Southern Plug Magazine: Leaders of the New School 2017 Volume 2 Issue 1 A | Page 61

LIL DICKY
Fast like Twista but hilarious like the Lonely Island crew, actor and writer
David Burd became rapper Lil Dicky in 2013 when he dropped the megahit
"Ex Boyfriend." Busting out of the Philadelphia suburbs, Burd graduated
from the Richmond Robins School of Business in 2010 at the top of his class.
A move to San Francisco came next, then he began working on Lil Dicky,
writing rhymes, cutting demos, and storyboarding videos for two years
before he showed them to the public. He first saw rapping as a way to
transfer musical success into television and film writing success, but when
he posted "Ex Boyfriend" and reached a million views within the week, hip-
hop lover Burd realized his hip-hop dream was already a reality. The 2013
hit landed on the So Hard mixtape that same year, while "White Crime"
("Walk into the movie with my pants full/Twix, bag of chips, plus a Snapple")
dropped in 2014. "Classic Male Pregame" landed a year later, along with
Dicky's debut album, Professional Rapper, which featured guest
appearances from Snoop Dogg, Fetty Wap, Hannibal Buress, and more, as
well as the single "$ave Dat Money" with Fetty Wap and Rich Homie Quan.
The effort debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 and topped the
Top Rap, Comedy, and Independent Albums charts, becoming one of the
biggest indie releases of the year.