Rapper Dave was also known as Santan Dave is a South London born rapper who rose to fame after freestyling and putting out music on YouTube. He later collaborated with musicians like AJ Tracey, on their track ‘Thiago Silva’ and progressed to performing on stages and festivals. Dave got huge success after he dropped his debut album Six Paths which entered number 76 on UK Album Charts.
After Drake remixed on Dave’s single ‘Wanna Know’ people have been highly anticipating Dave to collaborate with other musicians such as Fredo. Dave connected to West London Rapper Fredo for single called ‘Funk Friday’ which has now skyrocketed to the number one spot on the Official Trending Charts and is currently pushing 3 million views on YouTube.
The video shows each Dave and Fredo’s personality through there styles and the flashy visuals produced. Dave starts off in a private garden setting with the colors bouncing off the screen with the contrasting clothing and accessories. It swiftly cuts to Fredo and shows him in a mansion setting with very classy scenery, while he smoothly moves around the space of the mansion taking his verse. The video continuously surprises us with the amazing editing skills and the animals that are introduced into the visual. It was announced this Friday that Dave and Fredo’s single have knocked Calvin Harris and Sam Smith off the number one spot on the Official UK Singles Chart. This has become their first UK number one so make sure to keep streaming ‘Funky Friday’ and watch the video down below.
Dave announced mid-September that he will be venturing on a European Tour in early November, so make sure to get your tickets via the link below.
7th November – Le Badaboum – Paris, France
8th November – Burg Schnabel – Berlin, Germany
9th November – Yuca – Cologne, Germany
10th November – Ideal Bar – Copenhagen, Denmark
13th November – John Dee – Oslo, Norway
14th November – Debaser Strand – Stockholm, Sweden
16th November – Melkweg – Amsterdam, Netherlands
You can pick up tickets here