Denzel Curry

Denzel Curry was in a relationship with a girl for two years when he was in high school. After they broke up, he went into a deep depression for a long time.

Denzel Rae Don Curry was born on February 16, 1995, in Carol City, Florida and spent the first 19 years of his life in Zone 3 of his native city with his parents and four brothers. He is of Bahamian and Native American descent; his father is a truck driver and his mother runs security for stadiums.

His parents were very much into music, and he grew up listening to songs from Funkadelics, Parliament, OutKast, Isaac Hayes, Marvin Gaye, and James Brown. His elder brother later introduced him to the music of Gucci Mane and Brick Squad.

He began writing poetry back when he was in the elementary school. He became interested in rap when he was in the sixth grade, and learnt how to rap and flow from his good friend Premi, who he met at a Boys & Girls Club.

He attended Design And Architecture High School in Miami, from where he was expelled two years later. This was a challenging time for him as his parents were separating, and his brothers were out in college or for jobs.

He then entered Miami Carol City Senior High School, where he focused on his music and started to gain popularity as a rapper. However, despite being busy on his music and shows, both his parents and his teachers convinced him to complete his graduation in 2013.

While still in school, Denzel Curry began recording his raps with music playing in the background, and uploaded the tracks to his MySpace account. During this time, he listened to 'Blackland Radio 66.6' mixtape by SpaceGhostPurrp and became interested in meeting him upon learning that he is also from Carol City.

He was introduced to SpaceGhostPurrp via a friend named Mike Dece, who was in his collaborative hip hop group ‘Raider Klan’. After Denzel expressed his interest to join the group, he was immediately taken in and started doing live shows with the group.

Within a few weeks, he made his first mixtape 'King Remembered Underground Tape 1991–1995', a compilation of five tracks, and posted it online on September 24, 2011. His friend Dece advised him to take it down, add more tracks, and re-upload it on the group's webpage, where it was later made available for download due to fan demands.

The popularity of his first mixtape kick-started his music career and he soon followed it up with another mixtape called 'King of the Mischievous South Vol. 1 Underground Tape 1996', in 2012. The mixtape caught the attention of Earl Sweatshirt, who mentioned him in a tweet, as well as other members of Odd Future label.

He released his third mixtape, ‘Strictly for My R.V.I.D.X.R.S.’, after the murder of Trayvon Martin, who lived in the same neighborhood and went to the same school as him. Tupac Shakur’s ‘Strictly For My N.I.G.G.A.Z.’ was a direct inspiration for this album.

Denzel Curry's debut studio album 'Nostalgic 64' received widespread critical acclaim upon its release. It was listed among top 10 albums of 2013 by Mike Madden from 'Pitchfork Magazine', who also rated the single 'Threatz' as the top individual track.

His second album 'Imperial' also earned him critical acclaim, with Stereogum describing it "a hazy, gurgling rap record that's clearly the work of an active mind". The single 'Ultimate' from his EP '32 Zel/Planet Shrooms' received Gold certification from RIAA for selling over 500k copies.