Danny Brown
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Brown performing in July 2016 at Sloss Music and Arts Festival in Birmingham, Alabama.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Daniel Dewan Sewell |
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March 16, 1981 Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Genres | Hip hop |
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| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2002–present |
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| Website | xdannyxbrownx |
Daniel Dewan Sewell (born March 16, 1981), better known by his stage name Danny Brown, is an American hip hop recording artist from Detroit, Michigan. He is best known for his individuality, being described by MTV as "one of rap's most unique figures in recent memory". In 2010, after amassing several mixtapes, Brown released his debut studio album, The Hybrid. Brown began to gain major recognition after the release of his second studio album, XXX, which received critical acclaim and earned him such accolades as Spin, as well as Metro Times "Artist of the Year". In 2013, he entered a US Billboard chart, with the release of his third studio album, Old, which reached number 18 on the US Billboard 200 chart and spawned three singles, "Dip", "25 Bucks" and "Smokin & Drinkin".
Daniel Dewan Sewell was born on March 16, 1981, in Detroit, Michigan. When he was born, his mother was 17 and his father, who is half Filipino, was 16. Brown's talent for rhyming came at a very young age, as his mother would read Dr. Seuss books to him as a child. So when he began to speak, he would talk in rhyme. His father was a house disc jockey who exposed Brown to all the music he would spin, as well as music from the likes of Roy Ayers, LL Cool J, Esham and A Tribe Called Quest. For as long as he could remember, Danny Brown had always wanted to be a rapper: "In kindergarten I'd say I wanted to be a rapper and people'd just laugh at me. 'That's a pretty funny job,' they'd say."
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