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Name
  
DL Incognito

Role
  
Rapper

Genres
  
Hip hop music


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Origin
  
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Occupation(s)
  
Rapper, record producer

Record labels
  
URBNET Records, Universal Music Group

Albums
  
Someday is Less Than a S, A Sample and A Drum Ma, A Captured Moment in Time, Organic Music for a Digital W, Organic Music For A Digitial

Profiles

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Oliver Nestor, better known as DL Incognito, is a Canadian hip hop rapper and producer from Ottawa, Ontario. He is currently signed to URBNET Records but also operates his independent label Nine Planets Hip Hop along with his brother. In 2007 and 2009, he was nominated for a Juno for Best Rap Recording.

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Musical career

DL first started his career in 1999 when he appeared on the Nine Planets Hip Hop compilation Welcome To The Land Of The Lost.

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His first solo release was his 2002 release, A Sample and a Drum Machine. Two years later, he released the album Life's a Collection of Experiences.

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In 2006, he released Organic Music for a Digital World. Rowald Pruyn of RapReviews gave the album a very favorable 8.5/10, saying "DL Incognito, whose name he interprets as 'delivering lyrics on the down low,' has skills on the mic which are surpassed only by his ability for self-reflection." The album received a Juno nomination.

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Following this, he released A Captured Moment in Time in 2008, which like his last albums, also received a Juno nomination.

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In 2013, he released the album Someday Is Less Than a Second Away, which features D-Sisive, along with others. Exclaim! gave the album a very favorable review and Chayne Japal said: "His recent efforts have resulted in a fifth album, Someday is Less than a Second Away, a tight, potent record that utilizes his and his collaborators' strengths."

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DL Incognito said in an interview that his main goal is "just trying to give Canadian hip-hop an identity." In another interview, he said what inspires him to rap is life: "Life inspires me, all the ups & downs that people go through, current events, happiness, pain, everything is an inspiration. As I continue on this journey I've realized that life's a collection of experiences and my albums are captured moments in time."

Name

The name 'DL Incognito' means "Deliverying Lyrics on the Low".

Lyrics

In many songs, DL talks about personal issues such as the loss of his mother:

  • On the track "The Ending" off of Life's A Collection..., DL raps 'If I never really make it mom it ain't your fault you gave me everything.'
  • On the first song "Welcome" off the Organic Music... album, DL raps 'While I was fightin' for radio spins, my mother was fighting a battle she couldn't win, found the strength within, then I lost her to cancer, there's your answer if you ask me where the promos been.'
  • 'Make A Difference' (Organic Music) DL raps 'And when I go I'll finally see my mommy again, Miss you mommy twenty four seven.'
  • 'Live In My Element' (Organic Music) DL raps 'My brother has my mother's tattoo upon his arm, a portrait of her so life like I, can feel her charm, We will always remember, through us you will live on.'
  • 'Reality Bites' (Organic Music) DL raps 'Raise your kids, my mother did, struggled for a bit, plus she raised her twins, strong black woman rest in peace mom I love ya.'
  • Personal life

    Nestor is of Haitian and French-Canadian descent.

    Solo albums

  • A Sample and a Drum Machine
  • Released: July 23, 2002
  • Label: Nine Planets Hip Hop
  • Life's a Collection of Experiences
  • Released: November 23, 2004
  • Label: Nine Planets Hip Hop
  • Organic Music for a Digital World
  • Released: June 20, 2006
  • Label: Nine Planets Hip Hop
  • A Captured Moment in Time
  • Released: April 8, 2008
  • Label: Nine Planets Hip Hop
  • Someday Is Less Than a Second Away
  • Released: April 16, 2013
  • Label: URBNET Records
  • Singles

  • "Rugged Raw"
  • "Spit Forever 2"
  • "Proof"
  • "Verbalerity"
  • "Live In My Element"
  • "Make a Difference"
  • "Air Play"
  • References

    DL Incognito Wikipedia