The mixtape was later featured on SpaceGhostPurrp's social media, giving Curry attention in the local music scene and resulting in him joining the former's hip-hop collective Raider Klan.

Curry left Raider Klan in 2013, releasing his debut studio album, Nostalgic 64, in September of that year, while still in high school.

He has since released three extended plays: 32 Zel/Planet Shrooms in 2015, 13 in 2017, and Unlocked (a collaboration with Kenny Beats) in 2020, and four studio albums: Imperial in 2016, Ta13oo in 2018, Zuu in 2019, and Melt My Eyez See Your Future in 2022.

Denzel Rae Don Curry was born on February 16, 1995, in the Carol City neighborhood of Miami Gardens, Florida.

[1] Curry started down an artist's path with early poetic ambitions in elementary school before he began rapping in the sixth grade.

1 Underground Tape 1996, which caught the attention of fellow American rapper Earl Sweatshirt and other members of Odd Future.

[8] In late 2012, Curry met his manager Mark Maturah, and under his guidance, released his first studio single, "Dark & Violent", featuring J. K. The Reaper and Nell, to SoundCloud.

The album features guest appearances from JK the Reaper, Lil Ugly Mane, Mike G, Nell, Robb Bank$, Stephen A. Clark, and Yung Simmie, among others.

On February 14, 2019, Curry performed a cover of "Bulls on Parade" by Rage Against the Machine on the Australian radio station Triple J as part of Like a Version, which was met with widespread acclaim.

[23] On July 15, 2019, Curry made his television debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, performing a medley of "Ricky" and "Wish" from his album Zuu.

On January 6, 2020, Curry released a project titled 13lood 1n + 13lood Out, featuring fellow rappers Ghostemane, Xavier Wulf, ZillaKami and AK of The Underachievers.

[30] Curry was featured on the September 2021 song "Bleach", released on rapper ZillaKami's debut album, DOG BOY.

[31] Curry collaborated on the track "Dynasties and Dystopia" from the Netflix series Arcane, alongside Gizzle and Bren Joy.

On January 5, 2022, the official trailer for Curry's fifth studio album, titled Melt My Eyez See Your Future, was uploaded to his YouTube channel.

Curry said the project would feature a new, more mature sound, different from his previous works: "Y'all are not going to hear the same type of Denzel anymore.

Curry also said the album "is made up of everything that I couldn't [include] on Ta13oo or Imperial because I was going through depression [and] anger issues", and would take inspiration from traditional hip-hop, drum and bass, trap, poetry, and jazz.

[33] The same day, a North American and European tour promoting the album (with guest acts Kenny Mason, Mike Dimes, Redveil, and PlayThatBoiZay) was announced.

On June 24, 2022, a collaboration between Dot da Genius, JID, Curry, and Kid Cudi, titled "Talk About Me", was released, along with a music video directed by Cole Bennett.

[51] On October 30, Curry announced the mixtape would be re-released on November 15 as an album simply titled King of the Mischievous South[52] with five additional tracks.

[56] Some musicians who have been credited with inspiring Curry include MF Doom, André 3000, DMX,[57] Kanye West, the Roots,[58] Kid Cudi,[59] Nirvana,[60] and Trick Daddy,[61] as well as Southern hip hop in general.

[66] He has been acknowledged as a figure who "helped pioneer" SoundCloud rap[67] and called "an artist who pushes the boundaries of [hip hop]".

[68] On February 27, 2014,[69] Curry's brother, Treon "Tree" Johnson,[70] died as a result of complications after being tased by the police in Hialeah, Florida.

Officers responded to an emergency call made by a man claiming that Johnson was beating two dogs with a metal pipe.

[75] In November 2023, Curry signed an open letter calling for a ceasefire in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war and an end to the blockade of the Gaza Strip.