Dwae

Born Dwaylon R. Calhoun, the Carson, CA native grew up with his Filipino-born mother, his West Athens born & raised father that studied recording arts, & an iPod filled with music from different genres & eras. Dwae spent a quarter of his life in the Philippines and another quarter in his father’s neighborhood of West Athens in Los Angeles. Both environments exposed him to gang violence, poverty, and eventually music. With these two environments being so different yet almost the same, it played a huge roll in Dwae's growth and the core behind his divergent character. With versatility being a rare commodity for an up & coming artist, the LA based unsigned, self-engineering, rapper, singer, songwriter delivers poetic lyricism, magnetic melodies, clever wordplay, & cinematic story-telling. With rough comparisons to Polo G, Blxst, & Lil Tecca; Just mix in his West Coast flare and you get a distinct but unique-overall sound. Dwae was heavily influenced by artist such as Drake, J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, & Kanye West & at 14 years old, he borrowed his fathers mic and record in the closet of his bedroom would learn to mix his own songs. Dwae wrote his first ever verse to Wiz Khalifa's 2012 hit, “Work Hard Play Hard”. While growing up playing basketball, Dwae still managed his songwriting, uploading songs on SoundCloud, & engineering for himself and his friends on the side. He would later play basketball at the collegiate level which eventually led to his journey to the Philippines. Instead of committing to a university or going pro, he ultimately committed to his music career. After being featured on Drumma Boy's Drumma Boy - Hits Only playlist, Dwae has been approached by a few small indie record labels, management groups, and even interviewed by local Los Angeles radio show, InTheFrontRowLA. the self-engineering, rapper, singer, songwriter has been approached by a few low-major record labels, management groups, & even interviewed by local Los Angeles radio show, InTheFrontRowLA. In time, his sound developed from rap into a melodic/pop rap style that branched off to all sub-genres of music. Artist such as Akon, Chris Brown, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, & Justin Bieber played a huge roll in his development/transition in becoming a rapper/singer. Since then, the up-&-coming artist has released 5 singles, an EP, and has accumulated over 140k+ streams.