Dro Kenji

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Dro Kenji
Birth nameDaniel Jerome Jenrette [1]
Born (2002-01-11) January 11, 2002 (age 22)
Summerville, South Carolina, U.S. [2]
Genres
Occupations
Years active2019–present [2]
Labels

Daniel Jerome Jenrette [1] (born January 11, 2002), [4] known professionally as Dro Kenji, is an American rapper and singer from Summerville, South Carolina. [2] He is currently signed to record producer Nick Mira's MiraTouch label, Internet Money Records, and 10K Projects. [3] [2]

Contents

Career

In 2019, at the age of 17, Dro Kenji started rapping. In June 2021, he released his fourth studio album, F*ck Your Feelings. [5] In January 2022, he released his fifth studio album, With or Without You, with appearances from Scorey, Highway, and Internet Money. [6] In August 2022, he released his sixth studio album, Anywhere But Here, with appearances from DC the Don, Mike Dimes, NoCap, Ka$hdami, and midwxst. On August 18, 2023, he released his seventh studio album, Wish You Were Here, with appearances from Mike Dimes . [7]

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum details
Tears and Pistols
Race Me to Hell
  • Released: December 25, 2020 [9]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, LP, streaming
Eat Your Heart Out [10]
F*ck Your Feelings
  • Released: June 18, 2021 [12]
  • Label: Internet Money Records, MiraTouch, 10K Projects
  • Format: Digital download, LP, streaming
With or Without You
  • Released: January 28, 2022 [13]
  • Label: Internet Money Records, MiraTouch, 10K Projects
  • Format: Digital download, LP, streaming
Anywhere but Here
  • Released: August 26, 2022 [14]
  • Label: Internet Money Records, MiraTouch, 10K Projects
  • Format: Digital download, LP, streaming
Wish You Were Here
  • Released: August 18, 2023 [15]
  • Label: Internet Money Records, 10K Projects
  • Format: Digital download, LP, streaming

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum details
Headliners: Dro Kenji

Extended plays

TitleEP details
Lost in Here
  • Released: August 5, 2022 [17]
  • Label: Internet Money Records, MiraTouch, 10K Projects
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Singles

As lead artist

TitleYearAlbumDetails
"Rokstarr"2019Non-album singles
  • Released: August 27, 2019
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
"Rob da Bank"
  • Released: October 16, 2019
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
"Knot"
(with KobeKo)
  • Released: November 14, 2019
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
"Finnished"
(featuring KobeKo)
2020Get Up Wit Me!
  • Released: June 19, 2020
  • Label: HAPPINESS4SALE
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
"Save Me"Pistols and Tears
  • Released: November 10, 2020
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
"Up"Race Me to Hell
  • Released: December 4, 2020
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
"Houdini"
  • Released: December 21, 2020
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
"Superstar"2021F*ck Your Feelings
  • Released: April 2, 2021
  • Label: Internet Money Records, MiraTouch, 10K Projects
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
"Vanish"With or Without You
  • Released: October 29, 2021
  • Label: Internet Money Records, MiraTouch, 10K Projects
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
"Finders Keepers"
(featuring Scorey & Internet Money)
  • Released: December 10, 2021
  • Label: Internet Money Records, MiraTouch, 10K Projects
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
"Somebody I Know"
(with Era)
2022Non-album singles
  • Released: January 7, 2022
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
"They Don't Know"Anywhere but Here
  • Released: May 6, 2022
  • Label: Internet Money Records, MiraTouch, 10K Projects
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
"My World"
(with KillBunk)
Pilot
  • Released: June 29, 2022
  • Label: New 11 Records, Internet Money Records, MiraTouch, 10K Projects
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
"Step Back"
(with Mike Dimes)
Anywhere but Here
  • Released: August 25, 2022
  • Label: Internet Money Records, MiraTouch, 10K Projects
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
"UDntLuvMe"2023Non-album singles
  • Released: February 17, 2023
  • Label: Internet Money Records, 10K Projects
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
"Arsonist"
  • Released: April 14, 2023
  • Label: Internet Money Records, 10K Projects
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

As featured artist

TitleYearAlbumDetails
"Run em Down"
(Graham Lake & Avelino featuring Dro Kenji)
2022Non-album singles
  • Released: December 30, 2022
  • Label: Universal Music AB, EMI Sweden
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
"KISS 'N TELL"
(Mike Dimes featuring Dro Kenji)
2023
  • Released: March 24, 2023
  • Label: Since the 80's, CAMP BILLY
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Musical style

Steve Juon writing for Rap Reviews describes Dro Kenji's music in the following manner: "His music is not an evolution, a revolution, or any kind of solution. It’s just the same nihilistic world view of a generation that grew up in a world where you had to live it up fast because Death comes even faster." [18]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The Break Presents: Dro Kenji". XXL . 23 June 2021. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
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  10. "INTERNET MONEY on Twitter: "3rd Kenji Album. January."". Archived from the original on 27 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. "EAT YOUR HEART OUT - Album by Dro Kenji". Spotify . February 26, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  12. "F*CK YOUR FEELINGS - Album by Dro Kenji". Spotify . June 18, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  13. "WITH OR WITHOUT YOU - Album by Dro Kenji". Spotify . January 28, 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  14. "ANYWHERE BUT HERE - Album by Dro Kenji". Spotify . August 26, 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  15. "WISH YOU WERE HERE - Album by Dro Kenji". Spotify . August 18, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  16. "HEADLINERS: Dro Kenji - Compilation by Dro Kenji". Spotify . September 23, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  17. "LOST IN HERE - Album by Dro Kenji". Spotify . August 5, 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  18. "DRO KENJI :: LOST IN HERE". RapReviews. Retrieved 2022-11-05.