Lil Dicky … Interview, Stories From The Road, Concert Photo’s and Video’s
David Burd better known by his stage name Lil Dicky, is an American rapper and comedian. He came to prominence with the YouTube release of the music video to his song “Ex-Boyfriend”, which went viral with more than 1 million views in 24 hours.
Sofa King Cool caught up with Lil Dicky and we talked about how he got his start, blowing up on youtube, His Album Releasing in July 2015, Social Media, Fans grabbing his dick, a TV Show, and his tour
Sofa King Cool caught up with Lil Dicky and he tells about the time he hooked up with a chick who turned out to be a virgin and would not put so he begged her for a handjob
Burd (b. March 15, 1988) grew up in an upper middle class Jewish family in the Elkins Park neighborhood of Cheltenham Township, a township on the north border of Philadelphia. He attended Cheltenham High School and then the University of Richmond. He then relocated to San Francisco, California, where he worked in account management at the advertising agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners. After reimagining his monthly progress report as a rap video, the company brought him to work in their creative department, where he wrote copy for ads like the NBA‘s “BIG” campaign
Burd says he initiated his rap career “simply to get attention comedically, so I could write movies, write TV shows and act.” However, he “fell in love with rapping” and says he’s “not leaving that game until I’ve proved my point.”
Burd had been working on his songs and music videos for two years before he began releasing them as part of his debut mixtape So Hard in April 2013. His music video for his song “Ex-Boyfriend” went viral almost instantly, receiving 1 million hits within 24 hours of being posted on YouTube. Once a week for 5 straight months, Burd released a new song or music video. Following the release of 32 songs and 15 music videos, Burd launched a Kickstarter, stating, “I’ve officially run out of money… In a nutshell, you are funding phase two of my rap career.” The month-long crowdfunding period began on November 20, 2013, with the goal of raising $70,000 in order to enable Lil Dicky to create and produce more music, music videos, and go touring. The Kickstarter well exceeded its target, raising $113,000.
Lil Dicky held his first live concert at TLA in Philadelphia on February 19, 2014. Burd has signed with Pop-Up, the management arm of creative music agency Jingle Punks. He plans “on having two concurrent careers going on at the same time, as a rapper, and as a comedian/actor/writer.”
Lil Dicky’s style blends the comical with the relatable. According to Boston magazine, “Content-wise, Lil Dicky comes up with his material from everyday occurrences and everyday experiences. From there, he crafts his videos around those topics to create a visual narrative that accompanies his talent as an emcee. ‘It’s like a comedian. They are out in the world, and writing things down,’ he said. What followed ‘Ex-Boyfriend’ was a series of other videos that covered similarly average everyday experiences—songs about staying in for the night, songs about being a Jewish kid—he even has a rap battle with Adolf Hitler in one of his videos.
He says his style is a response to the excessive egotistical nature of rap today: “I really wanted to embody the exact opposite of that, and I think people are appreciating it. There just hasn’t been a voice for that normal dude when it comes to rap.” He added, “I think a lot of rap is just escalated to a place that many people can’t relate to… My niche is that I’m relatable. I don’t rap about going to the club and popping bottles.” In terms of his rapping skills, Lil Dicky is able “to manipulate words at an excessive speed, and weave rhyme patterns together in a way that’s funny while also making viewers want to rewind parts of his videos.”
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