The Voice

Rapper Dee-1 shares his reflections on the events and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on his hometown city, New Orleans.  I only started rapping because of Hurricane Katrina. The devastation of the storm brought a pain that I had never experienced in my life. I saw men in my family crying, spirits broken. I felt the […]

   Rapper Dee-1 just dropped “Jason Geter” a video directed by Charlie Mac. This video re-enacts the story of Dee-1 traveling state to state, doing open mics, crashing his car, catching greyhound buses….. all to meet Jason Geter and have a shot at him hearing his music and working with him. Check it out in the video below! Says […]

Dee-1 is a man of many talents. College graduate, High school math teacher, touring MC and, as of the interview, the latest artist signed to RCA. But if the resume on the Nawlins native doesn’t impress you, best believe his bars will. See what happens when Dee took a break from the road to drop […]

Entertainment, Music

Newly signed New Orleans rapper, Dee-1,  waxes poetic over a Soulja Slim-inspired, Mannie Fresh beat in his new song “I’ll Pay For It”. In the song Dee and a friend are newly minted billionaires and the aforementioned friend is all geared up to hit the strip club and make it rain to celebrate. His more evolved companion Dee though has an […]

Entertainment, Music

  Rapper Dee-1 just announced that he just inked a deal with RCA Inspiration. A New Orleans native, Dee-1 burst onto the national scene with the mixtape “I Hope They Hear Me Vol 2″, which featured the wildly popular single “Jay, 50, Weezy”. The record proved to be a viral juggernaut spawning a YouTube video […]

New Orleans rapper Dee-1 is the definition of hustling. The Urban Daily profiled the young talent when he was first starting to bubble last year. Since then, he’s been grinding to get his name and music to the masses. Dee-1’s latest release comes in the form of a black and white music video for the […]

A few days ago a family of little girls made headlines for their music video “An Open Letter To Lil Wayne.” However, an up-and-coming MC from New Orleans was moved to do the same thing several months prior. In fact, Dee-1 not only spoke openly to Lil Wayne, but he included Jay-Z and 50 Cent […]