Kashdami

KA$HDAMI
KA$HDAMI in front of a lowrider.
Background information
Birth name	David Wallace III
Also known as	Dami
Born	(2004-12-16) December 16, 2004 (age 19) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Origin	Prince George County, Maryland, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop Soundcloud rap plugg
Occupations	Rapper singer entrepreneur
Years active	2018–present
Labels	Republic Mercury KA$HWAYZ INFINITI
Website	https://kashwayz.com

David Wallace III (born December 16, 2004), known professionally as Kashdami (often stylized as KA$HDAMI), is an American rapper from Prince George County, Maryland. He is known for his distinct melodic flow, melding distorted 808s with catchy hooks, and clever wordplay.^[1] He initially rose to popularity in 2020 with his song "Kappin Up", this was assisted due to the song's associated music-video from WorldStar. In 2021 he regained popularity on video platform TikTok with his songs "Reparations", "Look N The Mirror", and "14" which featured rapper tana. These songs lead to heavy amounts of traction and growth on Wallace's SoundCloud and TikTok accounts and helped pushed the Plugg sound to the mainstream. He released his first major label mixtape Epiphany in June 2021^[2]

David Wallace III was born on December 16, 2004, in Las Vegas, Nevada. He gained early experience with music through his father, who owned a home studio. He died when Wallace was seven. His mother became ill around this time as well. Due to circumstances, his mother moved to Southeast (Washington, D.C.) to be closer to family.^[2] Wallace has a twin sister.^[3] Wallace recorded his first song around this time in his uncle's studio in Upper Marlboro, Maryland^[4] Wallace relocated to Rosaryville, Maryland for elementary school but due to unstable housing was transferred. Wallace attended King George High School before dropping out and graduating online from an online academy.

Wallace started making music at the age of eight through the now-defunct video chat app ooVoo. At thirteen, he bought a microphone and recorded on his mother's computer using the open source program Audacity (audio editor). At thirteen he also started his clothing line "KA$HWAYZ".^[5] He released the song "Kappin Up" and Tryn' Blitz in 2018 but became demotivated and took a break. Wallace returned when "Kappin Up" became popular on TikTok in 2020, with a music video by WorldStarHipHop.^[6][7]

With newfound motivation, on October 15, 2020 Wallace would release his first mixtape #KashDontMiss. This project grew his online fanbase. On Oct 23, 2020 he would collab with a rising SoFaygo for their song "Laser Tag". Later in the year he would release his first "birthday-project" being 16 with features from redveil & BoofPaxkMooky, two of his earliest collaborators. In January 2021, his breakout single "Reparations!" released, which gained popularity on various platforms including TikTok and SoundCloud. His follow-up single "Look N The Mirror!" did similarly well. Wallace signed a deal with Republic Records in May 2021.^[6]

On June 2, 2021, the mixtape Epiphany released through Republic Records, with production from Lil Tecca and features from tana, yvngxchris, SSGKobe, Riovaz and D'mari Harris^[2][8] Wallace and fellow rapper tana, formerly BabySantana, featured on the Lyrical Lemonade YouTube channel with their track "14". on July 20, 2021.^[9] In September, Wallace released the single "Public", and followed it up with "Intermission" in October.^[10] They were the lead singles to his next mixtape Hypernova, it was released on November 12, 2021, with a sole feature from Trippie Redd.^[11][12]

In March, Wallace released the single "Posed2be" and followed it with "Phoenix" in April. He later released "Famine" with XLOVCLO and then released the final single of his album World Damination with "Komission" on September 9, 2022. A week later, on September 16, World Damination was released. World Damination features the artists Midwxst, XLOVCLO, NoCap, ilyfall and Slump6s. After had releasing a slew of singles off SoundCloud, on December 16, 2022, Wallace released an EP titled 18. Matt Ox serves as the EP's sole feature.

Keeping mostly quiet in 2023 with releases until his October single "Games", produced by Mannyvelli, Sparkheem, & L.3.G.I.O.N., Wallace would start 2024 off by dropping his highly anticipated single "Want!" after the snippet gained virality on TikTok. Wallace would then release his third studio album, "oasis" on February 23 after receiving help from fellow DMV artist Brent Faiyaz. With features from Karri and Dro Kenji, It contains a total of 12 songs. It would end up being Dami’s final release under Republic Records, as he would go onto release new music independently through his "KA$HWAYZ" imprint INFINITI.

Throughout the span of May and June 2024, three singles were released: “Liq & X,” “Indigo,” and “LMG!". “LMG!” would be the first release from his upcoming project INFINITI.

On September 12th, Wallace hosted an album-release party for INFINITI in New York at Mehanata Bulgarian Bar, selling out 3x over capacity. After previewing the album; INFINITI would be released at midnight on September 13, 2024 marking his first project with no features.