Biography

The American rapper and television personality Diggy Simmons was born Daniel Dwayne Simmons III in 1995. That Simmons would grow up to become a performer is little surprise; his father is “Rev. Run” of Run DMC, and young Diggy grew up influenced by his father’s career and the musicians that he met during his formative years. By the time he was fifteen, Diggy had released his first mixtape, with more than one hundred thousand downloads from his online blog. The success of his debut led to a deal with Atlantic Records.

Between 2009 and 2016, Diggy Simmons released three mixtapes and a debut studio album, Unexpected Arrival, which rose to the number two spot on the rap charts, the number three spot on the R&B charts, and the number thirteen spot on the mainstream charts in the United States. The mixtapes and album feature contributions by and collaborations with musicians such as Jeremih, Jadakiss, Trevor Jackson, and Yo Gotti. Notable singles from Diggy include the top twenty R&B and rap hits “Copy, Paste” and “Do It Like You.”

Today, Diggy Simmons is best known to mainstream audiences as not only a rapper and performer, but also as a cast member of the MTV reality television show Run’s House, which follows Diggy, his parents, and five siblings throughout their daily life. Simmons has been recognized with a 2012 BET YoungStars Award and a 2012 NAACP Outstanding New Artist Award. Diggy’s most recent EP, Out of This World, arrived in 2016.