Prayers, Patience and Persistence: Why Dee-1 Is Winning The Rap Game
February 8, 2017
When the L.A. Sentinel first introduced our readership to rapper, David Augustine aka Dee-1, the New Orleans native was making headlines for turning down a record deal with Lil Wayne’s imprint, Young Money. While many artists would have compromised their beliefs in order to be an “overnight success,” Dee-1 has continued to run his race at his own pace and his star is continuing to rise. In 2016, Dee-1 broke the Internet with his song, “Sallie Mae Back,” where the former math teacher boasts about paying off his student loan debt to the infamous creditor, Sallie Mae. Based on the