David Dallas Biography

David Dallas was born on 28 August 1982 in Papatoetoe, Auckland, he is an award winning New Zealand rapper of Samoan/European descent, He is signed to Dirty Records and Duck Down Music Inc.

He released his debut EP Something Now in 2008, and then his debut solo album, Something Awesome, on 31 August 2009. His second studio album, The Rose Tint, was released on 11 May 2011 and features appearances from Freddie Gibbs, PNC and Buckshot. He is also half of the award winning duo Frontline, who were the recipients of the New Zealand Music Awards Best Hip Hop Album award in 2006 for their album Borrowed Time.

David Dallas Career

Dallas’ first solo offering, “Something Now”, was released on 8 December 2008, through Dirty Records.

His debut solo album, Something Awesome, was released on 31 August 2009. It reached #1 on New Zealand’s iTunes chart. Something Awesome was awarded Best Urban/Hip Hop album at the 2010 New Zealand Music Awards on 7 October 2010.

After his video Big Time was featured on Kanye West’s blog in 2010, as well as other US-based medias drawing attention to his music, Dallas signed with Duck Down Records and has been spending time in New York City, collaborating with such artists as Freddie Gibbs, Buckshot, Kid Daytona and Tayyib Ali.

Dallas released his second album The Rose Tint through his website on 11 May 2011 as a free, digital-only release in a joint venture between Dirty Records, Dawn Raid Entertainment and Duck Down Records.

Dallas then performed the entrance theme The Usos “So Close Now”, which was released on iTunes by 31 October 2011 (Halloween) as part of the WWE Music Group.

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David Dallas Age

Dallas was born on August 28, 1982 (age 35 as of 2018). He began his hip hop career as a member of the duo Frontline. The duo released their debut album Borrowed Time in 2005 and took Best Urban Album at the New Zealand Music Awards the following year.

David Dallas Wife

Things have fallen into place for Kiwi rapper David Dallas, who married his long term partner, Radio New Zealand journalist Leilani Momoisea, over the weekend. Momoisea confirmed the news with this photo on Instagram. Dallas also took to social media, telling his followers he was “off the market”.

Momoisea, a radio presenter and model, had spoken of her nerves leading up to the big day on her blog, Lani Says. “I’m terrible at organisation and planning, so the prospect of figuring out something as important as a wedding has been kind of terrifying to me,” she wrote.

“The planning side is scary, the actual turning up and getting married part I’m all good with. In classic Lani style, a lot of things have been done last minute, but I reckon I’ve been pretty calm throughout most of it, and that’s basically because I just stopped doing things that didn’t involve going to work and wedding planning.”

David Dallas Net Worth

Winner of multiple New Zealand Music Awards accolades, he is a rapper that has grown incredibly popular throughout New Zealand. His third solo album peaked at number two on the New Zealand charts and his second, The Rose Tint, peaked at number three. His current net worth is 4 million.

David Dallas Songs

His debut solo album, Something Awesome, was released on 31 August 2009. it reached #1 on New Zealand’s iTunes chart. Something Awesome was awarded Best Urban/Hip Hop album at the 2010 New Zealand Music Awards on 7 October 2010 and was shortlisted for the inaugural Taite Music Prize in 2010.

His second studio album, The Rose Tint, was initially a free download via his website on 11 May 2011, it was downloaded more than 50,000 times. Due to demand a deluxe retail edition went on sale in October 2011 and became NZ’s highest selling hip hop album for 2011. The Rose Tint was nominated for 3 New Zealand Music Awards and also shortlisted for the Taite Prize in 2012.

In September 2012, David released the “Buffalo Man” EP as a free download, with all songs inspired by, sampled or interpolated from Jamiroquai.

On October 2013, Dallas’ third studio album Falling Into Place was released in New Zealand. It debuted at #2 in the New Zealand album chart. Its lead single “Runnin’” was certified platinum as of January 2014. Second single The Wire featuring Ruby Frost was certified Gold as of February 2014. Falling Into Place was up for 4 nominations at the 2014 New Zealand Music Awards. Dallas won Best Male Artist and Best Urban/Hip Hop Album at the 2014 New Zealand Music Awards.

Dallas wrote and performed the theme music for Samoan Wrestlers The Usos “So Close Now”, which was released on iTunes by 31 October 2011 as part of the WWE Music Group.

Dallas’ 2013 single “Runnin’” was used in the trailer for the video game Madden 25 and also features in the video game FIFA 14. Dallas supported Eminem at his first New Zealand show in February 2014 at Western Springs’ ‘Rapture’ event.

Albums

EPs

Singles

David Dallas Runnin – David Dallas Youtube

David Dallas – Hood Country Club

Released: 21 April 2017
Label: Mean as Music

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David Dallas Tour

There are no upcoming tour dates. For updates about Dallas tours visit his official website.