WHAT IT IS: This 22-year-old Dominican from South Florida is equipped with fierce dance skills and a sultry voice. Her big break came when she directed the “Breakfast Can Wait” video for Prince at only 18. She recently released her EP, Summer With Friends, featuring the single, “Play,” which has 633k Spotify streams and counting. Last year, she opened a show at Rutgers University with Khalid and did an Apple Music showcase. Her new single, “All I Know,” has collected more than 396k visual content views. She’ll embark on a radio promo tour this March with an untitled album dropping in July.
ALBUM: Summer With Friends EP
RELEASE DATE: 7/20
SINGLE: “All I Know”
TV: Track “Lurkin” featured on HBO’s Insecure
LIVE: Opened for Khalid at Rutgers’ Beats on the Bank; will open for Wale at an upcoming show
INTERNET: 100k monthly Spotify listeners; 148k Instagram followers, 11.8k Twitter followers
RADIO: 1/30 impact
PRESS: Fader, Ones to Watch (“To describe DaniLeigh’s sound is to describe a voice that is refreshingly new while still managing to retain all the hallmark charms of ’90s hip-hop”)
BOOKING: Mike G/UTA
PUBLISHING: UMPG
MANAGEMENT: FN Management