Dareysteel

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Dareysteel
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Dareysteel Radio interview in Amsterdam 2011
Background information
Birth nameSolomon Paul
BornJesse, Delta State, Nigeria
Genres
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
InstrumentVocals
Years active1998–present
LabelsLittle Seconds Entertainment Spain

Solomon Paul, known as Dareysteel, he is also known as Golongolo Master, (sometimes stylized as DareySteel), is a Nigerian-born Spanish rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer. [1]

Contents

Early life

He was born in Jesse, Delta State of Nigeria and lived in Anambra State before moving to Seville Spain later becoming a Spanish national. He started out with music at age 12, but has made a living being a musician and a producer in Spain since 1998. [2]

Music career and success

Dareysteel released his debut single on promotional Mixtapes selections in Madrid in 2003, but has gotten most attention for his single "Boom Boom", released in January 2014 in the US and several European countries, and appearing in several charts. [3] Dareysteel came into limelight following the release of his singles "Boom Boom", "Shake ya Booty", "Celebration", "Golongolo", and "Fly Higher", which received significant airplay. [2] The "Celebration" song video was featured on Top40-Charts. [4] Dareysteel has been described by Vanguard as "one of the world's most relevant singers". [5] Upon releasing the single "Celebration" from the album Unstoppable, he announced that he will donate 50% of the income from his album sales to various charity organizations "in support of the homeless people and motherless babies". [6]

In the first week of April 2015, Dareysteel released a new single, "Pump it Up", along with "Get Down on the Floor", "Hold On", "How Come", and "Murder", [7] in which he talks against violence, war, and crime in Africa and the rest of the world. Dareysteel album singles were featured on Charts in France Pure Charts the first week of the album release. [8] [9]

In 2016, Dareysteel released the albums Unbreakable (March 2016) and Man of the Year (May 2016); both albums and songs were featured on Charts in France Pure Charts. [8] Dareysteel equally sees music as a powerful tool that can be used to fight injustice and bring about positive change to society. [10]

In the second week of July 2018, Dareysteel released the album, Untouchable. [11] On January 1, 2020, he released the singles "Invisible", "Mariana", and "I Love Your Body". [8] On January 2, 2021, he released the album Uplifted.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

TitleYearAlbumLabel
"Changes"2003DangerousDj Megamax Promotional Mixtapes
"Sexy Girl"2003DangerousDj Megamax Promotional Mixtapes
"Golongolo"2010DangerousLittle Seconds Entertainment Spain
"Shake Ya Booty"2011DangerousLittle Seconds Entertainment Spain
"In The Club"2011DangerousLittle Seconds Entertainment Spain
"Twelve in the Midnight"2012DangerousLittle Seconds Entertainment Spain
"Fly Higher"2012DangerousLittle Seconds Entertainment Spain
"Celebration" (radio edit)2014UnstoppableLittle Seconds Entertainment Spain
"Boom Boom"2014UnstoppableLittle Seconds Entertainment Spain
"How Come"2015UnstoppableLittle Seconds Entertainment Spain
"Get Down on the Floor"2015UnstoppableLittle Seconds Entertainment Spain
"Hold On"2015UnstoppableLittle Seconds Entertainment Spain
"Murder"2015UnstoppableLittle Seconds Entertainment Spain
"Pump It Up"2015UnstoppableLittle Seconds Entertainment Spain
"Do it"2016UnbreakableLittle Seconds Entertainment Spain
"Money"2016UnbreakableLittle Seconds Entertainment Spain
"My Girl"2016UnbreakableLittle Seconds Entertainment Spain
"Everything gonna be Alright"2016UnbreakableLittle Seconds Entertainment Spain
"Give it to Me "2016Man of the YearLittle Seconds Entertainment Spain
"Twerk it"2016Man of the YearLittle Seconds Entertainment Spain
"Invisible"2020InvisibleLittle Seconds Entertainment Spain
"Mariana"2020MarianaLittle Seconds Entertainment Spain
"I love your body"2020i love your bodyLittle Seconds Entertainment Spain

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