Teddy Grahams
| Teddy Grahams | |
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| Born | Brandon Graham 1990/02/11 Bronx, New York |
| 💼 Occupation | Rapper |
| Label(s) | ICMG/2DEEP |
| Height | 5'5" |
| 🌐 Website | https://www.iamteddygrahams.com |
| iamteddygrahams | |
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Brandon Graham, known professionally as Teddy Grahams, is a rapper-songwriter, Audio Engineer, Record Producer & video director.Born in the Soundview section of The Bronx, New York February 11, 1990. He has gained public recognition on youtube.com in 2008 with his song “Shorty Gotta Cake”,[1] which featured women dancing to his music promoting the popular dance known as “Twerking”. Teddy began studying Audio and Music Theory at a local studio for Bronx Artist. Later, he got his stage name from a child hood girlfriend claiming his chivalrous actions made him a sweet person and reminded her of the Nabisco cookies “Teddy Grahams[2]”.
Career[edit]
In 2010, Teddy released a project entitled "Cookies & Sweetness" [3] In the Summer of 2011, Teddy inked his distributed deal with Jay Stuart Productions & Island Def Jam Records. Soon after, Teddy enrolled in the Performing Art School, Five Towns College, studying Audio, Film & Music Business. School & his Distribution Company quickly became a conflict of interest. Balancing the request made by managers, music freedom & school work became a struggle. In 2012, Teddy was dropped from his distribution with no released projects or singles.[4]
In 2013, Teddy and New York Rapper “Kony Brooks” rekindled for a collaboration, releasing their song, “What You Know About”. The song was placed on Kony's “Kony Island” mixtape.[5] Not long after, Teddy & Kony placed another collaboration, “Work Wit” on Kony's LP “Hieroglyphics” in 2014.[6]
In 2015, Teddy & Kony joined forces giving birth to a joint venture together known as ICMG/2DEEP. A Company dedicated to pushing an artist's creativity to its limit with six active artist; Teddy Grahams, Kony Brooks, SwaGG, Diipps,[7] JR (Just Real) & Ray Fame. After the announcement, a duo mixtape with Kony Brooks was released and titled “The God x The King [8]”. In 2016, Teddy released his solo EP “One Thing For Sure [9]” . Shortly after the release of his EP, a group known as “The Thot Boys” was formed releasing two records titled "Thot Boys [10]" & "Wild Thots [11]". A group which includes Teddy Grahams, Kony Brooks [12]., SwaGG, JR Just Real [13] & Ray Fame,[14] with the soul purpose to promote and market to women, headlining SOB's (Sounds of Brazil), the legendary New York venue with notable performers like J.Cole, Erykah Badu, Wale, Usher, Kanye West, Nas, Outkast and many more.
References[edit]
- ↑ "TEDDY GRAHAMS Shorty Gotta Cake". youtube. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ↑ "TEDDY GRAHAMS HipHop Center interview". youtube. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ↑ "TEDDY GRAHAMS COOKIES & SWEETNESS". datpiff. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ↑ "TEDDY GRAHAMS bio". iamteddygrahams. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ↑ "Kony Brooks - Kony Island Mixtape". vanndigital. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ↑ "Kony Brooks - 'Hieroglyphics'". vanndigital. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ↑ "Diipps - F.u.s.m". chicagobangerz. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ↑ "Teddy Grahams & Kony Brooks - The God x The King". Soundcloud. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ↑ "Teddy Grahams - One Thing For Sure". usamusicreviews. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ↑ "Thot Boys - Thot Boy". hiphoprapscene. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ↑ "Thot Boys - Wild Thots". voicelessmusic. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ↑ "Kony Brooks bio". Kony Brooks. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ↑ "Who is Jr Just Real". thehypemagazine. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ↑ "Ray Fame". straightofficial. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
