The platinum-selling star's acknowledgment increased DeJ's profile exponentially and set off a wave of unauthorized versions from fellow rappers. In July 2014, two years after she released her first mixtape, she uploaded "Try Me," a low-key, melodic track produced by Ypsilanti native DDS, which caught the attention of Drake, who referenced it on Instagram. Through a period that included a few semesters of attending Saginaw Valley State and working as a janitor at a Chrysler factory, she continued to develop her talent but didn't gain much traction. At some point she established her stage name, with DeJ pronounced similar to "beige" and Loaf a reference to her footwear preference. She took music more seriously in high school, after she quit playing basketball at the junior varsity level.
Other career successes quickly followed including her single “Back Up” being certified Platinum, garnering over 500 million streams combined, a MAC Cosmetics campaign, opening for Nicki Minaj on Minaj’s stadium Pink Print Tour, appearing as the breakout cover star on the 2015 XXL Freshman issue and nominations for multiple BET Awards including Best Female Hip Hop Artist, Best New Artist and the Coca-Cola Viewers Choice Award.Rapper DeJ Loaf, born Deja Trimble, grew up on the east side of Detroit, Michigan and started writing lyrics at a young age. A former janitor in her hometown of Detroit, she burst onto the scene with “Try Me” in 2014, now certified Gold. The 26 year old Detroit native has had nothing short of a thrilling ascent. DeJ teased the release of “No Fear” every day for seven days on her social channels, sharing animated GIFs, quotes from her inspirations (including Grace Jones and David Bowie), photos and even audio snippets leading into the final reveal. Executive produced by multi-platinum selling, Grammy nominated producer Ricky Reed, Liberated will be released later in 2017.
“No Fear” serves as the official single for her forthcoming, major label debut album Liberated.
Produced by multi-platinum selling producer Christoph Andersson, the insanely catchy song is anchored in a bouncy beat practically tailor made for summer dance parties. The breathy, up-tempo track finds DeJ rapping about loving in full, living without a filter and happily throwing caution to the wind. Columbia Records recording artist, DeJ Loaf, has proudly released “ No Fear”, her first official single since her EP #AndSeeThatsTheThing.
0 kommentar(er)
