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DRAM
DRAM is just like the guy next door— if the guy next door could rap, sing, and make smash records. “I always had a boisterous personality,” says the singer/songwriter. “Even when I was dead ass broke, I still found ways to have fun.” Born Shelley Massenburg-Smith in Germany to a military mom, D.R.A.M. (an acronym for Does Real Ass Music) and his family planted roots in Hampton, Virginia, where he was raised. Growing up, he hung around his older cousins and found inspiration in artists beyond his years, such as luminaries like Al Green and Parliament. “As a kid, I remember everyone in my family played older music, it just rubbed off. It was a blessing,” he says. When he hit his teens, DRAM was enamored by hip-hop and hit the mall every day after school to look for local rappers to challenge. “I was rapping just like Cassidy. He was my favorite rapper at that time,” he recalls of the Philadelphia rapper. “It took a lot of growth, but I always knew that I was gonna make it as an artist. Over time my sound just developed."

Albums

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DRAM&B

Album • 2024
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Shelley FKA DRAM

Album • 2021
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What Had Happened Was… (Live)

Album • 2023
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BLACK SANTA

EP • 2023
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Big Baby DRAM

Album • 2016
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What Had Happened Was…

Album • 2022
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Gahdamn!

Album • 2015
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PPL

EP • 2022
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#1EpicEP

EP • 2015

Singles

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Full Speed

2025
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When She Call (CLEAN)

2024
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WHAM

2022
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Why Should I (feat. Guapdad 4000 & Clint.)

2025
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Summer Nights

2023
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I WANT YOU BUT YOU'LL NEVER KNOW...

2022
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Marry Me

2024
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Deposit

2023
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When She Call (feat. Ellis Quinn)

2024
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Let Me See Your Phone

2022

Featured on

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Hip-Hop Christmas

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Hip-Hop Energy

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Today's R&B Christmas

Playlist • YouTube Music
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New R&B

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Presenting Lil Yachty

Playlist • YouTube Music
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'10s Hip Hop

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Blue Dream

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Peaceful Christmas Pop

Playlist • YouTube Music

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