Roy Woods

Roy Woods
Birth name Denzel Spencer
Born (1996-04-18) April 18, 1996
Brampton, Ontario, Canada
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Years active 2014–present
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Website roywoods.co

Denzel Spencer (born April 18, 1996),[1] better known by his stage name Roy Woods (stylized as Roy Wood$), is a Canadian rapper, singer and songwriter from Brampton, Ontario.[2][3] He attended Turner Fenton Secondary School for three years before moving to St. Augustine Secondary School for his final year of high school. Before his music career took off, he was often recognized for his commitment and talent in football. The origin of his name comes from a youth that lived in the same building as him from Brampton giving "Roy" his name after his previous one, Woods took a survey throughout his high school and Roy Wood$ seemed to be the winning ticket when he asked his peers. In an October 2014 interview with HotNewHipHop, he said some of his biggest influences are Michael Jackson, Drake, Nelly, The Weeknd and PartyNextDoor.[4] He is signed to OVO Sound, the record label co-founded by rapper Drake, producer Noah "40" Shebib and Oliver El-Khatib.

Career

2014–present: Exis and Waking at Dawn

On July 11, 2015, Drake premiered the first song "Drama" from Woods' EP Exis on Apple's Beats 1 radio during the first OVO Sound radio show,[5] the track also features Woods' label boss. Two weeks later on July 25, 2015, a second song titled "Get You Good" was premiered on the second episode of the OVO Sound radio show.

On July 31, 2015, Woods released his debut EP Exis, digitally through OVO Sound, the record label co-founded by rapper Drake. In 2016, Woods announced via Twitter that his new project, Waking at Dawn, will be dropping soon. Waking at Dawn was released on July 1, 2016, promoted by Woods and other artists including Drake and Wiz Khalifa through social media. [6]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and sales figures
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
CAN
[7]		 US
[8]		 US
R&B
/HH
[9]		 US
R&B
[10]
Waking at Dawn 30 127 11 6
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions and sales figures
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
CAN US US
R&B
/HH
[9]		 US
R&B
[10]
Exis — — 27 10
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

Title Year Album
"Gwan Big Up Urself" 2016 Waking at Dawn

Music videos

List of music videos, with directors, showing year released
Title Year Director(s)
"Jealousy" 2015 Jim Joe
"Get You Good" Kid. Studio[13]
"Gwan Big Up Urself" 2016 Kid. Studio

Tours

Headlining
Supporting

References

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