Alabama rapper D-Aye's skilled delivery and pop appeal took him from regional acclaim to a major-label record deal. He went from his Living Life Fast mixtape series to releasing music with Island Records, beginning with his trappy 2020 single "Hunnids."
D-Aye was born Datony Anderson in Montgomery, Alabama. He grew up in a musical family and was writing his own raps and performing locally by the time he was in high school. By 2013, he'd begun releasing original music, with his Living Life Fast 1 mixtape appearing that year. It would be the first in what became a series, with ...