Kashdami
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.
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 and managed Ne-Yo & KaMeelah Williams from the 702 (group).
Wallace began to skip classes due to altercations with teachers, once even caught on camera;[6] and would label school "a waste of purpose" in a 2021 tweet.
Wallace started making music at the age of eight, recording freestyles through the now-defunct video chat app ooVoo.
At thirteen, after being gifted a Blue Snowball from a friend at school, he began to record on his mother's computer using the open source program Audacity (audio editor).
Later in the year, Wallace would join the late 2010's collective started by redveil called hvmor and they would release a group project on January 12th, 2019.
Wallace returned when "Kappin Up" became popular on TikTok due to the #phonekeepmoving dance challenge in 2020 amassing more than a billion views on the hashtag, which the likes of Bronny James, Shareef O'Neal, & Tory Lanez participated in.
On June 17, 2022 Wallace performed supporting Playboi Carti at the CENA 2K22 Festival in São Paulo, Brazil.
[19] Wallace would then release his third studio album oasis on February 23, with features from Karri and Dro Kenji, It contains a total of 12 songs.
On September 12th, Wallace hosted an album-release party for INFINITI in New York at Mehanata Bulgarian Bar, selling out 3x over capacity.
Some of Wallace's favorite brands include Chrome Hearts, Supreme, Rick Owens, and he's a big fan of Japanese designer Issey Miyake.
Wallace also credits Mexikodro, Lil Wayne, Playboi Carti, Ugly God, Logic, Chief Keef, Diego Money, Goonew, Tay K, D. Savage & Duwap Kaine.
His earlier releases were almost all diss-track style jingles; which Wallace gradually evolved into a more R&B-ish sound with catchy hooks.
Many in the underground scene coin this signature style the "Dami Flow", which has been interpolated numerous times by aspiring artists.
INFINITI Recordings / (LLC), is an indie label created by Wallace in early 2024; in partnership with KA$HWAYZ.
In June 2021, rapper Texako would accuse Wallace of being an "industry plant" and alleged he was discretely signed to "RCA Records", proven false.
In July 2021, rapper iayze began an online altercation calling Wallace a "wannabe", and even questioned his membership within the Bloods.
Iayze would later cooperate with police to reduce his time in jail on an aggravated assault charge that involved rapper Summrs.
Wallace would respond with an unofficial release "fifa / w4md" saying: "In real life Slump really stick built I can't wait to see what you on nigga".
Wallace would also state the whole feud started just because Slump6s wanted to join ilyFall's collective: "'They wanna be gang, but they can't, cus' they lame so they make they own..." fifa / w4md stands at almost a million streams on Soundcloud as of 2024.
On September 12, 2024, before his release party in New York, Wallace would go Instagram live to show him being harassed by four members of NYPD who wrongfully identified him and his friends and accused them of jaywalking on a sidewalk.
