Drique London

Drique London
Drique London
Born Madrique Sanders
August 2, 1991 (1991-08-02) (age 20)
Selma, North Carolina
Occupation Rapper, songwriter
Home town Raleigh, North Carolina
Website
London's Website

Madrique Sanders (born August 2, 1991) is an American hip hop artist who goes by the name of Drique London. He has been featured in numerous local blogs and the popular Grungecake Magazine, Justus League Radio, Nancio Radio Show, and has been a part of North Carolina State University radio show WKNC 88.1 [1] and North Carolina Central University Audionet Ch.9 [2] He describes his style as "down south resident, with up north flavor", doing his best to separate himself from the rest.[3]

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Early life

Sanders was born in Selma, North Carolina and raised back and forth between Queens, New York and Raleigh, North Carolina until he was a teenager settling in Raleigh, NC for good. At the young age of four, he grew a love for hip-hop and rap music.[4] As he turned 5 years old, one day he was sitting in his bedroom watching BET when Snoop Dogg's "Gin and Juice" music video appeared; from that day forward, he knew what he wanted to be. After shortening Madrique and adding London, (which he described as being an off name that had nor needed any explanation due to his self-explained, yet unique, weird style).[5] It was when he moved to Raleigh officially as a young teen, where he attended Millbrook High School, that he started his own high school label titled, World Face Ent. WorldFace's success enabled London to quietly take over the sounds of the local areas as the group drifted apart, from there he would begin to channel success on a single route. After pushing with local NC promoters, rappers, producers, as well as well-knowns from the DMV and NY, London hit new found success.

Music career

In 2009, Drique London endured on a new musical path. He was able to gain more local exposure and he would soon find himself performing shows, interviews, photo shoots, and radio spots—a life which he could never have dreamed of in his earlier days, a pathway described as DOC Music (Dreams Of Children). His journey consisted of works from Majestic, U'nique Music, Era, Nance, Legit and many others. London also serves as the weekly host of Eargasm Ent.'s Sucker Free Sunday Showcase.[6]

Nike SB: The Mixtape (2010)

London released his long awaited mixtape the Nike SB, in March 2010.[7] The mixtape is actually London's 5th. It's widely regarded as his most anticipated release due to the many putbacks that occurred from its original release date in 2008. The tape was regarded by many to be the start of a new evolution in London's style, and could only mean great things to come.

The Deaf Sound Project (2010)

The Deaf Sound project was a Music Project by Drique London and fellow Raleigh producer, U'nique Music.[8] It was a collection of real hip-hop songs about life & struggles described through Drique London's lyrics and U'nique Music's beats. The project was released on August 5, 2010 [9] Support has heavily been positive due to the support of 7 blogs from NC & the DMV area and numerous reviews from the first single "Things on My Mind." Two videos were shot for the project, "Things on My Mind" shot by Greg Moore & "Strangers" shot by Kent Willard. After the success of the tape and growing demand, Drique London and U'nique Music announced plans for a part 2 in 2011.

Amelia Earhart: The Mixtape (2010)

Amelia Earhart is London's second mixtape of 2010. The mixtape consisted of 18 tracks touching on issues about feeling down, girl problems, partying, feeling like people didn’t care, the state of hip hop ,and much more. It dropped on November 5, 2010. With the success of the Deaf Sound Project, anticipation for the mixtape was very high. Amelia Earhart featured production from Cooley Music, U'nique Music, Mille and special guest appearances from Richie McFly, SkyBlew Nance, Era, S.Gold, J Capps and Lazurus. The Depth of Sound team utilized many promotional tools and videos for the new mixtape as well. Including shooting a video for "World Premiere" The tape was dedicated to London's Mother, Marvala, who passed in July 2010.[10]

White & Blue: The Mixtape (2011)

White & Blue was released on March 25, 2011. It was London's first mixtape since November's Amelia Earhart. The tape is said to pay homage to the Carolina Ways and serve as a promotional tool towards London's first album, "The Manual." The Mixtape, widely received from the Carolina Community proved to be London's first big step to better success.[11]

The Manual (2011)

The Manual (Album) is Drique London's first album. Was released on September 7, 2011. The first single of "The Manual" titled, "Red Chucks" was produced by Majestic. A video was shot for the single from Depth of Sound, and was debuted at Sucker Free Sundays with DJ Flash of the Justus League on the turntables.[12] The second single featured King Mez and Tab-One of Kooley High, both widely respected artists out of the Carolina Hip Hop scene. Promotion for the Manual saw London see cosigns from Thee Tom Hardy, HaLo, Khrysis, Rapsody, & Sundown of 9th Wonder's, It's A Wonderful World Music Group (IWWMG) and a promotional spot from Big K.R.I.T. [13]

Clothing and style

Besides music, fashion is one of London's biggest passions, from collecting sneakers to fresh fitted's. London has described fashion as another way to express yourself.[14]

Discography

Studio project

  • The Deaf Sound Project (2010)
  • The Deaf Sound Project II (Upcoming 2011)

Mixtapes

  • The Unkool Vol.1 (2009)
  • Extremely Bored Kid (2009)
  • The Bakery (2009)
  • Nike SB: The Mixtape (2010)
  • Ameilia Earhart: The Mixtape (2010
  • White & Blue: The Mixtape (2011)

Studio album

  • The Manual (2011)

Videography

  • "London, What Up" by Drique London
  • "Money" by Drique London
  • "Things on My Mind" by Drique London ft. U'Nique Music
  • "Strangers" by Drique London
  • "World Premiere" by Drique London
  • "Pump It Up" by Drique London
  • "Award Tour" by Drique London
  • "The Capital" by Drique London
  • "Red Chucks" by Drique London
  • "Anti-Freeze Freestyle" by Drique London
  • "Grind Hard" by Drique London
  • "Determined" by Drique London

References

  1. ^ http://wknc.org/
  2. ^ http://www.nccu.edu/academics/sc/liberalarts/english/audionet/index.cfm
  3. ^ http://elegantboredom.com/2009/06/22/updates-on-london/ retrieved on 2010-06-25
  4. ^ http://www.ncshowoff.com/blog/?page_id=410 retrieved on 2010-06-25
  5. ^ http://vimeo.com/4036873
  6. ^ http://www.eargasm-entertainment.com/ retrieved on 2011-05-02
  7. ^ http://themixtapemonster.wordpress.com/2010/03/23/drique-london-nike-sb-the-mixtape/ retrieved on 2010-06-26
  8. ^ http://driquelondon.blogspot.com/2010/06/new-drique-london.html retrieved on 2010-06-26
  9. ^ http://www.facebook.com/discography/album.php?aid=131797086840951 retrieved on 2010-06-26
  10. ^ http://matunesonline.com/post/1502306652/amelia-earhart-drique-london-mixtape 2010-11-06
  11. ^ http://driquelondon.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-music-out-now-mixtape.html retrieved on 2011-03-28
  12. ^ http://driquelondon.blogspot.com/2011/03/drique-london-red-chucks-music-video.html 2011-05-02
  13. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQqUDe6TPv8
  14. ^ http://vimeo.com/3432783 retrieved on 2010-06-26

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