Joshua Jagan Hamilton “Lil Darkie” is a 26 year-old Indian-American multifaceted entertainer who also masquerades himself as an animated character. He is famous for being a producer, musician, painter, and YouTuber. In his career that has brought him to the limelight, he has been a part of music groups such as Gunk Rock, The Faggest, and Spider Gang.
In his thriving music career, he has recorded songs, including Holocaust (2019), I Can See Clearly (2020), and Run (2022). More to this, his music genres range from country, R&B, and hip hop which has mostly been described as trap metal. Away from the works he has recorded, the artist has equally used different pseudonyms such as Brahman, Lil Dvrkie, Small Dark One, and Dvrkie.
Most Fascinating Facts About Darkie
1. He Suffered Racial Bullying and Dropped Out of Film School
Joshua Jagan Hamilton was born on October 6, 1998, in Long Beach, California, United States, and grew up a Jew.
Lil Darkie had to grow up in two different worlds of happiness at home, and being bullied in school because of his race.
He was a high school boy scout in California and after he attended an Orthodox Jewish Day School, he went to a film school but dropped out of the school when he had an issue with the administration.
2. He Started Art at a Tender Age
In an interview, Lil Darkie reported that he started drawing since before he could form a memory of it. To him, art has been a part of who he is and he just does it.
His pain is a major inspiration is a major influence in his works as an artist.
Of his works, he is most notable for the creation of an animated character, Lil Darkie. The animation represents how he exempts himself from human rules and how he’s invincible since he is an idea.
3. Lil Darkie Almost Committed Suicide While Growing Up
The Long Beach-born artist reported that in middle school, he wanted to kill himself but couldn’t.
Whatever the case, he has been able to pull through and forge ahead in his musical career that has seen the death of his different persona, including “Brahman” before he became Lil Durkie.
4. He Started His Professional Career at 17
Although Darkie knew that he had talent in music and even started to explore it in 2006, it was when he was 17 around 2015 that he took it as a professional career.
He started his career under the pseudonym, Brahman – a name that reportedly makes reference to the Hindu creator God, Brahma.
He further rooted himself in the craft when he became involved in the creation of the music band, Gunk Rock. The group had FI.vco and Eddison as other members. He was also part of the band, “Spider Gang” with members FI.vco, Eddison, Bruhanegod, Cxrpse, Afourteen, Blackk, Christ Dillinger, and MKUltra.
5. He Released His First Official Single in 2018, 3 Years After His Career Kicked Off
It was in 2018 that Lil Darkie released his debut single, No Hands. The song did not become an instant hit, but it became a major step in his professional career that landed him fame and fortune.
The single was followed by the release of his EPs “Shoot People You Don’t Like” and “Drain the Swam”.
More to this, it was also in 2018 that he released his debut album, “Kill Yourself”.
In 2019 after he adopted the name “Lil Darkie”, he released a single titled Holocaust. The song became a great success and it paved a way for the release of 2 EPs and a mixtape.
Several other works came afterward and his music is mostly accompanied by controversial lyrics and loud sounds.
6. Soundcloud Did not Allow Lil Darkie to Upload His Album
According to a report on Genius, as reportedly consigned by Lil Darkie, SoundCloud wouldn’t let him upload his album in 2020.
More to this, Countere reported that in mid-2019, his songs were temporarily removed from Spotify and Instagram blocked his account.
This is associated with his using some words that were not “acceptable” to the platforms. The actions led to several questions as regards who exactly has the right to determine which songs are controversial.
Whatever the case and at the time of this writing, he is active on all the aforementioned platforms and numerous others.
7. He Does Not Identify with Any Race
Race is fake. Humanity is not
— lil darkie (@lildvrkie) June 1, 2020
Darkie is a mixed-race Indian American but does not identify with any race. He has recorded on Twitter in January 2020 that race is fake but humanity is not.
In another tweet, he added that he was tired of how people think that skin color matters.
8. Lil Darkie’s Relationships and Life as Bisexual
In a video, the Indian-American artist announced his being bisexual. More to it, he is even sometimes attracted to transsexuals.
Despite this, his relationship life has been kept in secrecy and hence, there is no information about the people he has been involved with.
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9. He Has Been Described as the Most Controversial Rapper Alive
Due to his ideologies about race, character (of animated Lil Darkie), drugs, and sexual orientation among other reasons.
Most of these subjects have been dealt with in his songs, in interviews, as well as through some of his posts on social media.
10. Net Worth of the Rapper
Sources have recorded $1 million as net worth of Darkie. Others have claimed that the net worth is about $1.2 million while some sources range it to be in the thousands.
Regardless of this, he has not given the complete details of his wealth. Hence, what is available on the internet is an estimation based on his music progress over the years.
His major source of income is music which he has earned through music sales, tours in many countries and cities, and streaming platforms among others.
