Sidney Royel Selby III (born: May 3, 1997), better known online as Desiigner LOD, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter.
History[]
Sidney Royel Selby III was born on May 3, 1997, in Brooklyn.[1] He is the grandson of Sidney "Guitar Crusher" Selby. He grew up in the Louis Armstrong housing projects in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood.[2] He began practicing vocals at school choir and church. At the age of 14, he embarked on his musical career.[3]
Selby embarked on his music career under his original nickname Dezolo, before he began releasing his work under the alias of Designer Royel. His sister convinced him to drop the "Royel" part and then keep the "Designer" part as his new stage name, doubling the "I"'s.[4] On December 3, 2015, under his new pseudonym, Selby released his debut track, called "Zombie Walk". The song was produced by The Shell God. On December 15, 2015, Selby released another single, "Panda" on SoundCloud.[5]
The song released on iTunes five days later, before being re-released as his commercial debut single in February 2016. On February 11, 2016, Desiigner signed a recording contract with GOOD Music. The following month, Selby was enlisted to perform at the South by Southwest music festival in 2016.[6] In an interview with Billboard, Selby confirmed the release of his first upcoming mixtape, titled Trap History Month.[7]
On May 5, 2016, Mike Dean announced that he would be serving as the executive producer for Selby's upcoming debut studio album. On May 24, Selby later announced that the title to his upcoming debut album would be called The Life of Desiigner.[8] In June 2016, XXL revealed their annual "Freshmen Class" for 2016, and Selby was included on the list.[9] In June 2016, Selby made his US television debut, when he performed his single, "Panda" at the 2016 BET Awards. On June 26, 2016, Selby released his first full-length mixtape, titled New English on Tidal, following a live premiere of the mixtape on June 22.[10]
On September 8, 2016, Selby and three other people were arrested in New York City, after a 911 caller claimed that he pulled a gun on them. Selby was later found in an SUV with four other people and the vehicle was searched. The police allegedly found oxycodone and guns, for which he and the other individuals received drug and weapon charges. They were all detained in custody.[11] On September 10, 2016, his felony gun charge was dropped by prosecutors. He was cleared of the charges on September 12, 2016, when it was found that the pills were anabolic steroids belonging to his driver.[12]
In a 2022 interview with VladTV, Selby explained why he left GOOD Music in 2019, saying he was "going through a little mental thing" and had tried to contact Kanye West and his other labelmates for guidance but didn't receive any.[13] On November 1, 2022, Selby went to Instagram Live saying "I'm done rapping," after hearing the news of Takeoff's death from a shooting in Houston, that same morning.[14] However, he returned to doing so on November 26 when he released the song "My Brodie".[15]
In April 2023, Selby was charged with indecent exposure after allegedly being caught on a Delta Air Lines flight masturbating in front of flight attendants while travelling from Tokyo to Minneapolis, Minnesota. He later posted an apology on social media for the incident and claimed he would be checking himself into a facility for mental health treatment.[16]
Discography[]
Extended Plays[]
- L.O.D. (2018)
- Diamonds Forever (2020)
- 3 the Hard Way (2021)
- Rebirth (2024)
- Be Me (2025)
Mixtapes[]
- New English (2016)
Singles[]
- Champions (2016)
- Timmy Turner (2016)
- Outlet (2017)
- Holy Ghost (2017)
- Thank God I Got It (2017)
- Up (2017)
- Liife (2017)
- Shoot (2018)
- Overseas (2018)
- Diva (2020)
- Surviver (2020)
- Hate Me Now (Freestyle) (2020)
- Molly (2020)
- Amen (2021)
- GLE (2021)
- I Get That (2021)
- Bakin (2022)
- Put Her On (2022)
- Move How We Move (2022)
- Mobb Ties (2022)
- Jaguar (2022)
- Star in the Room (2022)
- My Brodie (2022)
- Kilo (2022)
- Bigger and Bigger (2022)
- Two in One (2023)
- PMR (2023)
- Mafia Water (2023)
- Young N Ballin (2023)
- Monster (2023)
- FUKIT (2024)
- Back to Biz (2024)
- Rolls Truck (2024)
- Drip Check (2024)
- Big Dawg (2024)
- Hollywood (2024)
- In My Section (2024)
- Way of Life (2024)
- Love Is a Drug (2025)
References[]
- ↑ http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2016/02/the-break-presents-desiigner/
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/7400285/desiigner-on-panda-difficult-past-kanye-west-advice
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YXCsqOFi20
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160508011423/http://www.mtv.com/artists/desiigner/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsJLLEwUYZM
- ↑ http://www.complex.com/music/2016/03/desiigner-courts-more-future-comparisons-debuts-new-song-pluto-at-sxsw
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/7326380/panda-rapper-desiigner-on-working-with-kanye-west-panda-hit-single-upcoming-music
- ↑ http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.38947/title.desiigner-announces-life-of-desiigner-album
- ↑ http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2016/06/xxl-freshman-class-cover-2016/
- ↑ http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2016/06/desiigner-pusha-t-new-english-mixtape-listening/
- ↑ http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/desiigner-arrested-gun-drugs-menacing-midtown-driver-article-1.2784606
- ↑ http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2016/09/desiigner-steroids-not-oxycontin/
- ↑ https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/desiigner-explains-why-he-parted-ways-with-kanye-west-s-good-music-news.157678.html
- ↑ https://www.xxlmag.com/desiigner-cries-instagram-live-takeoff-death/
- ↑ https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/602608-desiigner-keeps-the-new-releases-coming-with-my-brodie-single
- ↑ https://www.complex.com/music/desiigner-alleged-indecent-exposure-plane
