Birth name David John McIntyre Genres Hip hop, Rap, | Years active 2012 – present Name Dave McIntyre | |
Born September 18, 1989 (age 35) Port Perry, Ontario, Canada ( 1989-09-18 ) Occupation(s) Rapper, producer, and songwriter Instruments Vocals, Keyboard, MPK & Studio. Associated acts Madchild, Moka Only, Classified, Thrust, JD Era Ed the Sock |
Dave McIntyre, ALONE show winner, season 2 reviews his different Machetes in - Making the Cut
David John "Dave" McIntyre (born September 18, 1989), better known by his stage name Dave Mac (stylized as DAVE MAC), is a Canadian actor, model and rapper from Port Perry, Ontario, Canada. Dave Mac is the son of Deborah McIntyre and Joseph McIntyre, who was the lead singer of '70's Canadian rock band Yesteryear. Dave Mac released three mixtapes before dropping his debut EP Sins, which received positive reviews despite being a completely independent release.
Contents
- Dave McIntyre ALONE show winner season 2 reviews his different Machetes in Making the Cut
- ALONE show winner Dave McIntyre reviews his Survival Kit Possibles Pouch
- Early life
- Career
- 2016 2017 present
- 2017 2018 present
- Trivia
- Albums
- References
ALONE show winner Dave McIntyre reviews his Survival Kit & Possibles Pouch
Early life
Dave grew up in Port Perry, Ontario where he picked up rapping at the age of 15. Recording his own music with his dads old-school recording interface. Since then Mac has pursued a college education studying both at Loyalist College in Belleville, Ontario and Durham College in Oshawa, Ontario. Dave's father was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident involving a drunk driver. Mac uses this as motivation, turning his focus to music full-time and striving to deliver a positive message to the youth with each song.
Career
Dave released "Turn My Back" which featured collaborations with Canadian hip hop artists such as Madchild, Swollen Members, Choclair, The Deans List, and Dilated Peoples. In addition to rapping he also is involved in other aspects of music such as producing, songwriting, and graphic design. Dave is back in the studio working on his second E.P. titled "Trouble", which will kick start his first ever solo tour. Dave has also taken rap outside the studio and hit the stage beside hip hop artists such as Machine Gun Kelly, Thrust, Sean Brown and Slaine. Mac is affiliated with Peter Jackson and 90 Nickel Entertainment, a company based out of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. In this past year, Mac's main focus has been music videos and his upcoming album Trouble. Dave's latest release "Ed the Sock" features a Canadian Much Music television personality from the 1990's Ed the Sock. Dave is also working a full-time job five days a week for Buc union doing construction work with GWF installations & Starfab based out of Newmarket, Ontario
2016-2017-present
Dave is set to release "Trouble" a ten track album with seven visuals. The recent traction of his Ed the Sock tribute prompted HMV Canada to run an exclusive weekend sale of Dave Mac's Trouble. Trouble was written as a result of Dave's personal experiences and real-life hardships of eternal love and tragic break-ups. The album Trouble also received industry praise from Canadian hip hop icon Moka Only. The albums single features A Detroit Michigan artist called Roze the single titled Trouble Has reached 100k views on youtube and is in heavy rotation on Hits 93 Toronto The township of Scugog recently dedicated a commemorative Dave Mac bench in Palmer park downtown Port Perry with a decorative engraving that says, "Just because your town is small, doesn't mean your dreams have to be." In 2015 Dave's ex fiance showed up at a local Pub Called Col Mustard Bar&Grill showing off her new boyfriend. During the six-month long break up, Dave recorded his latest inspiration a full length album titled Trouble which hit stores April 18, 2016.
The Update Is DAVE'S third album that comes out March 18th 2017 the album means a act of bringing something or someone up to date, or an updated version of something. The album is a thirteen track album that features guest appearances such as Mark Battles Hendersin & of course Roze and Dubby. Dave has vowed after this album he will only be making positive music that means no swearing or any negative topics he only wishes to influence music on youth and everyone.
2017-2018-present
Taking a break from social media to focus his energy back into the studio to structure 15 music videos with 15 new records for his upcoming release The Comeback
Trivia
Mr McIntyre currently dedicates his life to his current girlfriend Sam and to his current Church The Embassy in Oshawa Ontario. Dave has surpassed over 500,000 plays on Spotify.