Diggy Simmons

Diggy Simmons: Biography in Details

Who is Diggy Simmons?

Diggy Simmons is an American renowned rapper, singer, songwriter, model, and actor. She is better known as the fourth child of Joseph Simmons.

Simmons was also a part of Lupe Fiasco’s short-lived rap collectives, ‘All-City Chess Club‘ as the youngest member.

What is the full name of Diggy Simmons?

Diggy was born in Queens, New York, US on March 21, 1995. Professionally, he is commonly known as Diggy but his full name is Daniel Dwayne Simmons II. He belongs of American nationality and is of African-American descent.

Diggy is the son of Joseph Simmons and Justine Jones. His father, Joseph is an American rapper and TV personality. Joseph is also one of the founding members of the influential hip-hop group, RUN-DMC. Likely, his mother is also a well-known actress.

Diggy has two siblings named Russell “Russy” Simmons II and Victoria Anne Simmons. Sadly, his sister, Victoria had already passed away due to omphalocele disease, which is a birth defect. Also, the MTV crew has documented her death.

He has also four more siblings three were from his father’s previous relationship named Vanessa Simmons, Joseph Ward Simmons Jr., and Angela Simmons. After his sister’s death, his parents adopted a baby and named her Miley Justine Simmons.

His sister Angela Simmons is also a well-known actress and Venessa Simmons is a businesswoman.

Further his academic details are under the curtain at the moment.

Diggy Simmons: Professional Life, Career

Music career

Diggy Simmons began his music career in 2009 when he released his first mixtape, The First Flight. After releasing his debut mixtape five record labels showed interest in signing him and he signs with Atlantic Records.

In early 2010, he uploaded a video freestyling over Nas’s song, “Made You Look” featuring himself which went viral. Regarding the video also Kanye West praised via Twitter stating that he knew Simmons is going to kill the industry.

Afterward, Simmons released his second mixtape, Airborne in 2010. Also, the mixtape track “Great Expectations” was featured that year in a national AT&T television commercial. Similarly, Simmons released his third mixtape, Past, Present(S), Future, in December 2010.

His single “Copy, Past” peaked at number 24 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in September 2011. Since then, he has released over 18 singles till now, including “Do It Like You”, “88”, Two Up”, “Goin”, “Re-Up”, and so on.

Acting Career

In 2013, Diggy Simmons debut his acting career and had a small role in the comedy Parental Guidance along with Billy Crystal, and Bette Midler. However, his part in the movie was cut due to some creative changes.

Later, he started his own 2 hours TV movie/show, ‘The Start Up’ on BET. He has also appeared in a recurring role on the TV series Grown-ish where he played the role of Doug as Jazlyn’s boyfriend is played by Chole Bailey. He has been featured in the MTV reality television show, Run’s House alongside his parents and five siblings.

Awards & Nominations

Bet Award 

– In 2011 he was nominated for the category of YoungStars Award however, he was awarded in 2012 for the same category.

– Diggy Simmons was nominated for Best New Artist in 2012.

BET Hip Hop Awards (2011)

– Simmons was nominated for Outstanding New Artist.

Naacp Image Awards (2012)

– He won the award for Outstanding New Artist.

Teen Choice Awards (2007)

– Nominated in the Category of Male Reality/Variety Star.

Rumors, Controversy

To date, Simmons has not been part of any sorts of rumors and disputes that create headlines in the media. Also, he stays miles away from any sorts of rumors and controversy.

Diggy Simmons: Net Worth, Salary

Diggy Simmons has earned a fair amount of wealth in his career throughout his multiple profession as a rapper, singer, songwriter, model, and actor. In addition, he has also done several endorsed and promoted various brands like Dries Van Noten, BODE, Salvatore Ferragamo, and so on.

As of 2023, he has an estimated net worth of around $3.75 million. Furthermore, his salary, yearly income, and other assets are still under review.

How tall is Diggy Simmons?

Diggy Simmons has an impressive height of  5 feet 9 inches tall and his weight is around 72 kg. He has dark brown hair color with dark brown pair of eyes. Further, his other body measurement is still under review.

Social Media

Diggy Simmons has verified social media sites including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. On his Instagram account, he has more than 1.8m followers. Likely, he has more than 1.5m followers on his Twitter account.

He is active on Facebook with an amassed of nearly 2.9m followers. The actor has also shared his e-mail id [email protected] for any business inquiries.

Further, he has a self-titled YouTube channel where he has more than 214k subscribers. Mostly, he uploads his music videos on his YouTube channel.

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