”.
Works
After that, there was his debut single “Panda”, the samples from which were used in the song of Kanye West - “Pt. 2”. Desiigner himself took part in it. Also he appeared in the other track of Kanye West, in “Freestyle 4” from his 7th album “The Life of Pablo”. At the festival South by Southwest 2016, Desiigner sang one more song under the name “Pluto”. Kanye West has also signed the MC to his label, and re-issued the track as a GOOD Music single in 2016. It had reached all the way to number one in the US. His first full-length project “New English” appeared in 2016.
Style
Desiigner's musical style is affected by the southern trap music. The ways he reads rap and his vocal skills have something in common with the rapper from Atlanta Future.
In the list of XXL magazine “Freshmen Class” 2016, Desiigner was mentioned alongside with other 9 new performers.