Solomon Paul, known as Dareysteel, he is also known as Golongolo Master, (sometimes stylized as DareySteel), is a Spanish
rapper
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, singer-songwriter, recording artist, performer, and Record producer .
Early life
He was born in
Jesse
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,
Delta State of Nigeria and lived in
Anambra State
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before moving to
Seville
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Spain later becoming a Spanish national. He started out with music at age 12, but has made a living being a musician and a producer in Spain since 1998.
Music career and success
Dareysteel released his debut single on promotional Mixtapes selections in
Madrid
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in 2003, but has gotten most attention for his single "Boom Boom", released in January 2014 in the US and several European countries, and appearing in several charts. Dareysteel came into limelight following the release of his singles "Boom Boom", "Shake ya Booty", "Celebration", "Golongolo", and "Fly Higher", which received significant airplay.
The "Celebration" song video was featured on
Top40-Charts. Dareysteel has been described by ''
Vanguard
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'' as "one of the world's most relevant singers". Upon releasing the single "Celebration" from the album ''Unstoppable'', he announced that he will donate 50% of the income from his album sales to various charity organizations "in support of the homeless people and motherless babies".
In the first week of April 2015, Dareysteel released a new single, "Pump it Up", along with "Get Down on the Floor", "Hold On", "How Come", and "Murder", in which he talks against violence, war, and crime in Africa and the rest of the world. Dareysteel album singles were featured on Charts in France
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the first week of the album release.
In 2016, Dareysteel released the albums ''
Unbreakable
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'' (March 2016) and ''
Man of the Year'' (May 2016); both albums and songs were featured on Charts in France Pure Charts.
[ Dareysteel equally sees music as a powerful tool that can be used to fight injustice and bring about positive change to society.
In the second week of July 2018, Dareysteel released the album, ''Untouchable''.]
Discography
Studio albums
* ''Dangerous'' (2012)
* ''Unstoppable'' (2015)
* ''Unbreakable
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* '' Unbreakable: My Story, My Way'', a book written by Jenni Rivera
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* ''Unbreakable'' (film series), a trilogy directed by M ...
'' (2016)
* '' Man of the Year'' (2016)
* ''Untouchable'' (2018)
* ''Uplifted'' (2021)
Singles
See also
* List of Spanish musicians
* Spanish hip hop
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* List of bands from Spain
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References
External links
Dareysteel
on AllMusic
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Living people
1975 births
Spanish male rappers
Hip hop singers
Spanish songwriters
Nigerian emigrants to Spain
People from Delta State
Nigerian songwriters
English-language singers from Spain
Spanish male singers
Nigerian male rappers
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