Singles As lead artist List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Fuck a Friend Zone (with Jacquees) (2017)."-" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. Label: Yellow World / BMG Rights Management.Label: Yellow World, BMG Rights ManagementĮxtended plays List of extended plays, with selected information.In February 2021, Dej Loaf was featured on Sevyn Streeter's single "Guilty" along with Chris Brown and A$AP Ferg. The album holds a 72/100 rating on Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews." The album is the sequel to Dej Loaf's 2014 mixtape Sell Sole. It features appearances from Big Sean, Gunna, Rick Ross, Lil Uzi Vert, and 6LACK. Īfter several years of delays, Dej Loaf split from Columbia Records in 2019 independently released her debut album, Sell Sole II on October 23, 2020. In July 2017, she released a joint mixtape with Jacquees titled Fuck a Friend Zone. In February 2016, Dej Loaf released a mixtape called All Jokes Aside. Later that year, she was chosen as part of the XXL magazine 2015 Freshman Class. In 2015, she opened for Nicki Minaj during the North American leg of The Pinkprint Tour. Everybody" featured on a fellow American high-profile rapper Eminem's compilation Shady XV (2014).
Plus her flow is a brook, her producer respects her space, and her two sex rhymes are into it and into it more." ĭej Loaf rapped on the song " Detroit vs. The mixtape was given an "A−" by music critic Robert Christgau, who wrote in his review for Vice, "What's irresistible is the form-content disparity-a rapper who brags so un-macho, a rapper whose greed is so explicitly for her family, a rapper who's 'Grindin' ' at music. After signing the deal, she released her second official mixtape, called Sell Sole. In October 2014, she signed a major record deal to Columbia Records. Canadian hip hop recording artist Drake quoted lyrics from the song in his Instagram post. In July 2014, she released her track, called " Try Me" (produced by DDS), as a single, which earned her viral popularity. She was later signed to his indie record label, called IBGM (I Been Gettin' Money) under his management team. That mixtape attracted the attention of a fellow Detroit-native rapper SAYITAINTTONE. In 2013, she released her first official mixtape, Just Do It.
Her stage name is a portmanteau of a shortened version of her first name, "Deja", and "loafer", as she took a keen interest in Air Jordans when growing up. In 2011, Dej Loaf began her career as a hip hop artist. She then attended Saginaw Valley State University and studied nursing for three semesters before deciding to focus full-time on her music career.
In 2009, she graduated from Southeastern High School in Detroit, playing basketball at the junior varsity level. A self-described "good kid and a decent student" who mostly kept to herself, she began writing her own original music at the age of 9. Her father was killed when she was four years old. As a child, she often listened to music with her parents and grandmother, including 2Pac, Rakim and Miles Davis. When asked about the evolving nature of her style, Dej addresses her process, stating "it wasn't like a point where I was like 'yo, I gotta switch my style.' My hair started growing.That caused me to try new hair styles, and you know, not being afraid to try new things.Deja Trimble was raised on the East side of Detroit, Michigan. Clearly, Dej is a woman of many interests, with ambition to branch out into different fields, challenging herself in the process. We recently sat down with Dej Loaf during her appearance at NYFW, and covered a variety of topics. In short, Dej Loaf was getting older and wiser, a fact that was to be reflected in her music. Recently, her single "No Fear" has amassed almost six million views, and the young artist's eighties pop inspired jam signaled a sonic evolution.
And while the emcee didn't have a verse on the track, her inclusion served as a co-sign, acknowledgment of her place in the Detroit hip-hop scene. Many were first introduced to Detroit's Dej Loaf through her appearance on Eminem's high profile hometown anthem, which also featured Royce Da 5'9", Big Sean, and Danny Brown. Dej Loaf has "no fear" when it comes to her style.