Social Mediaĭrama is active on all three social platforms Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.ĭJ Drama has around 1.4 million followers on Facebook, 1.1 million followers on Instagram, and 2 million followers on Twitter. His weight is 75 kg and his body measurements are unknown. DJ Drama: Height, WeightĭJ Drama’s height is 5 ft 10 inches. And the girl contacted Summer and she decided to leave him. His ex-wife Summer Walker divorced him because DJ Drama was having an affair with a 21-year-old girl and had impregnated her. DJ Drama: Rumors and Controversy/ ScandalĭJ Drama is very familiar with controversy and scandals. His primary source of income is from producing Mixtapes, collaborating with artists, and DJing. DJ Drama: Net Worth, SalaryĭJ Drama has an estimated Net Worth of $13.4 million. October 29, 202011:08 AM ET By Sidney Madden, Rodney Carmichael Enlarge this image In the early 2000s, DJ Drama's mixtapes launched artists' careers and defined a new sound. He won the Global Spin Award for “DJ Record Label of the year” in 2018. In 2013 he won the BET HIP-HOP Awards for the “DJ of the year. In 2008 he won 3 Justo Mix Tapes Awards for the “Best Dirty South DJ”, “Best Mix Tape Team”, and “Best Mix Tape Series”. Awards, NominationĭJ Drama has racked up many awards. In July 2016, Drama released his fifth studio album, Quality Street Music 2, with the single “Wishing” featuring Chris Brown, Skeme, and Liquid. Skeme was also signed to the label by Generation Now that year. One of their first signs was Lil Uzi Vert, and Drama served as an executive producer on Uzi’s 2015 debut commercial mixtape, Luv Is Rage.
In 2015, the Atlantic Records imprint was established by DJ Drama and Don Cannon, Generation Now.
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In late 2005, DJ Drama produced and hosted Lil Wayne’s The Dedication mixtape, which would spawn a long series of Dedication tapes.ĭedication 2, released in May 2006, appeared on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and was labeled by The New York Times as “one of the 10 best recordings of 2006.” Caption: DJ Drama and Jessica Burciaga (Source: Zimbio) The group distributed DJ Drama’s Gangsta Grillz mixtape series, which saw early successes with T.I.’s Down With the King (2004) and Jeezy’s Trap or Die (2005).īy 2005, Drama and his A M G cohorts were hosting radio shows on Atlanta’s Hot 107.9 and on Eminem’s Shade 45 channel on Sirius Satellite Radio. In 2003, DJ Drama formally established the Aphilliates Music Group (A M G) together with Don Cannon and DJ Sense. Education, School/ College UniversityĭJ Drama attended Central High School in Philadelphia and graduated in 1996. After high school, he moved to Atlanta to attend Clark Atlanta University (CAU) where he studied mass communication. He holds American citizenship but is of Mixed(Afro-American) ethnicity. There is no information available about DJ Drama’s siblings. Decades of mixtape shrewdness results in such compelling team-ups as Rick Ross and Westside Gunn on 350 and Roddy Ricch with Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne on FMFU.
In December 2007, Simmons released his debut studio album, Gangsta Grillz: The Album, on Atlantic Records and T.I.'s label Grand Hustle Records.
He is also known for his Dedication series with Lil Wayne. He is today perhaps best known for hosting numerous mixtapes, most notably his successful Gangsta Grillz series. He initially gained recognition as the official DJ for Atlanta rapper T.I. He gained notoriety as T.I’s official DJ and has since released his own run of celebrated mixtapes while working with everyone from Snoop Dogg to Lil Wayne in the interim. Tyree Simmons (born 22 April 1978), better known by his stage name DJ Drama, is an American DJ, record executive and music promoter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. DJ, producer, label boss, and more, Drama is one of the most important, famous, and even infamous players in the mixtape game. DJ Drama is a disk jockey hailing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S who was born on April 22nd 1978. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United Statesįabolous, G-Unit, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Wayne, T.I.
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