Meet DC The DON - Rising Star Rap Disruptor

DC The Don’s approach to music feels like wringing out a soaked rag dripping with every emotion—rage, joy, euphoria, obsession—and mixing it into a cocktail of genre-blurring sound.

The Milwaukee-born rapper has carved a lane outside traditional genre boundaries. His debut album Come As You Are (2020) introduced a chaotic, emotionally charged style that defied rap’s norms.

Pitchfork noted that the album “rides a tightrope between volatile rage and melodic precision,” calling DC “a standout in a scene oversaturated with repetition.”

In 2023, he dropped FUNERAL, a full-length project that fused punk, rage, and melodic rap, solidifying his reputation as one of the internet’s most unpredictable voices.

Hot New HipHop described FUNERAL as “a genre-demolishing project that rejects comfort for catharsis,” and praised DC for “delivering vulnerability without diluting his energy.”

DC’s momentum didn’t slow in 2024. He released the EP Sacred Heart, featuring the fan-favorite track PSA, a song that blends airy vocals with dark confessional energy. That same year, he collaborated with midwxst and $NOT, further positioning himself at the intersection of hyperpop, emo rap, and underground trap.

In a review for Lyrical Lemonade, writer Noah Grant called Sacred Heart “an unfiltered stream of digital angst” and described DC as “an artist who thrives in chaos, but never loses control.”

His latest album REBIRTH marks a deliberate reset. “None of my other albums count,” DC said, framing the project as a clean slate. It threads existential themes through a dense mix of gospel choirs, Afrobeats rhythms, and punk distortion.

He’s part of a wave of post-SoundCloud artists reshaping what rap looks and sounds like in real time. His visuals stay sharp: high-contrast, distorted, and relentlessly online.

His newest provocative single, GET NAKED, is a bold rework of Gwen Stefani’s Hollaback Girl. DC used the infectious sample as a hook to draw fans in from the first second—and he did it with utmost finesse.