GoldLink
| GoldLink | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | D’Anthony Carlos[1] |
| Born | Washington D.C. |
| Genres | Experimental hip hop |
D’Anthony Carlos (known by his stage name GoldLink) is an American rapper best known for his 2014 mixtape The God Complex. His single "Dance on Me" peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Twitter Real-Time chart and he was named to the XXL Freshman Class in 2015.
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Early life
GoldLink's father was a parks and recreation worker and his mother a secretary at a law firm.[2] After his father left the family, GoldLink moved to Bowie, Maryland with his mother and eventually settled in Virginia.[2]
Career
GoldLink began his career performing under his birth name D'Anthony Carlos. He began making music as a hobby after graduating high school, eventually recording tracks in a local studio in Washington D.C. named Indie Media Lab.[2] He released his first tracks on Bandcamp under the name Gold Link James. It was in 2013 that he began performing as GoldLink, releasing several free tracks on SoundCloud.[2]
GoldLink released his fist mixtape The God Complex in 2014. It received a 7.9 rating from Pitchfork Media and named as one of the Best Albums of 2014 by Complex.[2][3]
GoldLink began collaborating with producer Rick Rubin in 2015.[4] His debut album release in November 2015 was After That, We Didn't Talk, much of which was considered a follow-up to questions left unanswered from The God Complex.[5] He was also named a member of the XXL Freshman Class in 2015.[4]
Discography
Albums
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| And After That, We Didn't Talk[6] |
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Mixtapes
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| The God Complex |
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As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||
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| US Hot 100 |
US Emerging | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Ay Ay" | 2015 | — | — | The God Complex[7] | |||||||||||||||
| "Sober Thoughts" | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||||||||||||
| "Dance on Me"[8] | — | 4 | And After That, We Didn't Talk | ||||||||||||||||
| "Spectrum"[9] | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| US Hot 100 |
US Emerging |
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| "Sticks and Horses" (George Maple featuring GoldLink)[10] |
2016 | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Compromise" (Christian Rich featuring GoldLink) |
2015 | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Paradise Awaits (part 2)" (ZHU featuring GoldLink) |
2014 | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Future (part 1)" (Bipolar Sunshine featuring GoldLink) |
— | — | Non-album single | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References
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