Dax (rapper)
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| Birth name | Daniel Nwosu Jr. |
| Born | March 22, 1994 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
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| Years active | 2015–present |
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Daniel Nwosu Jr. (born March 22, 1994), better known by his stage name Dax,[1] is a Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter.[2][3] Known for his freestyle remixes to hit rap songs, he rose to fame for his official music video of his song "Cash Me Outside" featuring Danielle Bregoli. He released his debut extended play, It's Different Now, in August 2018. He then released his second EP "I'll Say It For You".
Early life[edit]
Daniel Nwosu Jr. was born on March 22, 1994, in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador to Nigerian immigrants of Igbo ancestry. His family moved to Ottawa, Ontario at a young age and later moved to Wichita, Kansas. He attended the University of Montana and later transferred to Newman University, where he played guard for the Newman Jets basketball team.[4] He initially wrote poetry and was a motivational speaker prior to pursuing a rap career. During his tenure at Newman University he worked as a janitor,[3] which he claimed was a job he liked because he was able to work on building his rap career in his spare time from work.[5]
Music career[edit]
Dax rose to fame for the official music video of his song "Cash Me Outside" featuring Danielle Bregoli. He is also known for his remixes of Tupac's "Hit Em Up", "All Eyez On Me" and "Changes"; Machine Gun Kelly's "Rap Devil", which is a play on Eminem's "Rap God", Eminem's "Killshot" and "The Real Slim Shady", with the remix of the latter being titled "The Real Dax Shady"; XXXTentacion's "Look at Me", with the remix being titled "She Cheated" and Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You". His biggest singles are "I Want", "YourWorthIt.org" and "She Cheated Again", the latter of which is a sequel to the aforementioned "Look at Me" remix. He was featured on Hopsin's 2019 single "You Should've Known". Dax released a video on YouTube dedicated to his mother on Mother's Day titled "Dear Mom".
In 2019, Dax posted a video on YouTube, featuring a diss track aimed at Tory Lanez in response to a challenge Lanez put out via social media. Lanez posted a video on Instagram in response to the diss track, in which Lanez pressures Dax to apologize for the diss track. Dax addressed the situation in interviews with DJ Akademiks, Impaulsive, and No Jumper, saying that apologizing was the right thing to do because he did not want a fight to break out.[6]
Dax has done collaborations with people such as Tom MacDonald, Hopsin, Futuristic, and O.T. Genasis, as well as fellow YouTube rappers.[citation needed]
2021-present: Pain Paints Paintings[edit]
In August 2021, Dax announced his debut studio album and released "Propaganda" featuring Tom Macdonald as album's lead single. [7] In early October 2021, album's third single "40 Days, 40 Nights" featuring Nasty C was released.[8] On October 15, 2021, his debut studio album Pain Paints Paintings was released digitally. The album was produced by LexNour Beats and exec. Brittney Boston.
Discography[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
| Title | Album details |
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| Pain Paints Paintings[9] |
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Extended plays[edit]
| Title | EP details |
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| It's Different Now | |
| I'll Say It For You |
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| Fuck Love |
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Mixtapes[edit]
| Title | Album details |
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| 2Pac Reincarnation Volume 2: As Told By Dax |
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Singles[edit]
As lead artist[edit]
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Be Your Fucking Self" | 2017 | non-album singles |
| "Self Proclamined" | ||
| "Snapchat" | ||
| "I Want" | ||
| "Plan B" | 2018 | |
| "Don't Wanna Die Today" | ||
| "YourWorthIt.org" (with Hopsin) | ||
| "No Respect"[10] (featuring Futuristic) |
It's Diifferent Now | |
| "She Cheated Again" | non-album singles | |
| "Dear Black Santa" | ||
| "You Should've Known" (with Hopsin) |
2019 | |
| "Self Proclamined 2" | ||
| "My Last Words" | ||
| "No Cappin" | It's Diifferent Now | |
| "All Night Long" | ||
| "Did It First" | ||
| "Wack Ass Rappers" | non-album singles | |
| "Did It First" | ||
| "I Been That" (featuring Emiway Bantai) | ||
| "Wack Ass Rappers 2" | ||
| "Killshot 2" | ||
| "Dear God" | I'll Say It For You | |
| "Self Proclaimed 3" | non-album singles | |
| "Dear Santa" | ||
| "Book Of Revelations" | 2020 | I'll Say It For You |
| "Joker" | non-album singles | |
| "Black Lives Matter" | ||
| "Faster" (featuring Tech N9ne) | ||
| "Gotham" | ||
| "Joker Returns" | ||
| "Grinch" | ||
| "I Don't Want Another Sorry" (featuring Trippie Redd)[11] | ||
| "Killshot 3" | 2021 | |
| "Self Proclaimed 4" | ||
| "Apocalypse" | ||
| "Dear Mom" | ||
| "Rap Demi-God"[12] | ||
| "The Next Rap God" | ||
| "Why So Serious" | ||
| "Child of God"[13][14] | ||
| "40 Days 40 Nights" (featuring Nasty C)[15] |
Pain Paints Paintings |
As featured artist[edit]
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "The One" (Jon Jupiter featuring Dax) |
2017 | non-album singles |
| "Checks" (Millian featuring Dax) | ||
| "Thank God" (Alectra featuring Dax) |
2018 | |
| "Ain't Ready for Us" (James Zoudy featuring Dax) | ||
| "Believe" (DizzyEight featuring Dax and Ali Tomineek) | ||
| "Dedicated" (The Jackal featuring Dax) | ||
| "On My Feet" (Bizkit featuring Dax, Roshon and Wav3pop) | ||
| "Set Off" (HipaGriff featuring Dax and Yung Swift) | ||
| "Highlight" (Kanino featuring Dax and Stitches) | ||
| "Situations" (Pretty Russelll featuring Dax) | ||
| "Trilla (Halloween)" (Fendi Frost featuring Dax) | ||
| "Unforgivable" (Deji featuring Jallow, Dax and Crypt) | ||
| "Dream Chaser" (Scru Face Jean featuring Dax) |
2019 | |
| "Don't Fold" (Nix featuring Dax) | ||
| "Four Horsemen" (Crypt featuring Quadeca, Dax and Scru Face Jean) | ||
| "War!" (Quadeca featuring Dax) |
Voice Memos | |
| "MAGA" (PeacefulPinder featuring Dax and Mica) |
non-album singles | |
| "Perspective" (AlfhaSam featuring Luix and Dax) | ||
| "Deadly Combination" (Crazy Peppsta featuring Dax) | ||
| "Man Down" (CHVSE featuring Dax and PFV) | ||
| "Feel It in My Veins" (BigNik featuring Dax) | ||
| "Another Day" (T. Chandy featuring Dax) | ||
| "Everything" (Enkay47 featuring Dax) |
References[edit]
- ^ II, C. Vernon Coleman. "Dax's Pitch for 2020 XXL Freshman". XXL Mag. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
- ^ Omotayo, Joseph (2021-07-11). "Canadian star honours his Igbo parents, says they taught him value of hard work". Legit.ng - Nigeria news. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
- ^ a b "Janitor, musician, basketball star, Newman's Daniel Nwosu Jr. does it all". kansas. Archived from the original on 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ "Daniel Nwosu Jr. - Men's Basketball". Newman University Athletics. Archived from the original on 2016-06-20. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Dax: I was a Night Janitor for 2.5 Years, it's The Best Job for New Rappers". VladTV. Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ^ "Canadian Rapper Dax Talks About Tory Lanez Pulling Up and Demanding Apology". Complex. Archived from the original on 2019-02-13. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ "DAX Releases Propaganda Featuring Tom Macdonald The First Single From His Debut Album | Slikouronlife". Slikouronlife. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Rappers Nasty C & Dax set the net ablaze with '40 days, 40 nights' track". Sowetan LIVE. 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Dax - Pain Paints Paintings". Apple Music. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
- ^ "Dax - "No Respect" ft. Futuristic (Official Music Video)". Dax. September 8, 2018. Archived from the original on August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
- ^ "How Dax and Trippie Redd Linked Up for New Single "I Don't Want Another Sorry"". Complex. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
- ^ Cho, Regina (2021-01-14). "Dax remixes Eminem's "Rap God"". REVOLT. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
- ^ Child of God - Single by Dax, 2021-07-30, retrieved 2021-10-14
- ^ "Dax Starts The Road To His Debut Album With The 'Child Of God' Video". UPROXX. 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
- ^ "Rappers Nasty C & Dax set the net ablaze with '40 days, 40 nights' track". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
- 1994 births
- Canadian people of Nigerian descent
- Living people
- 21st-century Canadian rappers
- 21st-century Nigerian musicians
- 21st-century Canadian male musicians
- Black Canadian musicians
- Canadian male rappers
- Canadian songwriters
- Musicians from Ottawa
- Musicians from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Nigerian male rappers
- Nigerian musicians
- Nigerian male musicians