Diggy Simmons

The mixtape, hosted by DJ Premier, features samples of songs from the 1980s and 1990s by such artists as Nas, A Tribe Called Quest and Rakim.

A video was released for the track "Shook Ones", which samples the Mobb Deep song of the same name.

Daniel Dwayne "Diggy" Simmons III (born March 21, 1995) is an American rapper and singer from Queens, New York City.

Simmons, along with his parents and five siblings, were the primary subjects of the MTV reality television series Run's House (2005–2009).

The fourth child of Joseph "Rev. Run" Simmons of Run DMC, he began his recording career in 2009 and signed with Atlantic Records the following year.

Diggy Simmons released his debut mixtape, The First Flight, in 2009.

More than 100,000 people downloaded the album from Simmons' blog.

Following the mixtape release, according to Simmons, five record labels showed interest in signing him; he chose Atlantic Records.

Early in 2010, Simmons uploaded a video of himself freestyling over the Nas song, "Made You Look".

The video became a viral hit and garnered praise from Kanye West, who responded on Twitter: "I knew this kid was [going] to be fresh. I knew it!"

It was preceded by the leak of the song "Oh Yeah!", which featured Pharrell Williams and Lupe Fiasco.

Airborne, Simmons' second mixtape, was released in 2010.

The mixtape track "Great Expectations" was featured that year in a national AT&T television commercial.

Simmons released his third mixtape, Past, Present(s), Future, in December.

In 2011, his single "Do It Like You" (featuring Jeremih) and guest appearance on Mindless Behavior's single "Mrs. Right" marked his first and only entries on the Billboard Hot 100.

He was chosen as part of XXL magazine's 2011 Annual Freshman List, and joined Lupe Fiasco's short-lived rap collective, All City Chess Club as its youngest member that same year.

Early the next year, Simmons was named one of Billboards "Artists to Watch 2011" and was selected to XXLs annual Freshmen list.

In early 2011, Simmons joined a "behind the scene" group with several up and coming music artists at the time known as "B(before 20)12."

Diggy went on his first tour for BET's 106 & Park Closer to My Dreams Tour in the summer of 2011 starring Tyga, Mac Miller, Mindless Behavior, Lil Twist, Jawan Harris, and Trevante.

He released his first major-label single, "Copy, Paste", soon thereafter.

"Copy, Paste" peaked at number 24 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in September.

The song's video was directed by Phil the God, who previously directed Simmons' "Made You Look", "What They Been Waiting For" and "Shook Ones".

Simmons performed the song during the pre-show for the 2011 BET Awards.

His second tour was Scream Tour's Next Generation Tour in the fall of 2011 with Mindless Behavior, Jacob Latimore, New Boyz, and OMG Girlz.

Simmons is featured on the singles "Like 'Em All" by Jacob Latimore, "Mrs. Right" by Mindless Behavior and "Yeah Right" by Dionne Bromfield.

"Yeah Right" reached number 36 on the UK Singles Chart in April 2011.

"Click Clack Away", a song featuring Bruno Mars, leaked onto the internet in May.

Simmons noted that the track would not be included on his debut studio album, set to be released by the end of the year.

That month, Simmons released the song "Just Begun" however Simmons tweeted on Twitter it was not going to be on the album.

On October 24, 2011, Diggy released "Do It Like You" as the second official single from his debut album, Unexpected Arrival a music video has been released with the song's featured artist Jeremih appearing in the clip.

Also on February 24 the song "88" was released as the third official single.

The song features Jadakiss and a viral music video was released for the track.

The former preceded the release of debut studio album, Unexpected Arrival (2012), which peaked at number 11 on the Billboard 200 and saw positive critical reception.

Diggy's debut album Unexpected Arrival was released on March 20, 2012, a day before Simmons' 17th birthday.

Billboard said it was "easy to find yourself nodding along".

The third was his own Life of The Jetsetter Tour in late early 2012 with returning acts Jacob Latimore, OMG Girlz, and added were Jawan Harris & new hip-hop duo TK-N-Cash.

In 2012, it was announced that Simmons would once again embark on a tour with Scream Star Entertainment, and got his own headlining spot.

The Scream Tour: Next Generation (Part 2) began in late August 2012 with special guests Jawan Harris, OMG Girlz, TK-N-Cash, YMCMB's Torion, and more.

Simmons announced that he was releasing his fourth mixtape titled, Out of This World via Twitter.

In his acting career, Simmons has played Doug Edwards on the Freeform teen drama Grown-ish—a spin off of ABC's Black-ish—since 2018.