| About ROC PROMO WORLD WIDE | Dirty Dave The Gullah Geechee natives of South Carolina and Georgia’s coastal plains are proud people of a rich, distinct history of struggle, survival and determination. Direct descendants of African slaves, they fearlessly faced racism, exploitation and isolation while preserving much of their African dialect, culture and heritage. With two mixtapes featuring guest appearances from notable rappers Rick Ross, Young Jeezy and Gucci Mane as well as a host of fans that stretch across the South, Dirty Dave is riding high off the success of his latest single “I Got A Sack” with Atlanta rapper Young Mercy. And he is set to soon take over the rap world with the release of his forthcoming street anthem “Work Out” and mixtape The Carolina Plug hosted by DJ Kub and DJ B-Lord scheduled to be released on July 4, also working on mix tape with DJ Chuck T out of the Carolinas one of the hottest DJ of the south.. “People have always been intrigued by the way I talk,” says Dave. “They say ‘what did you just say?’ It gets annoying sometimes but that’s what makes people so curious to my music. The more they get, the more they want to hear.” Much like the ones who came before him, Dave’s entire life has been an everyday struggle. Born into a single-parent home, young Dave came up the middle of three children. One of his sisters is a year older than him and the other sister a year younger. “A lot of people think Charleston is just the country because it’s a small city but you really got to be up on game,” says Dave. “Like any other place in America, it’s got the rough parts and you got your good parts. But it’s definitely got its uniqueness to it.” Dave’s heartbreak began when his father died while he was just six years old. Shortly after, his momma got hooked on crack as a way of easing the pain. So Dave became the man of the house at a very young age. “I had to take care of the family because momma had that disease. Crack messed up my family to the point where the bills weren’t getting paid,” Dave recalls. “My mother used our government assistance to pay for crack so that propelled me into the streets. I had to take care of the family because she was fighting what she was going through.” Unfortunately, his mother passed away to a heroin overdose when Dave was only 15. “That really affected me very badly because we were real close. I loved her to death but her addiction got the best of her,” Dave contends. “And I really bucked against everything after that. So I built a wall against everybody that tried to help me do right.” Throughout all of the hurt and pains of growing up in the ghetto, music was the only constant in Dave’s life. “I fell in love with music at an early age as a kid,” says Dave. “Some people fall in love with people. I fell in love with music.” Dave didn’t realize his creative genius to make great music until hearing Snoop Doggy Dogg’s multi-platinum debut album Doggystyle. “I used to wear the khaki pants, Chuck Taylors and braids like I was Snoop,” says Dave. “I would take my little bit of street money and go to the studio to record.” Dave then linked up with some homies from high school and formed four-man group called the Dope Boys. The group was made up of Dave, L.O.C, Tone T, his best friend Dru Money and younger cousin Delly D. They made a name for themselves performing at local clubs until a neighborhood friend Hubie D got wind of their music and signed them to his upstart label Grind Out Records. Together, they released the label’s debut project Grind Out: The Compilation Shortly after the album’s release, however, Hubie had to back away from the music business to deal with personal issues. So Dave started his own label Dirty Dollar Entertainment in 2004 and the next year dropped the group’s sophomore mixtape called Makin Moves Vol. 1. Then in 2007, they released Makin Moves Vol. 2 featuring Delly D, L.O.C, Lil Black and Slim Bubba, Tone T, Dru Money. Dave was dealt another heartbreaking blow in 2008 when his closest friend Dru Money succumbed to a massive heart attack. “I went through a deep depression after he passed because we were like brothers,” Dave reveals. “We had been friends since elementary school. It took me a year to start recording again.” When Dave did step foot back into the booth, he came back with a vengeance with the release of his 2011 solo debut No More Mr. Nice Guy hosted by Evil Empire DJs. The mixtape featured fellow South Carolina phenomenon Lil Ru, Gucci Mane and Slycka Slyck. Keeping the fans duly satisfied, he hit them again with follow-up mixtape 1,000 Ways to Get Paid hosted by Bigga Rankin and DJ Scream earlier this year, which boasts runaway hit single “I Got A Sack” featur |
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