DeLon (rapper)
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| Background information | |
| Native name | ඩිලාන් ජයසිංහ |
| Birth name | Dilan Jayasingha |
| Also known as | DeLon |
| Born |
March 14, 1990 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Origin | Sri Lanka |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | DJ, Record Producer, Rapper, Hip-Hop Artist, Actor, |
| Years active | 2005–present |
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| Website | delonmusic |
Dilan Jayasingha, known by his stage name DeLon, is an American hip-hop artist (DJ/Producer) from Los Angeles, California.
DeLon is the first Sri Lankan artist to place on the U.S. Billboard charts" with his single "Calor de la Salsa" in 2005 off of his debut album The Connection and then again in 2007 with his single "Nasty Girl" from his second album Unstoppable Also he's the first Sri Lankan artist to own an official Vevo channel (DelonVEVO) on YouTube.
On April 5, 2008, DeLon won "Best Rap Performance" at the Derana Music Video Awards in Sri Lanka.
In 2012 DeLon was an official artist at South by South West opening for Lil Jon and The Chemical Brothers at Sundance and he was on tour with Lindsey Sterling.
In 2013 he accomplished a #1 MTV Most Popular Music Video with "Pretty Girls" and won a freestyle rap competition on Indi.com.
In 2014 he was amongst the top 2% finalists with his single "Head High" out of 18,000 entrants in the International Songwriting Competition 2014.
DeLon, also known by his community as the "King of Ceylon", has also collaborated with American award-winning songwriter Jacob Luttrell, as well as new age Sri Lankan Hip Hop artists and producers such as Bathiya and Santhush, Ranidu, Ashanthi and Iraj. He has worked with Ty Dolla Sign and Iggy Azalea, who was a model in his music video "Slow It Down" (in the early stages of her career).
At the age of 12 DeLon started becoming a Hip-Hop Artist by first learning to DJ for local parties and clubs around his hometown of Pasadena, CA. DJ gave DeLon the chance to study music and gain a stronger perspective of how people responded to certain beats and melodies.
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