David Paul Brown (born 24 August 1987), known professionally as Boyinaband, is an English

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, and

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. Brown is known for his song "Don't Stay in School" and collaborations with other YouTubers such as

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, Roomie, Andrew Huang,

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, and

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. His work spans various genres including

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, hip hop and heavy metal as a producer,

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, DJ and

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. Among other endeavors are his former

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band You and What Army, with whom he won the

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Bedroom Jam in 2010 and toured alongside

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Career

Brown started his YouTube channel as a side project for You and What Army. He began to branch out, posting a broad variety of videos, such as tutorials, educational, vlogs, reviews, skits, and music videos. On 2 February 2015, Brown published the music video for his song "Don't Stay in School", which went viral. In the track, he criticizes the school systems for teaching topics he deems unnecessary, instead of teaching practical life skills or topics that interest students. The song has been subject to controversy for seeming to encourage students to drop out of school. However, Brown has stated that it is merely meant to critique the school system, and the words "Don't Stay in School" refer to the topics discussed in the song. Despite drawing controversy, the song has also received praise from students, teachers and parents. The song peaked at number 11 on the ''

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'' Comedy Digital Track Sales chart. Later that year, Brown published the song "Spectrum" featuring fellow YouTubers Cryaotic and Minx focusing on

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issues and him voicing his support for the community in collaboration with the UK-based LGBT charity ''somewhereto_''. In 2017, Brown collaborated with

to create a

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against

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titled "

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" as part of iDubbbz's ''Content Cop'' series. The lyrics were criticized for being controversial and racist. The song peaked at number 24 on the ''Billboard'' R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales chart. On 31 March 2019, Brown collaborated with

and RoomieOfficial in an upbeat

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/ hip hop music video titled "

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". The music video was based on sarcastically congratulating T-Series in surpassing PewDiePie in subscribers, while also bringing up the corporation's past scandals and criticizing the

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. It peaked at number 1 on the ''Billboard'' Comedy Digital Track Sales chart. Brown has cited

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, and

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as his biggest musical influences.

Discography

Albums

* ''Quite a Lot of Songs'' (2013) * ''Merry Christmix'' (2013)

Singles

* "Djentstep" (2012) * "2.99" (2013) * "Djentrance" (2013) * "Midnight" (ft. Veela) (2013) * "Chipstep" (ft. Andrew Huang) (2013) * "Djentrap" (2013) * "Producer Name Rap" (2013) * "Point at All the Things" (featuring Jack Frags) (2013) * "Battlefield vs Call of Duty Rap Battle" (featuring Jack Frags) (2013) * "Hello Monsta" (featuring Minx and

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) (2013) * “Pointless Fast Rap” (2013) * "I Am Mildly Annoyed" (featuring Cookiebreed) (2014) * "Day-Z Hero vs Bandit Rap Battle" (featuring Jack Frags) (2014) * "That Girl" (featuring Cookiebreed, Patty Walters and VeeOneEye) (2014) * "Too Much Fun" (featuring Minx) (2014) * "Limelight" (featuring Cryaotic) (2014) * "You Look Like a Girl" (2014) * "How to Get a Number One Song" (featuring Roomie) (2014) * "Murder" (featuring Minx & Chilled) (2014) * "Town of Salem" (featuring Minx) (2014) * "Christmix 4" (2014) * "Dead Fast Rap" (2014) * "Don't Stay in School" (2015) * "Spectrum" (featuring Cryaotic and Minx) (2015) * "I'm Not Dead" (2016) * "Top of the Props" (featuring Minx) (2016) * "Prancer Rap" (featuring

) (2018)

Collaborations

* "Time Bomb" – Feint and Boyinaband (featuring Veela) (2012) * "Super Mario Dubstep Cypher" – None Like Joshua (featuring Boyinaband,

and Veela) (2013) * "A to Z" – Boyinaband and Andrew Huang (2013) * "Counter Strike Porch"

(featuring Boyinaband) (2014) * "Xbox One vs. PS4 Rap Battle" – Boyinaband and Oliver Age 24 (2014) * ''Xenocide'' (EP) – Seamless, None Like Joshua and Boyinaband (2014) * "Bible Rap" – Boyinaband and

(2014) * "A to Z 2" – Andrew Huang and Boyinaband (2014) * ''Plants vs. Zombies'' (EP) –

and Boyinaband (2015) * "

" –

(featuring Boyinaband) (2017) * "Empty" (featuring

) (2018) * "Life Is Fun" (with

) (2018) * "

" by

(featuring Boyinaband and Roomie) (2019) * "Luke Skywalker vs Harry Potter" by

Epic Rap Battles of History ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' (ERB) is a YouTube web series and music project created by Peter "Nice Peter" Shukoff and Lloyd "EpicLLOYD" Ahlquist. The series pits historical and pop culture figures against one another in a rap battle format. ...

, as

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(2020) * " Coco" by

(2021)

with You and What Army

* ''Soundtrack to the Apocalypse'' (2009) * ''The End of the Beginning'' (2010) * ''You and What Army'' EP (2012)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, David 1987 births Living people English hip hop musicians English male rappers English multi-instrumentalists English YouTubers Music YouTubers People from Telford YouTube channels launched in 2007 English male YouTubers English electronic musicians English spoken word artists English pop musicians English rock musicians English heavy metal musicians