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Son of iconic Run-D.M.C. rapper Joseph “Rev. Run” Simmons, Diggy’s first exposure to the world was on the reality TV show “Run’s House” along with his parents and five siblings. The rapper’s musical debut came in 2010 when his mixtape “The First Flight” was uploaded to the Simmons’ blog and resulted in over 100,000 downloads. Diggy subsequently signed with Atlantic Records and released a teaser video of himself free-styling over the Nas song “Made You Look,” earning praise in the hip-hop world amongst artists including Kanye West.
Diggy Simmons went on to release another pair of mixtapes, “Airborne” in 2010, featuring the songs “Oh Yeah!” and “Great Expectations”, and the mixtape “Past Presents Future” in 2011.
In early 2011 Diggy was named as a highly-tipped artist for the year ahead by Billboard and XXL, and embarked on his first tour for BET, the 'Closer To My Dreams' tour in the summer. Simmons’ major-label debut single “Copy, Paste” peaked at No. 24 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart, and was followed by a second tour in Autumn alongside Mindless Behaviour, Jacob Latimore and the New Boyz. In October 2011, Simmons’ released his second official single “Do It Like You” and later “88” in February 2012.
Diggy Simmons’ debut album “Unexpected Arrival” was released on March 20, 2012, peaking at No. 13 on the Billboard 200. The album spawned the subsequent singles “Two Up” and “4 Letter Word” and was followed by Simmon’s first headlining tour 'Life of The Jetsetter' and later on the Scream Tour. In 2013 the rapper released his fourth mixtape “Out of This World”, featuring the singles “My Girl” with singer Trevor Jackson, and “Aint Bout To Do” with French Montana.
Live reviews
Diggy Simmons, (yep, son of Russel Simmons) who is currently out on tour at the moment is one of those artists who can hold an audience in the palm of his hand from the moment that he walks out on stage. The rapper and singer, who is absolutely blowing up at the moment, walks out on stage to perform his track, “My Girl”, and of course every single teenage girl in this audience know every single words to this song, in a big way, to the point that when Simmons comes anywhere near to them, they get so excited screaming. “4 Letter Word” is one of the songs that receives the applause that reads highest on the decibel meter. It’s great that this young artist performs with a smile too; you can really tell that Simmons enjoys what he does, and performing is his life, I mean he has grown up around it! Fair play Diggy Simmons.
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