Who Is Danny Brown?
By Insanul Ahmed | Jan 18, 2012 | 12:49 pm | Permalink
Last month, when Complex named The 25 Best Albums of 2011, fans of underground hip-hop were pleasantly surprised to see that Danny Brown's XXX not only made the list, but cracked the top 10. But a lot of people may still be wondering Who Is Danny Brown?
To answer that question, we got on the horn with the Detroit rapper who's spent years in the game—the title XXX is not a porn reference, but instead the Roman numeral for Danny's age, 30—before finally finding his niche and discovering his voice.
Danny told us all about his frequent trips to New York during the early aughts when he befriended members of the G-Unit and Rocafella teams before finding a home at Fool's Gold. He also explained why he recently dissed Mac Miller, where his high-pitched rap voice comes from, and what his infamous lopsided-perm haircut is all about. He even found time to talk about his love for drugs like Adderall and what role "Addy" played in the making of his mixtapes albums The Hybrid and XXX...
As told to Insanul Ahmed (@Incilin)
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SQUAD January 18th, 2012 at 04:59 PM
plz start crediting the photographers complex
IHEARTCOMIX January 18th, 2012 at 06:54 PM
Danny Brown will be playing a show on January 24th at the echoplex in Los Angeles!!! come check it out!!!
Soundagent January 18th, 2012 at 09:43 PM
Danny Brown is my shit, can't wait to see that dude live
mz January 18th, 2012 at 10:50 PM
I didn't think Blu was into drugs much, hmm.
Joe Montagna January 20th, 2012 at 01:01 AM
I'd think Blu's drug use would be somewhat evident considering his frequent disappearances and entire lack of confidence. I've also seen videos of he and Danny out in LA where Blu just talks nonsensical jargon that Brown can't even comprehend.
ALLAH January 19th, 2012 at 01:14 AM
coudlnt agree more with Danny Brown... Eminem did go threw a lot of shit to become a white Emcee... now all these White dudes who spit average rhymes are getting on... 99.9% of white rappers suck... the ones that are good dont even get props like Evidence, Asher Roth, Slug, Brother Ali, ect ect.... all these other frat boy rappers suck ass