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Denzel Curry
Curry in August 2017
Curry in August 2017
Background information
Birth nameDenzel Rae Don Curry
Born (1995-02-16) February 16, 1995 (age 29)
Carol City, Florida, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
Years active2010–present
Labels
Universal
Websitewww.ultimatedenzelcurry.com

Denzel Rae Don Curry (born February 16, 1995)[1] is an American rapper, singer and songwriter.[2]

Raised in Carol City, Florida, Curry started rapping while in sixth grade and began working on his first mixtape in 2011, when he was attending school. Influenced by underground Florida rapper SpaceGhostPurrp, the mixtape was later featured on Purrp's social media, giving Curry local attention and resulting in Curry joining Purrp's hip-hop collective, Raider Klan.

Curry left Raider Klan in 2013, releasing his debut full-length album a year later while still in high school, titled Nostalgic 64 on September 3, 2013. He has gone on to release two more projects, Imperial on March 9, 2016, and Ta13oo on July 27, 2018, which later charted at number 28 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Early life

Denzel Rae Don Curry was born on February 16, 1995, in Carol City, Florida. He is of Bahamian descent. Curry started down an artist's path with early poetry ambitions in Elementary School before he began rapping in the sixth grade. His time was spent at a local Boys & Girls Club where he challenged others to rap battles. He attended Miami's Design And Architecture High School for his first two years of high school. After being expelled, Curry then attended Miami Carol City Senior High School, where he started working on Nostalgic 64 while still attending class.[3]

Career

2011–2012: Career beginnings

On September 24, 2011, Curry released his first mixtape, titled King Remembered Underground Tape 1991–1995. The whole project that Curry posted was later included on SpaceGhostPurrp's page, which prompted the birth of Denzel's music career. Following the release of Curry's first mixtape, Curry became a member of SpaceGhostPurrp's hip hop group, called Raider Klan.[4][5]

In 2012, he released his second mixtape, titled King of the Mischievous South Vol. 1 Underground Tape 1996, which caught the attention of fellow American rapper Earl Sweatshirt and other members of Odd Future label.[6]

Curry's third mixtape, titled Strictly for My R.V.I.D.X.R.S., was released after the death of Trayvon Martin, who also lived in Carol City and went to the same High School as Denzel Curry. His style of rap on this mixtape was inspired by Tupac Shakur.[6]

2013–14: Nostalgic 64

Main article: Nostalgic 64

The group Raider Klan was disbanded, which led to Curry deciding to embark on his solo rap career.[7] On September 3, 2013, Curry released his debut full-length album, titled Nostalgic 64. The album features guest appearances from JK the Reaper, Lil Ugly Mane, Mike G, Nell, Robb Bank$, Stephen A. Clark, and Yung Simmie, among others.[8] In 2014, Curry was featured on Deniro Farrar's track, called "Bow Down" (included from Farrar's Rebirth EP)[9] and Curry was featured on Dillon Cooper's track, called "Eyes of the World" (included from Cooper's X:XX mixtape).[10]

2015–2016: 32 Zel/Planet Shrooms and Imperial

Main articles: 32 Zel/Planet Shrooms and Imperial (Denzel Curry album)

On June 9, 2015, Curry released his first double EP, titled 32 Zel/Planet Shrooms. His first release in 2016 was the single "Flying Nimbus".

His second full-length album, titled Imperial, was released on March 9, 2016, then re-released later on Spotify as the deluxe version on October 14, 2016.[11]

In June 2016, Curry was featured on a cover as one of the XXL's 2016's Freshmen Class.

2017–present: 13 and Ta13oo

Main articles: 13 (Denzel Curry EP) and Ta13oo
Curry in August 2018.

On May 13, 2017, Curry uploaded a track entitled "Hate Government [demo]" to his SoundCloud account. In the weeks that followed, he released two more demos for songs entitled "Equalizer [demo]" and "ZELTRON 6 BILLION ft. Lil Ugly Mane." After these releases as well as a series of cryptic posts on social media (seemingly portraying another alter ego called Zeltron), he released an EP entitled 13 on June 25, 2017.[12] All of the demo tracks were included on the EP as well as two other new songs. On August 18, 2017, Curry released another song called "Skywalker."[13] Later that year, on September 22, a remastered version of 32 Zel was released, including a remix of "Ultimate" featuring Juicy J.[14]

Since he started releasing demos for songs on 13, Curry has made several mentions of his third studio album titled, Ta13oo. 13 serves as a sampler to Ta13oo, and no release date for the album was announced. On February 28, 2018, he appeared on the song "Kristi YamaGucci," by artist ASAP Ferg, which also featured Jay IDK.[15] It was first performed live in Houston on March 11, during their collaborative tour.[16] On March 16, 2018, he uploaded the song "Uh Huh," once again featuring Jay IDK, onto his official YouTube channel.[17]

On April 2, 2018, Curry released the lead single off of Ta13oo titled, "Sumo" on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show.[18] On May 24, 2018, Curry released the second single off the album titled, "Percs". Curry then released the third single titled, "Clout Cobain", on July 13, 2018, and announced that his album Ta13oo, would be released in three acts: The first act, Light, was released on July 25, followed by Gray on July 26, and Dark on July 27. Each previously-released single represents one of the album's acts, as "Sumo" represents Light, "Clout Cobain" represents Gray, and "Percs" represents Dark, which come together cohesively to form Ta13oo.

Personal life

On March 4, 2014, Curry's brother Treon Johnson died of injuries from being tasered and pepper sprayed by police. Officers had responded to reports of Johnson throwing coconuts from a roof at a dog that bit him.[19]

Discography

Main article: Denzel Curry discography

Studio albums

EPs

References

  1. ^ Marcus, Ezra (December 3, 2013). "We Talked to Denzel Curry About Nostalgia, the Zodiac, and Fiji Water". Vice. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Charles, Laurie (November 28, 2013). "Denzel Curry, Crown Prince of Rap". Miami New Times.
  3. ^ Trotman, Shiyah (January 14, 2014). "Nostalgia: Denzel Curry Describes That Old Feeling". The Source. The Northstar Group. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
  4. ^ Sherburne, Philip; Soderberg, Brandon (November 2013). "5 Best New Artists for November '13 – Denzel Curry". Spin.
  5. ^ Vogt, Nick (July 5, 2012). "King Of The Mischievous South: A Bloglin Interview w/ Denzel Curry". Mishka NYC.
  6. ^ a b Drake, David (April 5, 2014). "Who Is Denzel Curry? The Florida Rapper, More Than the Sum of His Influences, is Poised to Break Big". Complex.
  7. ^ Castro, Lee (September 6, 2013). "Denzel Curry on SpaceGhostPurrp and Raider Klan: "He Didn't Kick Me Out; I Chose to Leave"". The Village Voice.
  8. ^ "Denzel Curry – Nostalgic 64". DJBooth.net.
  9. ^ Soderberg, Brandon (May 15, 2014). "Stream Deniro Farrar's Confessional 'Rebirth' EP – Self-declared cult rapper's latest features Lunice and Denzel Curry". Spin.
  10. ^ "Dillon Cooper – X:XX". HotNewHipHop.
  11. ^ *Please enter your name. "Denzel Curry Rereleases 'Imperial' With Two New Songs - XXL". Xxlmag.com. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  12. ^ "Denzel Curry's '13' EP Now Available to Purchase - XXL". Xxlmag.com. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  13. ^ "Denzel Curry Shows His Range on New "Skywalker" Single". PigeonsandPlanes. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  14. ^ "Denzel Curry Re-Releases '32 Zel' EP With Juicy J Collab - XXL". XXL Mag. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  15. ^ "ASAP Ferg Teams With Denzel Curry and IDK on New Song "Kristi YamaGucci"". PigeonsandPlanes. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  16. ^ "Watch ASAP Ferg Bring Out Denzel Curry, IDK for Insane "Kristi YamaGucci" Performance". PigeonsandPlanes. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  17. ^ "Denzel Curry and IDK Tag Team Bruising Track "Uh Huh"". PigeonsandPlanes. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  18. ^ "Denzel Curry Sounds the Alarm With Booming New Track "Sumo"". PigeonsandPlanes. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  19. ^ "Denzel Curry Opens Up About His Brother's Death in 'Knotty Head' Documentary - XXL". XXL Mag. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
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