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Dave
Born
David Orobosa Omoregie

(1998-06-05) 5 June 1998 (age 26)
Streatham, London, England
Other names
  • Santan Dave
Occupations
Years active2015–present
Musical career
Genres
Labels
  • Neighbourhood Recordings · Warner/Chapell
Websitesantandave.com

David Orobosa Omoregie[1] (born 5 June 1998), known mononymously as Dave, is an English rapper, singer, songwriter, pianist and record producer.[2][3][4]

Dave released his debut EP Six Paths in 2016, to critical and commercial success, after the release of a number of successful singles. He went on to release the Game Over EP in 2017, with its lead single "No Words" charting within the top 20 on the UK Singles Chart. He later released "Funky Friday" in 2018, which became his first number-one single as a lead artist. His debut album, Psychodrama, was released in early 2019 and charted at number one on the UK Albums Chart. Psychodrama is currently one of the highest-rated hip-hop albums on Metacritic.[5]

Early life

David Orobosa Omoregie was born on 5 June 1998 in Brixton, South London, as the last of three brothers to Nigerian parents. He was raised nearby Streatham.[2][3] Dave initially began composing music at an early age, regularly writing lyrics in his early teens, prior to engaging in production after being gifted a piano by his mother in 2012, at age 14.[6] As of April 2019, one of Dave's older brothers, Christopher, is currently incarcerated.[7]

He attended St Mark's Academy, a mixed Church of England school in nearby Mitcham, before later attending Richmond upon Thames College, where he studied Law, Philosophy and Ethics, while also completing an additional module in Sound Design and Politics.[8]

Music career

2015–2017: Career beginnings and Six Paths

Dave made his debut appearance on a platform named Black Box in May 2015 he dropped a single with just audio on mixtape madness called Mid Summer Night and later progressed to Street Starz TV, a YouTube channel for freestyle rap, in September 2015.[2] He performed his first SB.TV "Warm Up Session" with 1138 DripSquad in November 2015.[9][10] His debut performance on Charlie Sloth's "Fire in the Booth", a freestyle segment on BBC Radio 1Xtra, was in March 2016.[11][12] Dave's festival debut was at Bestival in August 2016, performing alongside AJ Tracey on their track Thiago Silva on the Eskimo Dance stage.[10][13] He made a performance as part of the Red Bull Music Academy UK tour in October 2016.[10][14]

After releasing a range of non-album singles, Dave released his debut EP, Six Paths, on 30 September 2016. The extended play was produced by Dave, Fraser T Smith,[10] 169[15] and entered at number 76 on the UK Albums Chart.

In October 2016, Drake premiered a remix to Dave's song "Wanna Know" on OVO Sound Radio, which also featured Drake and was released as a single.[4][16][17][18] The song debuted at 72 on the Official Singles Chart and peaked at 51, becoming Dave's first entry on the chart.[19]

2017–present: Game Over and Psychodrama

Throughout 2017, Dave released the non-album singles "Samantha" with J Hus which peaked at 63 on the Official Singles Chart, becoming the third biggest song to not chart in the top 40 in 2017,[20] "Revenge", "100M's" and "Tequila".

On 9 October 2017, Dave announced his second extended play, Game Over, alongside the announcement of its accompanying tour.[21] The EP was preceded by the politically-charged "Question Time". It was released on 3 November 2017 independently for streaming and digital download.[22] Game Over was released on 3 November 2017 alongside the single "No Words."[23] Game Over debuted at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart and "No Words" debuted at 18 before eventually peaking at 17 on 11 January 2018.[24]

Dave won his first MOBO Award for the Best Newcomer Act at the 2017 ceremony on 29 November 2017.[25] Dave released single "Hangman" on 27 February 2018.[26]

After a seven month hiatus, Dave released "Funky Friday", featuring rapper Fredo, on 4 October 2018. The song debuted at number one in the UK, being only the third song to do so in 2018. This feat also meant that Dave secured his first ever number one single, as well as his first Top 10 single.[27] After Dave hinted in interviews with BBC Radio 1 and then confirmed on March 3rd, his debut album Psychodrama was released on 8 March 2019. Psychodrama debuted at number one in the UK, selling 26,390 copies in its first week, with 79% of its total generated by 26.3 million stream. The album had the biggest first week streams for a British rap album, eclipsing Stormzy's Gang Signs & Prayer. Elsewhere, the songs "Disaster", "Streatham", and "Location" debuted at 8, 9 and 11, respectively on the UK Singles Chart.[28] Dave will appear in series 3 of Top Boy.

Musical style

Dave's collaborator and production partner is 169, who has several credits across Dave's discography.[29] Alongside hip hop, Dave also plays piano.[2][10]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[30] 		UK
R&B[31] 		UK
DL[32] 		IRE
[33]
Psychodrama
  • Released: 8 March 2019[34]
  • Label: Neighbourhood
  • Format: CD, digital download
 1 1 5 6

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[30] 		UK
R&B 		UK
Ind. 		UK
DL
Six Paths
  • Released: 30 September 2016[36]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download
 76 7 20 21
Game Over
  • Released: 3 November 2017
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download
 13 2 1 3

Singles

List of singles as a lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, year released, and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[30] 		UK
R&B
[37] 		UK
DL
[38] 		UK
Ind.
[39] 		IRE
[40]
"JKYL+HYD"[41] 2016 — — — — — Non-album singles
"Thiago Silva"[42]
(with AJ Tracey) 		— — — — —
"Wanna Know" (Remix)[43]
(featuring Drake) 		51 9 60 35 —
"Samantha"[44]
(with J Hus) 		2017 63 7 87 5 —
"Revenge"[45] — — — —
"100M's"[46] — — — — —
"Tequila"[47] 86 25 — — —
"Question Time" — — — — 14 Game Over
"No Words"
(featuring MoStack) 		17 5 78 1 —
"Hangman"[48] 2018 30 13 — — — Non-album singles
"Funky Friday"
(featuring Fredo) 		1 1 12 — 21
"Black"[49] 2019 40 10 — — — Psychodrama
"Streatham"[50] 9 3 64 — 21
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
List of singles as a featured artist, with selected chart positions, year released, and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[30] 		UK
R&B
[37]
"U Can Stand Up"[51]
(Avelino featuring Dave) 		2018 — — NO B******T
"Got You"[52]
(169 featuring Dave) 		— — Seasons
"18HUNNA"[53]
(Headie One featuring Dave) 		2019 6 3 TBA
"All I Ever Wanted"[54]
(Fredo featuring Dave) 		15 6 Third Avenue
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

List of other songs as a lead artist, with selected chart positions, year released, and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[30] 		UK
R&B
[55] 		UK
DL
[56] 		UK
Ind.
[57] 		IRE
[58]
"Peligro"
(Giggs featuring Dave) 		2017 53 20 — — — Wamp 2 Dem
"My 19th Birthday" 55 25 — — — Game Over
"How I Met My Ex" 32 13 93 4 —
"Disaster"
(featuring J Hus) 		2019 8 2 — — 23 Psychodrama
"Location"
(featuring Burna Boy) 		6 3 — — 40
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released, other artist(s), and album name
Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Spirit Bomb" (Remix)[59] 2016 AJ Tracey, Drifter, Cadell, Skits, Capo Lee, Merky Ace, PK, Trims & Central Cee Non-album remix
"Peligro"[60] 2017 Giggs Wamp 2 Dem
"U Can Stand Up / Royal"[61] Avelino NO B******T
"Venting"[62] 2018 Nines Crop Circle

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