[2] In 2009, the band Kids These Days was formed with Nico Segal, Vic Mensa, Liam Cunningham, Lane Beckstrom, Greg Landfair, Macie Stewart, J. P. Floyd, and Rajiv Halim.
On June 28, 2011, they released an extended play titled Hard Times EP and a full length mixtape, Traphouse Rock, on October 30, 2012.
[5] In May 2013, the band broke up and Nico Segal released his solo extended play, Donnie Trumpet EP on June 28, 2013.
[6] At the end of 2013 Segal performed with Chance the Rapper and the Social Experiment along with Nate Fox, Greg Landfair Jr. and Peter Cottontale.
On November 9, 2016, after Republican nominee Donald Trump won the U.S Presidential election, Segal dropped the nickname Donnie Trumpet.