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Daps
Birth nameOladapo Fagbenle[1]
Born (1986-02-12) February 12, 1986 (age 38)[2]
Lagos, Nigeria
OriginLondon, England[1]
Occupationcinematographer
Websitedapsofficial.com

Oladapo Fagbenle (born February 12, 1986), professionally known as Daps, is an artist, video director, and former NCAA athlete.[3] He is best known for directing music videos for recording artists such as Migos, Stormzy, Iggy Azalea, Kendrick Lamar, Wizkid,2 Chainz and Davido.

Career

Born to Nigerian parents, Daps begun his career within the media industry as a video producer in New York and London. Before this, he played collegiate basketball at Campbell University and Bellarmine University. Daps is also the brother of British actor, O. T. Fagbenle, and video producer, Luti Fagbenle. Daps currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Basketball

Daps began playing basketball in London, England, where he played for the Westminster Warriors. He then continued his athletic career in the United States where he attended The Master's School in Connecticut for one year. Daps received a scholarship to play basketball at Campbell University [4] in North Carolina where he competed for two years and received his bachelor's degree. Daps then transferred to Bellarmine University where he played basketball for two more years and received his master's degree.[5]

Entertainment career

Daps began his video production career in the fall of 2010 and began directing music videos in 2013. In 2016 he directed the video for "Bad and Boujee" which went on to become a US number 1 and garnered hundreds of millions of views.[6] During his award speech at the 2017 Golden Globe Award's, Donald Glover stated that Bad & Boujee was "Like that's the best song ever".[7] Later that week, the video for the Daps-directed, critically acclaimed "T-Shirt" was released. Numerous publications have stated it is the best video of 2017.[8]

Since then, Daps has gone on to direct videos for Stormzy, Wizkid,Young Thug and Davido

Music videography

Artist(s) Song Title Label Director Production Company
Iggy Azalea ft. Rita Ora "Black Widow" Virgin EMI Director X / Daps (B-Unit Director) Luti Media
Jordin Sparks ft. 2 Chainz "Double Tap" Louder Than Life/Sony Music Daps Luti Media
Dappy "Beautiful Me" All Around The World Daps Luti Media
Kendrick Lamar "King Kunta" Top Dawg Entertainment Director X / Daps (B-Unit Director)
Cris Cab "Bada Bing" Island Records Daps Luti Media
Iggy Azalea "Team" Def Jam Fabien Montique & Daps Luti Media
Niykee Heaton ft. Migos "Bad Intentions" Capitol Records Daps Luti Media
Migos "Cocoon" Quality Control Music / 300 Ent. Daps Luti Media/Creative Row
Sneakbo ft. Nyla "Right Here" Universal Music Daps Luti Media
The Shires "My Universe" Universal Music Daps Luti Media
Migos "Bad & Boujee" Quality Control Music / 300 Ent. Daps Creative Row
Migos "T-Shirt" Quality Control Music / 300 Ent. Daps Creative Row
Stormzy "Big For Your Boots" Merky Daps Mastermind Productions/Creative Row
Migos ft. 2 Chainz "Deadz" Quality Control Music / 300 Ent. Daps Creative Row
Migos "What The Price" Quality Control Music / 300 Ent. Daps Creative Row
Wizkid ft. Drake "Come Closer" RCA Records/Sony Music Daps Creative Row
Young Thug "All The Time" 300 Ent. Daps Creative Row
Sean Paul ft. Migos "Body" Universal Music Daps Luti Media/Creative Row
Migos ft. Gucci Mane "Slippery" Quality Control Music / 300 Ent Daps Creative Row
Ayo & Teo Rolex Sony Music Daps Luti Media
Davido "Fall" DMW/Sony Music Daps Luti Media/Creative Row

References

  1. ^ a b Template:Http://www.okayafrica.com/video/daps-interview-director/
  2. ^ "Men's basketball: Oladapo Fagbenle". Campbell University. Retrieved July 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ^ "Jordin Sparks f/ 2 Chainz "Double Tap" (DAPS, dir.)". Video Static. Retrieved March 2016. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ^ "Fighting Camel statistics". fightingcamel.com. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Oladapo Fagbenle - 2009-10 Men's Basketball". bellarmine.edu. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Migos' 'Bad and Boujee,' Featuring Lil Uzi Vert, Tops Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  7. ^ "Donald Glover's Shoutout to Migos Basically Broke the Internet". Time. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  8. ^ "Migos Have Already Given Us the Best Music Video of 2017". Vulture. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
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