D-Pryde
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Russell Gilbert Llantino |
| Also known as | D-Pryde, Prizzy, Pryde |
| Born |
October 13, 1993 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
| Origin | Brampton, Ontario |
| Genres | siblings = Elyssa Ravello (sister) Gabriel Llantino |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, singer-songwriter |
| Associated acts | Futuristic, OCD: Moosh And Twist |
Russell Llantino, better known by his stage name Pryde and formerly D-Pryde, is a Canadian rapper from Brampton, Ontario, and is based out of Toronto, Ontario.
Russell was born on October 13, 1993 in Mississauga, Ontario. He is of Filipino descent. Three years after his birth, his father went to the Philippines to look for a job, and was not seen again. This led his mother to move to the nearby city of Brampton, where the Llantino family lived in a neighborhood which Llantino describes as "low-income and underprivileged". In many of his lyrics, Pryde cites the fact that him being of Asian descent gave him ridicule for his interest in his rap career, and has frequently stressed the hardships of being an Asian rapper in the music industry. Russell attended Notre Dame Secondary School in Brampton.
Llantino started releasing rap tracks online at the age of fourteen, and decided to pursue rapping as a professional hobby. Many of his rap tracks are uploaded onto YouTube, many of which are accompanied with music videos. At the age of sixteen, Pryde was signed to underground record label Mars Music Group in July 2010, in which he released his first mixtape through the label entitled MARS on June 3, 2011. MARS features Toronto based recording artist and record producer August Rigo, who also produced a track on the mixtape. In July 2011, Pryde was featured on RapCity, where he shot his music video.
Starting on August 23, 2011, Pryde embarked on his first tour around Canada, where he performed along with rapper J. Cole. The tour first started at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia, and subsequently at venues in Edmonton and Calgary in Alberta, and then Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Toronto and London, Ontario, and then finishing off on September 7, 2011, at a venue in Montreal, Quebec. As of late December 2012, he is signed to record label, BMG. On July 9, 2013 Pryde released an EP under BMG entitled "Canal and Richvale". The EP includes a collaboration with August Rigo in the song 'Ridin Thru LA". There is a CD version of the EP available in Canada and New York which features two bonus songs. 'Bottom Dollar" which is available on the "Flagship" mixtape, and "Rollin'", which is exclusive to the CD.
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