Dej Loaf

DeJ Loaf

DeJ Loaf in 2015
Background information
Birth name Deja Trimble
Born (1991-04-08) April 8, 1991
Detroit, Michigan
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2011–present
Labels Columbia
Associated acts
Website dejloafmusic.com

Deja Trimble (born April 8, 1991), better known by her stage name Dej Loaf (stylized as DeJ Loaf), is an American rapper, singer and songwriter from Detroit, Michigan. She began her music career in 2011, and released her debut mixtape Just Do It in 2012. In October 2014, she released her second mixtape, Sell Sole.[1]

DeJ Loaf rose to greater popularity in 2014 with her single "Try Me", which initially attained viral internet popularity and peaked at number 45 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[2] The song was certified Gold on April 3, 2015 in the US.

She was chosen as part of the XXL magazine 2015 Freshman Class.[3]

Early life

Deja Trimble was born on April 8, 1991 in Detroit, Michigan and was raised on the Eastside of the city.[4] Growing up, she often listened to music with her parents and grandmother, ranging "from 2Pac to Rakim to Miles Davis."[4] Her father was killed when she was four years old.[4] A self-described "good kid and a decent student" who mostly kept to herself, she began writing her own original music as early as nine years old.[4] She graduated from Southeastern High School in Detroit, MI in 2009,[5] played basketball up to the junior varsity level, and later attended Saginaw Valley State University to study nursing for three semesters before deciding to focus on a full-time music career.[4]

Music career

Dej Loaf began her career as a hip hop artist in 2011; her stage name is a portmanteau of a shortened version of her first name, "Deja", and "loafer", as she took a keen interest in Air Jordans growing up.[6] She released her first mixtape, Just Do It., in 2013, which attracted the attention of fellow Detroit rapper SAYITAINTTONE. She later signed her to his label IBGM (I Been Gettin' Money) and his management team.[6]

The track "Try Me", produced by DDS, and released as a single in July 2014,[6] rose to viral popularity after Canadian recording artist Drake quoted lyrics from the song in an Instagram post.[7] She signed to Columbia Records in October and shortly after released the mixtape Sell Sole,[5] which was given an "A–" by music critic Robert Christgau, who wrote in his review for Vice, "What's irresistible is the form-content disparity—a rapper who brags so un-macho, a rapper whose greed is so explicitly for her family, a rapper who's 'Grindin' ' at music. Plus her flow is a brook, her producer respects her space, and her two sex rhymes are into it and into it more."[8]

DeJ Loaf contributed a rap to the song "Detroit vs. Everybody" on rapper Eminem's compilation Shady XV (2014).[2] She opened for Nicki Minaj during the North American leg of The Pinkprint Tour in 2015.[9] Later that same year, Dej Loaf began dating fellow rapper Lil Durk, and the two released their collaborative effort together, "My Beyoncé", that November.[10][11]

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US US R&B
 US Rap
Liberated
  • Released: TBA, 2016
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Format: CD, Digital download
 TBR TBR TBR

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected information
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[12]		 US R&B/
HH
[13]		 US Rap
[14]
...And See That's the Thing 47 8 6

Mixtapes

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[16]		 US
R&B/
HH
[17]		 US
Rap
[18]
"Try Me" 2014 45 12 8 Sell Sole
"We Good"[20] — — — N/A
"Detroit vs. Everybody"
(with Eminem, Royce da 5'9", Danny Brown, Big Sean and Trick-Trick)		 —[upper-alpha 1] 28 23 Shady XV
"We Be on It"[22] 2015 — — — Sell Sole
"Me U & Hennessy (Remix)"
(featuring Lil Wayne)[23]		 —[upper-alpha 2] 38 — N/A
"Back Up"
(featuring Big Sean)		 47 16 10 ...And See That's the Thing
"Hey There"
(featuring Future)		 —[upper-alpha 3] 47 —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[24]		 US R&B/
HH
[25] 		US
Rap
[26]
"Money on the Flow"
(Aubreyus featuring Dej Loaf)		 2014 — — — non-album singles
"Hardcore"
($pain featuring Dej Loaf)		 — — —
"I Ain't Got Time"
(Young Klep featuring Dej Loaf)		 — — —
"Girls Love to Party"
(Gueringer The13th featuring Dej Loaf)		 — — —
"Red Leather"
(Jimmy Goodz featuring Dej Loaf)		 — — —
"Be Real"
(Kid Ink featuring Dej Loaf)		 2015 43 12 7 Full Speed
"What You Do To Me (Remix)"
(Lil Durk featuring Dej Loaf)		 — — — non-album singles
"Ryda"
(The Game featuring Dej Loaf)		 — —[upper-alpha 4] —
"Tied Up"[28][29]
(Casey Veggies featuring Dej Loaf)		 — —[upper-alpha 5] — Live & Grow
"All Said and Done"
(Chevy Woods featuring Dej Loaf)		 — — — The 48 Hunnid Project
"I Just Wanna..."
(Elijah Blake featuring Dej Loaf)		 — — — Shadows & Diamonds
"Til the Morning"
(DJ Carisma featuring Chris Brown and Dej Loaf)		 — — — non-album singles
"Ride for Me"
(Teddy Tee featuring Dej Loaf)		 — — —
"Its Just Money"
(51 Reese featuring Dej Loaf)		 — — —
"On a Hater, Pt. 2
(Squirm G featuring Rambo K Kutta and Dej Loaf)		 — — —
"Lifestyle, Pt II"
(Oba Rowland featuring Dex Osama and Dej Loaf)		 — — — Black Santa
"Vest Up"
(Locx featuring Dej Loaf)		 — — — No Plan BS
"Serena"
(Dreezy featuring Dej Loaf)		 — — — From Now On

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Baddest in the Building" 2014 E-40, Luigi the Singer Sharp On All 4 Corners: Corner 2
"Allergic 2 Broke" Webbo Independent Ballin
"Blah Blah Blah (Remix)" Rich Homie Quan, Fabolous, Ty Dolla Sign N/A
"Possible" Mike Will Made It, Yung Joey Ransom
"Givin N' Takin The Neighbourhood, Danny Seth #000000 & #FFFFFF
"Found One" 2015 Oba Rowland Found One
"Post to Be (Remix)" Omarion, Ty Dolla Sign, Trey Songz, Rick Ross N/A
"League of My Own" Samantha J
"Real" Trae Tha Truth Tha Truth
"Step Up" The Game, Sha Sha The Documentary 2
"My Beyoncé"[31] Lil Durk 300 Days, 300 Nights
"I Don't Belong to You (remix)" Keke Palmer, Ty Dolla Sign N/A
"Fail to See Me (Remix)" K Jewlzz, Drey Skonie Senior Year - The Evolution
"Go so Hard" Jerry Parker The Illustration
"Possible" Yung Joey Necessary Evil (The Preface)
"Set It Off" 2016 Jacquees Mood
"On a Hater" Rambo K Kutta, Squirm G Drugz and Jewelz
"Good Good" Lil Durk, Kid Ink 2X
"Nobody On Jupiter"[32] Jesse Boykins III Bartholomew
"Rider Life" Lil Durk They Forgot

Notes

  1. ↑ "Detroit Vs. Everybody" did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number eight on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[21]
  2. ↑ "Me U & Hennessy (Remix) (featuring Lil Wayne) did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number six on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[21]
  3. ↑ "Hey There" (featuring Future) did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number seventeen on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[21]
  4. ↑ "Ryda" did not enter the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number two on the Bubbling Under Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.[27]
  5. ↑ "Tied Up" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number one on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.[30]

References

  1. ↑ "Dej Loaf - Sell Sole". TheMixtapeKids.com. 1991-04-08. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  2. 1 2 "Rapper Dej Loaf Interview". Billboard. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  3. ↑ "2015 XXL Freshman Class Revealed". BallerStatus.com. June 3, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Graham, Adam (November 11, 2014). "Rapper Dej Loaf speaks softly, but makes a lot of noise". The Detroit News. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  5. 1 2 Horowitz, Steven J. (November 10, 2014). "'Try Me' Rapper Dej Loaf: 'What I'm Doing Hasn't Been Done'". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 "Exclusive Interview: Dej Loaf, The Artist Behind Your Favorite Rapper's Favorite New Song". The Source. September 9, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  7. ↑ Garvey, Meaghan (September 10, 2014). "Interview: Dej Loaf Talks 'Try Me' Success, Inspiration Behind Her Name, and Detroit's Music Scene". Complex. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  8. ↑ Christgau, Robert (May 13, 2016). "The Poet and the Hustler: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau". Vice. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
  9. ↑ Walker, John (March 16, 2015). "Somebody Hold Me: Nicki Minaj Just Revealed The Opening Acts For The U.S. Leg Of The Pinkprint Tour". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  10. ↑ Frydenlünd, Zach (2015-11-18). "Dej Loaf and Lil Durk Fuel Dating Rumors With Onstage Kiss - Complex". Complex. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
  11. ↑ "My Beyoncé (feat. Dej Loaf) [Explicit] - Single by Lil Durk". iTunes Store (US). Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  12. ↑ "DeJ Loaf – Chart History: Billboard 200 for ...And See That's the Thing". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  13. ↑ "DeJ Loaf – Chart History: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  14. ↑ "DeJ Loaf – Chart History: Top Rap Albums for ...And See That's the Thing". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  15. ↑ "iTunes - Music - #AndSeeThatsTheThing - EP - Album by DeJ Loaf". Itunes.apple.com. 2015-07-31. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
  16. ↑ "DeJ Loaf – Chart History: The Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  17. ↑ "DeJ Loaf Album & Song Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  18. ↑ "DeJ Loaf Album & Song Chart History: Hot Rap". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  19. 1 2 3 "American certifications – DeJ Loaf". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  20. ↑ "We Good – Single by Dej Loaf". iTunes Store. Apple. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  21. 1 2 3 "Chart Search – DeJ Loaf". Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles for DeJ Loaf. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Urban/UAC Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on February 25, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  23. ↑ Joyce, Colin. "Lil Wayne Talks Dirty on His Remix of DeJ Loaf's 'Me U & Hennessy'". SPIN. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  24. ↑ "Kid Ink – Chart History: The Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  25. ↑ "Kid Ink – Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  26. ↑ "Kid Ink – Chart History: Hot Rap Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  27. ↑ "Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles - May 30, 2015". Billboard. 2015-05-30. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  28. ↑ "Casey Veggies - Tied Up Feat. DeJ Loaf | Stream & Listen [New Song]". Hotnewhiphop.com. 2015-04-27. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  29. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Tied Up (feat. DeJ Loaf) - Single by Casey Veggies". Itunes.apple.com. 2015-04-27. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  30. ↑ "Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles - August 29, 2015". Billboard. 2015-08-29. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  31. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6754163/lil-durk-dej-loaf-my-beyonce-premiere
  32. ↑ http://www.nylon.com/articles/jesse-boykins-iii-bartholomew#page-4
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