You’ve heard of the cult classic film “Donnie Darko” but in this day and age we have the rising New York Artist known as Dante Darko. He took his alias from a combination of things that inspire him; Dante is from the poet Dante Alighieri, Darko comes from the movie “Donnie Darko.” Darko began singing at a really young age at church with his grandmother. Once he got older he stopped singing at church and transitioned to singing for choir at his middle school, he sung at school events, even singing the national anthem at times. By the time he got to high school he out grew it. “I always wanted to be a rapper/singer ever since I was a kid growing up off names like Max B and D-Block. So as I got a little older and a little more confident I started to pursue my passion. I didn’t start taking it serious though until about a year ago.”
After going through a tough spell and being kicked out of his mom’s house about a year ago, he decided it was time to take his music career seriously and push iot into overdrive. “The music is the one thing I’ve always had with me so when I felt lost like I had nothing else I stuck to that. ” Darko’s music influences include Max B, D-Block, Biggie Smalls and Styles P. Darko being a New York native, it’s no surpise he’s been influenced nby some of the greatest from the early ’90’s. More current artists his music is influenced by are BIGBABYGUCCI, Lucki and XXXTentacion; “they aren’t afraid to be themselves when set in front of the world. But some of my newer influences have been people like Krimelife Ca$$ and ABG Neal as well as Suave The Don because they’re artists from my state that really put on for NY and make some crazy music and it’s inspiring to see niggas around the same age as me doing big things.”
I have been working with Dante personally lately and I’ve noticed what a true creatuive he is – he works on a song until he feels its right, could take him a day or a week, does not matter he is willing to put in the work until it feels right. I feel there is definitely a lot more to come from this creative; he has only just begun! When asked what his over all goal with his career is Darko exclaimed “My overall goal with music is to touch as many lives as I can before I die. Not only do I want to be remembered, but I want to be remembered as someone who gave everything he had to make the world a better place. I pray that by the time my career is over I’ve changed at least a million lives and made at-least that same amount of people embrace and or love themselves more than they did before they found me. ”
Stay tuned for what’s to come next for Dante Darko, for now click here to listen to his latest single titled “Paul Pierce.” Enjoy!
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