Dax (rapper)
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Birth name | Daniel Nwosu Jr. |
Born | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | March 22, 1994
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Years active | 2015–present |
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Daniel Nwosu Jr. (born March 22, 1994), known professionally as Dax, is a Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter.[1] 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". Dax is also known for his singles "Dear God" "Joker" "My Last Words" "Dear Mom" "Books Of Revelation" and many more.[citation needed]
Early life[]
Daniel Nwosu Jr. was born on March 22, 1994, in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. 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.[2] 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,[1] 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.[3] His parents are from Nigeria. He also has a tattoo of the Nigerian flag on his neck.[4]
Music career[]
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.[5]
Dax has done collaborations with people such as Tom MacDonald, Hopsin, Futuristic, and O.T. Genasis, as well as fellow YouTube rappers Crypt, Deji, CHVSE, Scru Face Jean and Quadeca.[citation needed]
Discography[]
Extended plays[]
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It's Different Now |
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I'll Say It For You |
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Fuck Love |
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Mixtapes[]
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2Pac Reincarnation Volume 2: As Told By Dax |
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Singles[]
As lead artist[]
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"[6] (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 single | |
"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 single | |
"Dear Santa" | ||
"Book Of Revelations" | 2020 | I'll Say It For You |
"Joker" | non-album single | |
"Black Lives Matter" | ||
"Faster" (featuring Tech N9ne) | ||
"Gotham" | ||
"Joker Returns" | ||
"Grinch" | ||
"I Don't Want Another Sorry" (featuring Trippie Redd) | ||
"Killshot 3" | 2021 | |
"Self Proclaimed 4" | ||
"Apocalypse" | ||
"Dear Mom" | ||
"Rap Demi-God" | ||
"The Next Rap God" | ||
"Why So Serious" | ||
"Child of God" |
As featured artist[]
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) |
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"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) |
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"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[]
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
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