Nico Segal (born June 25, 1993), formerly known by his stage name Donnie Trumpet, is an American trumpeter and record producer from
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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Illinois
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. He is part of the
hip hop collective
Savemoney
Savemoney (sometimes stylized as SaveMoney or SAVEMONEY) is a hip hop collective originating in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded by Chicago rapper Vic Mensa.
Members
* Vic Mensa
* Chance the Rapper
* Nico Segal
* Towkio
* Joey Purp
* Kami
...
with
Chance the Rapper and
Vic Mensa
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, among others. He was a member of the band
Kids These Days, which broke up in 2013, and currently performs in the band The Social Experiment.
Musical career
2009-2013: Kids These Days
In 2009, the band
Kids These Days was formed with Nico Segal,
Vic Mensa
Vic (; es, Vic or Pancracio Celdrán (2004). Diccionario de topónimos españoles y sus gentilicios (5ª edición). Madrid: Espasa Calpe. p. 843. ISBN 978-84-670-3054-9. «Vic o Vich (viquense, vigitano, vigatán, ausense, ausetano, ausonense): ...
, Liam Cunningham, Lane Beckstrom, Greg Landfair, Macie Stewart, J. P. Floyd, and Rajiv Halim. On June 28, 2011, they released an extended play titled ''Hard Times EP'' and a full length mixtape, ''Traphouse Rock'', on October 30, 2012. On March 26, Nico Segal released his first mixtape ''Illasoul: Shades of Blue''. In May 2013, the band broke up and Nico Segal released his solo extended play, ''Donnie Trumpet EP'' on June 28, 2013.
2014-present: The Social Experiment
At the end of 2013 Segal performed with Chance The Rapper & The Social Experiment along with Nate Fox, Greg Landfair Jr. and Peter Cottontale. He released his debut album with the band ''
Surf'' on May 28, 2015. The album was released exclusively on
iTunes as a free download and was downloaded ove
618,000 timesin its first week.
Segal contributed to ''
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'', a live album by
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Fur ...
and
Promise of the Real
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, released on June 17, 2016.
On November 9, 2016, after Republican nominee
Donald Trump
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Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
won the U.S Presidential election, Segal dropped the nickname Donnie Trumpet.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''
Surf'' (2015) (with The Social Experiment)
*Exchange (2017) (with The JuJu Exchange)
* ''Intellexual'' (2019) (with Nate Fox)
Extended plays
* ''Hard Times EP'' (2011) (with
Kids These Days)
* ''Donnie Trumpet EP'' (2013)
*The Eternal Boombox EP (2020) (with The JuJu Exchange)
Mixtapes
* ''Illasoul: Shades of Blue'' (2012)
* ''Traphouse Rock'' (2012) (with Kids These Days)
References
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Living people
1993 births
American trumpeters
American male trumpeters
American hip hop record producers
21st-century trumpeters
21st-century American male musicians