48 Facts About Denzel Curry

Denzel Rae Don Curry was born on February 16,1995 and is an American rapper.

Denzel Curry left Raider Klan in 2013, releasing his debut studio album, Nostalgic 64, in September of that year, while still in high school.

Two years later, Denzel Curry announced King of the Mischievous South, Vol.

Denzel Curry has been credited as one of the pioneers of the SoundCloud rap genre.

Denzel Rae Don Curry was born on February 16,1995, in the Carol City neighborhood of Miami Gardens, Florida.

Denzel Curry started down an artist's path with early poetic ambitions in elementary school before he began rapping in the sixth grade.

Denzel Curry attended Miami's Design and Architecture High School for two years before being expelled.

Denzel Curry then attended Miami Carol City Senior High School, where he started working on Nostalgic 64 while still attending class.

The whole project that Curry posted was later included on SpaceGhostPurrp's page, which prompted the birth of Denzel's music career.

The group Raider Klan was disbanded, which led to Denzel Curry deciding to embark on his solo rap career.

On September 3,2013, Denzel Curry released his debut full-length album, titled Nostalgic 64.

In 2014, Denzel Curry was featured on Deniro Farrar's track, called "Bow Down" and Denzel Curry was featured on Dillon Cooper's track, called "Eyes of the World".

Denzel Curry himself has stated that he was heavily inspired by Outkast's record, Aquemini, saying he drew the cover for Nostalgic 64 while listening to the record.

Denzel Curry was inspired by Goodie Mob and CeeLo Green, and other southern music.

In June 2016, Denzel Curry appeared in XXL magazine as part of their 2016 Freshmen Class.

On May 13,2017, Denzel Curry uploaded a track titled "Hate Government [demo]" to his SoundCloud account.

Since he started releasing demos for songs on 13, Denzel Curry made several mentions of his third studio album titled, Ta13oo.

On May 24,2018, Denzel Curry released the second single off the album titled, "Percs".

Denzel Curry then released the third single titled, "Clout Cobain", on July 13,2018, and announced that his album Ta13oo, would be released in three acts: The first act, Light, was released on July 25, followed by Gray on July 26, and Dark on July 27.

On February 14,2019, Denzel Curry performed a cover of "Bulls on Parade" by Rage Against the Machine on the Australian radio station Triple J as part of Like a Version, which was met with widespread acclaim.

Denzel Curry's cover went on to place 5th on that year's Triple J Hottest 100 countdown.

On May 8,2019, Denzel Curry released "Ricky", his first single since the release of Ta13oo.

On May 22,2019, Denzel Curry released a second single titled "Speedboat" and announced the release of his next album Zuu for May 31,2019.

On July 15,2019, Denzel Curry made his television debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, performing a medley of "Ricky" and "Wish" from his album Zuu.

Denzel Curry revealed that he had cut his signature dreadlocks.

On July 24,2019, Denzel Curry joined artists such as Germ, City Morgue, Trash Talk, Shoreline Mafia, Night Lovell, Pouya, and Turnstile on a nationwide tour titled "Grey Day Tour", which was created by the hip-hop duo $uicideboy$.

On January 6,2020, Denzel Curry released a project titled 13lood 1n + 13lood Out, featuring fellow rappers Ghostemane, Xavier Wulf, ZillaKami and AK of The Underachievers.

On February 7,2020, Denzel Curry released Unlocked, an EP collaboration with Kenny Beats.

In October 2020, Denzel Curry was featured on $NOT's track "Sangria".

On March 5,2021, Denzel Curry released Unlocked 1.5, a remix of his previous collaboration with Kenny Beats.

In June 2021, Denzel Curry appeared on FX Network's The Choe Show, hosted by David Choe.

Denzel Curry was featured on the September 2021 song "Bleach", released on rapper ZillaKami's debut album, DOG BOY.

Denzel Curry collaborated on the track "Dynasties and Dystopia" from the Netflix series Arcane, alongside Gizzle and Bren Joy.

Denzel Curry said the album "is made up of everything that I couldn't [include] on Ta13oo or Imperial because I was going through depression [and] anger issues", and would take inspiration from traditional hip-hop, drum and bass, trap, poetry, and jazz.

Denzel Curry recorded a song featuring rapper Reason, "1st Quarter", as a contribution to Apple Music's "collection of exclusively commissioned new songs from Black creatives", titled Juneteenth 2022: Freedom Songs.

On June 29,2022, Denzel Curry performed an NPR Tiny Desk Concert.

On September 30,2022, Denzel Curry released Melt My Eyez See Your Future.

On May 5,2023, Denzel Curry released his live project Live At Electric Lady, which featured new versions of Melt My Eyez songs and a rendition of Erykah Badu's "Didn't Cha Know" with Bilal.

In May 2024, Denzel Curry announced a new project by debuting a photo of cassette tape on his social media.

Denzel Curry released the single "Still in the Paint" featuring Lazer Dim 700 and Bktherula that day.

Denzel Curry's music is influenced by a variety of artists, genres, and art forms.

Some musicians who have been credited with inspiring Denzel Curry include MF Doom, Andre 3000, DMX, Kanye West, the Roots, Kid Cudi, Nirvana, and Trick Daddy, as well as Southern hip hop in general.

Denzel Curry is best known for his aggressive, raw sound, "gritty" lyricism, and high-energy music, but praised for his versatility.

Denzel Curry has been acknowledged as a figure who "helped pioneer" SoundCloud rap and called "an artist who pushes the boundaries of [hip hop]".

Denzel Curry succumbed to his wounds, and he ultimately died after being transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Denzel Curry's family argued that the incident was a case of police brutality.

Denzel Curry has spoken about Johnson's death and police brutality in interviews and in his music.

In January 2021, Denzel Curry discovered that he is related to St Louis rapper Smino through the discovery of a shared uncle.