She is yet to release an album however due to the popularity of her mix tapes she has created a fanbase in Detroit and across the US who she regularly heads out to see. The 24 year old is capitalising on the turning tide considering the genre of rap, which has historically been difficult for women to be taken serious within. For that, she comes highly recommended.ĭetroit rapper Deja Trimble better known by her stage name Dej Loaf has been making some serious waves since she appeared with a fresh take and strong attitude in 2011.

Everybody”, and remains one of the most exciting young rappers around. Since then, Dej enjoyed a prime guest spot on Eminem's 2014 single “Detroit vs. The track charted on the Billboard Hot 100 soon afterwards, and lead to Dej signing a major label record deal with Columbia Records shortly after the release of “Sell Sole”. While its first single “Try Me”, fell under the radar after its initial release in July 2014, it received a huge spike in publicity when Canadian rap superstar Drake quoted some of its lyrics in a post on Instagram. She spent the next two years touring and working on her follow up mix-tape “Sell Sole”. A year afterwards she released her first mixtape “Just Do It”, a release that attracted the attention of fellow Detroit-based rapper SAYITAINTTONE, who signed her to his label IBGM (I Been Gettin' Money) and his management team. As time went on she started penning her own lyrics to compliment her music, and in 2011, nearly a decade later and three semesters into university, she dropped out in order to pursue a music career full-time. Born Deja Trimble and raised listening to a steady diet of everything from 2Pac to Miles Davis, Dej Loaf was writing her own music by the age of nine.

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