Daniel Dewan Sewell (born March 16, 1981), better known as Danny Brown, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter from Detroit, Michigan. He was described by MTV in 2011 as "one of rap's most unique figures in recent memory".
After amassing several mixtapes including Hot Soup (2008), Brown released his first studio album, The Hybrid (2010). He gained major recognition after the release of its follow-up, XXX (2011), which received critical acclaim and led him to be named "Artist of the Year" by Spin and the Metro Times. His third studio album, Old (2013) reached number 18 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and spawned the singles "Dip", "25 Bucks", and "Smokin & Drinkin". His fourth and fifth studio albums, Atrocity Exhibition (2016) and U Know What I'm Sayin? (2019), were met with continued critical acclaim. His collaborative studio album with JPEGMafia, Scaring the Hoes, and his sixth studio album, Quaranta, were both released in 2023.
Brown was born Daniel Dewan Sewell in Detroit on March 16, 1981, the son of an 18-year-old mother and 16-year-old father. His father is half Filipino. His talent for rhyming came at a very young age, as his mother would read Dr. Seuss books to him as a child; when he began to speak, he would talk in rhyme. His father was a house DJ who exposed him to all the music he would spin, as well as music from the likes of Roy Ayers, LL Cool J, Esham, and A Tribe Called Quest. For as long as he could remember, Brown had always wanted to be a rapper: "In kindergarten I'd say I wanted to be a rapper and people'd just laugh at me. 'That's a pretty funny job,' they'd say."
Daniel Dewan Sewell (born March 16, 1981), better known as Danny Brown, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter from Detroit, Michigan. He was described by MTV in 2011 as "one of rap's most unique figures in recent memory".
After amassing several mixtapes including Hot Soup (2008), Brown released his first studio album, The Hybrid (2010). He gained major recognition after the release of its follow-up, XXX (2011), which received critical acclaim and led him to be named "Artist of the Year" by Spin and the Metro Times. His third studio album, Old (2013) reached number 18 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and spawned the singles "Dip", "25 Bucks", and "Smokin & Drinkin". His fourth and fifth studio albums, Atrocity Exhibition (2016) and U Know What I'm Sayin? (2019), were met with continued critical acclaim. His collaborative studio album with JPEGMafia, Scaring the Hoes, and his sixth studio album, Quaranta, were both released in 2023.
Brown was born Daniel Dewan Sewell in Detroit on March 16, 1981, the son of an 18-year-old mother and 16-year-old father. His father is half Filipino. His talent for rhyming came at a very young age, as his mother would read Dr. Seuss books to him as a child; when he began to speak, he would talk in rhyme. His father was a house DJ who exposed him to all the music he would spin, as well as music from the likes of Roy Ayers, LL Cool J, Esham, and A Tribe Called Quest. For as long as he could remember, Brown had always wanted to be a rapper: "In kindergarten I'd say I wanted to be a rapper and people'd just laugh at me. 'That's a pretty funny job,' they'd say."