Desiigner
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Sidney Royel Selby III (born May 3, 1997), better known by his stage name Desiigner, is an American rapper and singer. He is best known for his 2015 debut single "Panda", which topped the Billboard Hot 100. Shortly after the song gained viral status online, he signed with Kanye West's GOOD Music, an imprint of Def Jam Recordings. His 2016 follow-up single, "Tiimmy Turner", peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100. Despite this, Desiigner is frequently described as a one-hit wonder.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1997-05-03
Discography
- Panda2015
- Champions2016
- Tiimmy Turner2016
- Circles2016
- Outlet2017
- Holy Ghost2017
- All Around the World2017
- Liife2017
- L.O.D.2018
- Loud2018
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- Listeners
- 896,791
- Total plays
- 9,415,146
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Sidney Royel Selby III (born May 3, 1997), better known by his stage name Desiigner, is an American hip hop recording artist from Brooklyn, New York. He rose to prominence when his debut single "Panda", reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. In February 2016, fellow American rapper Kanye West (who sampled "Panda" for his seventh album The Life of Pablo), announced Desiigner's signing to his GOOD Music imprint, under the aegis of Def Jam Recordings. <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus
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- Desiigner
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- Desiigner in 2019
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- Sidney Royel Selby III
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- Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
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- Desiigner discography
- Musical artist.years_active
- 2015–present
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- yes
- Person.children
- 1
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Sidney Royel Selby III (born May 3, 1997), better known by his stage name Desiigner, is an American rapper and singer. He is best known for his 2015 debut single "Panda", which topped the Billboard Hot 100. Shortly after the song gained viral status online, he signed with Kanye West's GOOD Music, an imprint of Def Jam Recordings. His 2016 follow-up single, "Tiimmy Turner", peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100. Despite this, Desiigner is frequently described as a one-hit wonder.
Without releasing a debut studio album, he parted ways with both labels in 2019.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Desiigner” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.