David Orobosa Omoregie (born 5 June 1998), known mononymously as Dave, is an English rapper, singer, songwriter, pianist and record producer. 　　Dave released his debut EP Six Paths in 2016, to critical and commercial success, after the release of a number of successful singles. He went on to release the Game Over EP in 2017, with its lead single "No Words" peaking at 17 on the UK Singles Chart. He later released "Funky Friday" in 2018, which became his first number-one single as a lead artist after debuting at number 1. His debut album, Psychodrama, was released in early 2019 and charted at number one on the UK Albums Chart. Psychodrama is currently one of the highest-rated hip-hop albums on Metacritic. Dave is now going to be featured in a Netflix series called 'Top Boy' in Autumn 2019. 　　Early life 　　David Orobosa Omoregie was born on 5 June 1998 in Brixton, South London, as the last of three brothers to Nigerian parents. He was raised nearby Streatham. Dave initially began composing music at an early age, regularly writing lyrics in his early teens, prior to engaging in production after being gifted a piano by his mother in 2012, at age 14. As of April 2019, one of Dave's older brothers, Christopher, is currently incarcerated. 　　He attended St Mark's Academy, a mixed Church of England school in nearby Mitcham, before later attending Richmond upon Thames College, where he studied Law, Philosophy and Ethics, while also completing an additional module in Sound Design and Politics, further studying this at De Montfort University in Leicester. 　　Music career 　　2015–2017: Career beginnings and Six Paths 　　Dave made his debut appearance on a platform named Black Box in May 2015 he dropped a single with just audio on mixtape madness called Mid Summer Night and later progressed to Street Starz TV, a YouTube channel for freestyle rap, in September 2015. He performed his first SB.TV "Warm Up Session" with 1138 DripSquad in November 2015. His debut performance on Charlie Sloth's "Fire in the Booth", a freestyle segment on BBC Radio 1Xtra, was in March 2016. Dave's festival debut was at Bestival in August 2016, performing alongside AJ Tracey on their track Thiago Silva on the Eskimo Dance stage. He made a performance as part of the Red Bull Music Academy UK tour in October 2016. 　　After releasing a range of non-album singles, Dave released his debut EP, Six Paths, on 30 September 2016. The extended play was produced by Dave, Fraser T Smith, 169 and entered at number 76 on the UK Albums Chart. 　　In October 2016, Drake premiered a remix to Dave's song "Wanna Know" on OVO Sound Radio, which also featured Drake and was released as a single. The song debuted at 72 on the Official Singles Chart and peaked at 51, becoming Dave's first entry on the chart. 　　2017–present: Game Over and Psychodrama Throughout 2017, Dave released the non-album singles "Samantha" with J Hus which peaked at 63 on the Official Singles Chart, becoming the third biggest song to not chart in the top 40 in 2017, "Revenge", "100M's" and "Tequila". 　　On 9 October 2017, Dave announced his second extended play, Game Over, alongside the announcement of its accompanying tour. The EP was preceded by the politically-charged "Question Time". It was released on 3 November 2017 independently for streaming and digital download. Game Over was released on 3 November 2017 alongside the single "No Words." Game Over debuted at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart and "No Words" debuted at 18 before eventually peaking at 17 on 11 January 2018. 　　Dave won his first MOBO Award for the Best Newcomer Act at the 2017 ceremony on 29 November 2017. Dave released the single "Hangman" on 27 February 2018. In May 2018 Dave's song "Question Time" won Best Contemporary Song at the 2018 Ivor Novello Awards. 　　After a seven-month hiatus, Dave released "Funky Friday", featuring rapper Fredo, on 4 October 2018. The song debuted at number one in the UK, being only the third song to do so in 2018. This feat also meant that Dave secured his first ever number one single, as well as his first Top 10 single. After Dave hinted in interviews with BBC Radio 1 and then confirmed on 3 March, his debut album Psychodrama was released on 8 March 2019. Psychodrama debuted at number one in the UK, selling 26,390 copies in its first week, with 79% of its total generated by 26.3 million stream. The album had the biggest first week streams for a British rap album, eclipsing Stormzy's Gang Signs & Prayer. Elsewhere, the songs "Disaster", "Streatham", and "Location" debuted at 8, 9 and 11, respectively on the UK Singles Chart. 　　On 30 June 2019 Dave made his Glastonbury debut performing a set on the Other Stage.