Artist Spotlight: D-WHY

Genre: Hip-hop, Rap

Similar: Mac Miller? (they both had videos directed by Rex Arrow Films… neat)

Interesting Fact:  I’m pretty sure he just got his master’s degree in something… English? Poetry? Creative Writing?

Twitter: @DWHY

Clever candor, rambunctious rhetoric and whimsical wit show that D-WHY, David Morris, is more than a cookie cutter remixasist (BOOM, new word).  Gaining notoriety through his track “Devil Horns To All” (a remix of Wiz Khalifa’s “Black and Yellow”), D-WHY has made a name for himself by modifying the beats of well known songs and adding his own ornate, swagger filled lyrics.  Not one to mince his words, D-WHY says what he feels and isn’t afraid to humbly brag about his sexual sexploitations, sense of style and luxurious lifestyle.  He wills his lyrics into Martin Solveig and Dragonette’s “Hello” and makes the song more than just a catchy beat.  Not afraid to show some diversity, he takes Sweden’s indie pop Miike Snow and infuses his words with their beat and hook to make “Animal” into a whole new… animal (you know it was clever).  Pulling from fellow rising rapper Childish Gambino’s (Donald Glover from Community) “Freaks and Geeks”, D-WHY shows how swaggery his swag swags in “Shooter McGavin”:

“… I’m Ralph Lauren meets Lauryn Hill, baby I am more than ill/

and it be takin’ more than skill, when you go in for the kill/

throw ‘em out the fucking crib, treat ‘em like I’m Uncle Phil/

so much hype around these guys, but somehow they are boring still/

…We make up, we make out, I’ll make due/

they tell me D, “a lot of people don’t know what to make of you”/

I’m Jay-Z, meets J. Christ, meets Jay Leno, meets J.Crew/

had a break down, we broke up, so now I break through/”

While his bread and butter is in the remixes, every once and a while he’ll kick out an original of his own.  They don’t really have the same oomph as the remixes but are worth a listen.  Anyway, you can download almost all his songs and lyrics for free HERE.

Brimming with confidence and positivity, D-WHY makes it so his memorable lyrics are fun to rap along with.  You’re bound to pick up on a new handful of different pop culture references and clever quips with every listen, which will make you appreciate his cunning craft that much more.  D-WHY’s songs are fun, catchy, artful and smooth.  Whether you’re chillin’ by the pool or at the discotech, D-WHY is something you can listen to at anytime and put a smile on your face.  With all that being said, you either like him or you don’t (and the ladies will like it so you can use it as an ice breaker, “Yo baby, want to hear some fly shit?” “Ok… OMG I FUCKING LOVE IT! Let’s go back to your place and bone” “Ok, sounds good.” End scene).

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