Mir Fontane

Rapper/vocalist Mir Fontane was born Jamir Daaliya in 1994. He grew up in Camden, New Jersey, spending a lot of time drawing and listening to a mix of classic hip-hop and '90s R&B, informed by drives to school with his grandfather listening to R&B radio. He developed a rhyme style that incorporated his visually minded thought processes, relying heavily on storytelling, humor, and colorful production to create direct yet easy-to-enjoy tracks. He produced several mixtapes on his own, including 2014's He So Crazy (a conceptual collection based around themes from comedian Martin L...