Growing up, she would often listen to music with her parents and grandmother, ranging “from 2Pac to Rakim to Miles Davis.” Her father was killed when she was aged 4. DeJ Loaf rose to greater popularity in 2014 with her single “Try Me”, which initially attained viral internet popularity and has since peaked at number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100.ĭeJ Loaf was born in Detroit, Michigan and raised on the east side of the city in the Fairview Housing projects. In October 2014, her second mixtape, Sell Sole, came out. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she began her music career in 2011 with Ajure Harding and released her debut mixtape Just Do It the following year. DeJ’s catalogue leans toward one-off singles, mixtapes and EPs instead of traditional albums, but no matter the format, you know exactly who’s on the mic the second you hear her voice.Dej Loaf (stylized as DeJ Loaf), is an American rapper and singer.

Though she is quiet and reserved in person, her lyrics can be raunchy (as heard on Jacquees’ “Want Your Sex”), disarmingly aggressive (“Problem”) or achingly tender (“No Fear”), while her sound incorporates influences like hip-hop stylist E-40 and R&B singer Anita Baker, two of her childhood favourites. The song exploded on social media, thanks in part to a Drake shout-out, and suddenly DeJ Loaf became an in-demand feature contributor, jumping on tracks by Lil Durk, The Game and Tinashe.

From the jump, the Detroit rapper, born Deja Trimble in 1991, sounded utterly distinct, with a melodic rap cadence that wrapped her threats against all comers in a sparkling musical package. Few artists emerge as fully formed on a debut single as DeJ Loaf did with 2014’s “Try Me”.

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