Darak Kings Figueroa (born August 6, 2001), professionally known as StaySolidRocky, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Born in

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, Virginia, he was raised in

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then moved back to his hometown. He rose to fame in 2020 with his single "

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", which peaked at number 21 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Early life

Figueroa was born in

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, Texas. His father is of Puerto Rican descent. He was raised by his mother, a former rapper herself. He started expressing an interest in music when he moved in with his father, and in high school in

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, he began free styling and started using his

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platform to share snippets of music he had been working on. He soon began building a fanbase on Instagram.

Career

Figueroa started to gain popularity after he released the music video for his single "

" in December 2019. The track sat at 2 million views on YouTube before it went viral on the video-sharing platform

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, which propelled Figueroa to stardom. He got involved with Solomon Sobande, the former manager of

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, and shortly afterwards, he signed a deal with

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. His debut EP, '' Fallin''' was released on July 17, 2020. The 7-track EP included "Party Girl".

Influences

Growing up, StaySolidRocky would listen to veteran hip hop artists Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and

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. As he started making his own music, he began listening to

NBA YoungBoy Kentrell DeSean Gaulden (born October 20, 1999), known professionally as YoungBoy Never Broke Again (also known as NBA YoungBoy or simply YoungBoy), is an American rapper. Between 2015 and 2017, he released eight independent mixtapes and steadi ...

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and

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Discography

Extended plays

Singles

References

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