It was early last year that Diggy Simmons was finally introduced to music scene. Not as the little outspoken boy from MTV’s Run’s House or as the nephew of hip-hop/fashion mogul, Russell Simmons, but as Diggy, one of the newest & young contenders in the rap game. On March 11, 2010, Simmons dropped his very first music video “Made You Look Freestyle (Flow Stoopid)” – a Phil the God-directed clip where the then 15 year-old, confidently served dope lyrics over the instrumental beat of Nas’s 2003 single, “Made You Look”. (WATCH HERE)
Now at the young age of 16, he has already released three mixtapes (The First Flight, Past, Present, Future & Airborne), appeared in a television commercials for AT&T and started his very own shoe line, Chivalrous Culture.
CL contributor Christine Imarenezor had the opportunity to sit down and chat with the teenage heartthrob about his forthcoming, untitled debut album, what it was like to perform his single, “Copy, Paste” for the first time on national television, whether he see himself going back to reality TV as well as his future career and life aspirations.
Watch: Diggy Talks Music, 1st Time performing at BET Awards and Reality TV (Part 1)
Just 22 years old at the time of her death, she was in the Bahamas heading back to the States after wrapping up her 2001 music video, “Rock The Boat.”
Born in Brooklyn and raised in Detroit, she quickly garnered a fan base in the early ’90s with her original take on R&B music. Working with industry greats like Missy Elliott, Timbaland, R. Kelly and more, she topped the charts with a slew of hits, including “Back & Forth,” “Age Ain’t Nothin’ But a Number,” “Are You That Somebody” and “We Need A Resolution”.
— baggy jeans and a tight-fitting shirt — and was featured on the covers of many magazines with that trendsetting hair swoop over her left eye.
