UDon Toliver ungumrepha waseMelika. Uthole ukuduma ngemuva kokwethulwa kwengoma ethi No Idea. Amathrekhi kaDon avame ukusebenzisa ama-tiktoker adumile, adonsela ukunaka kumbhali wezingoma.
Ubuntwana nobusha bomculi
UCaleb Zachary Toliver (igama langempela lomculi) wazalelwa endaweni yaseHouston ngo-1994. Wachitha ubuntwana bakhe emphakathini omkhulu we-cottage Southwest Alief. Kulapho agqugquzelwa khona amathrekhi kaMike Jones kanye noBig Mo. Kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke wayethanda izingoma zeNdlu kaKennedy.
Kuncane okwaziwayo ngobuntwana nobusha bomculi we-rapper. Lapho lo mrepha ethola ukuthandwa, izintatheli zaqala ukubuza imibuzo ngokuthi yini eyaholela uDon ukuba ahileleke esikweni le-rap. Impendulo ivela ku- Toliver:
“Ngiyalukhumbula lolu suku olwavula igebe ekhanda lami. Bengisemlungisi wezinwele. Indawo yokucwala izinwele yayidlala izingoma zikaMusiq Soulchild, okuthe nje, ngajwayelana nazo okokuqala ngqa. Ngemva kwalokho engakuzwa, ngajabula ngempela. Ngaqala ukufunda kabanzi ngenqubo yokuqamba izingoma, ngahlala phansi ukuze ngiziqambele ezami izingoma.”
Ithrekhi yombhali wokuqala u-Don Toliver ayiqopha lapho engakayihlanganisi iminyaka eyi-16. Ingoma yayibizwa ngokuthi Bitch I'm in the Building. Umrepha uqophe indalo yakhe yokuqala esitudiyo sokuqopha sasekhaya. Isethulo saba yimpumelelo kangangokuthi uDon waqala ukumenywa ukuba azokhuluma emicimbini eyahlukene. Ngokushesha wazithola eseqenjini leBarron Studios.
Indlela yokudala kaDon Toliver
Ukwakhiwa kukaDon Toliver njengomculi okhokhelwayo kwaqala ngo-2017. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho umrepha wethula i-mixtape yakhe yokuqala ethi Playa Familia, lapho u-Yung Josh 93 abamba iqhaza.
Umsebenzi wawunamathrekhi angu-5, ahlanganisa "umata" okhethiwe. Iziqalo ezithi Pimpin' Pimpin', Chief Keef, Fifty, I Try and Play Me zamukelwe ngemfudumalo izethameli.
Endabeni yokuduma, u-Don uqophe amanye amathrekhi ambalwa. Sikhuluma ngengoma ethi Diva nethi I Gotta. Ngemuva kwalokho, lo mrepha usayine inkontileka enenzuzo ne-Atlantic Records kanye ne-We Run It Entertainment. Ujabulise ibutho "labalandeli" ngokwethulwa kwezingoma ethi Make Sumn and Checks.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, kwakhululwa enye hit, "ubaba" okwakunguDon. Imayelana nethrekhi ye-Holdin' Steel evela ku-Dice So-Ho. Ngokushesha kwethulwa i-mixtape ka-Donny Womack yenzeka. Ngalo lolo suku, u-Toliver wakhipha isiqeshana sevidiyo yengoma ethi Diamonds.
U-Don umangaze abalandeli ngokukhiqiza kwakhe. Sekudlule usuku kwethulwa i-mixtape kaDonny Womack. Futhi uTravis Scott wengeze irekhodi ku-discography yakhe. Kuyo, abathandi bomculo nabo baqaphela izwi likaToliver. Kamuva kwavela ukuthi uphinde wasebenza neCactus Jack Records.
“Bengisebenza edolobheni ngenza i-LP entsha. Njengoba kwenzeka kamuva, uTravis Scott wawuthanda umsebenzi wami, futhi wawubuka umsebenzi wami. Ngiyaqaphela ukuthi ngimthatha njengompetha bomsebenzi wakhe. Unomqondo womsebenzi othuthuke kahle. UScott uyazi ukuthi umphakathi uzokwamukelani nokuthi uzokuphika,” kusho lo mculi.
Impilo yomuntu siqu ka-rapper u-Don Toliver
U-Don Toliver ufihla ulwazi mayelana nempilo yakhe yomuntu siqu. Izintatheli azazi noma inhliziyo yalo mrepha imatasa noma ikhululekile. Yinye into eqinisekile, akashadile.
Umculi uyasebenza ku-Instagram. U-Toliver uthanda impilo enhle. Ezithombeni, usakaza ama-banknotes, uhlala phezu kwezimoto zikanokusho ezibizayo, futhi ubonisa izingubo ezisesitayeleni. Ulandela imfashini. Ikhanda lakhe lihlotshiswe ngama-dreadlocks asesitayeleni, kanti umzimba wakhe uhlotshiswe ngezimpahla ezibhalwe igama nezicathulo zikanokusho.
Ezithombeni, u-Don uvame ukuvela enkampanini yobuhle be-chic. Amantombazane a-Sexy awahlobene nomrepha, kodwa angozakwabo.
Don Toliver manje
Unyaka ka-2019 kumlando wokudala kaDon Toliver wawukhiqiza kakhulu. Okokuqala, umculi wethule iculo elithi Back Up ku-duet no-Wiz Khalifa. Bese kuba nezingoma ezithi: Best You Had, Can't Feel My Legs and No Idea, kanye nethi Had Enough (efaka u-Quavo no-Offset).
Ingoma ethi No Idea idinga ukunakwa kakhulu. Umsebenzi uthole ukubukwa okungaphezulu kwezigidi ezingama-20 ekusingatheni amavidiyo we-YouTube. Ngo-2019, uDon wabelane nabalandeli ukuthi usebenza nge-albhamu yakhe yokuqala.
I-Heaven or Hell yisihloko se-albhamu yokuqala ka-Don Toliver. Ukwethulwa kwe-albhamu kwenzeka ngoMashi 13, 2020. Ukuhlanganiswa kukhishwe ngenxa yamalebula e-Cactus Jack Records kanye ne-Atlantic Records. Irekhodi liqukethe uTravis Scott, Kaash Paige, Quavo, Offset noSheck Wes. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi i-LP iqale ngo-7 ku-Billboard 200. Lokhu ukukhishwa kokuqala kuka-Don Toliver eshadini.
