Dave at Trees
Wed May 18 2022 – 7:00 PM
location: Trees Deep Ellum
Dave is a grime artist from Brixton, active since 2015, David Orobosa Omoregie entered the rap spotlight at just 16 years old. After learning piano, Dave tried his hand at rap and soon became a grime MC soon after, Davids brothers would have to serve a long prison sentence, in distress from the change in his life, it forced Dave to focus on his music to cope birthing his signature socially conscious type of lyricism. In his time as Grime rapper Dave has won multiple awards including the 2018 Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song and soon had a number-one hit on the UK Singles Chart and his first platinum certified release. In 2019 Daves debut album earned the accolade of having the biggest first week stream for a UK rap album which led him to win the Mercury Prize Album of the Year at the 2020 Brit Awards.