What is DDG’s net worth?
DDG (real name: Darryl Dwayne Granberry Jr.) is an American rapper, actor, singer-songwriter, and YouTube personality who has a net worth of $4 million.
He is also known professionally as ‘PontiacMadeDDG.’
He is best known for his hit single “Moonwalkin’ in Calabasas” and his social media presence.
The Origin Story
DDG was born in Pontiac, Michigan, on October 10th, 1997.
He is one of five siblings, two of whom have earned fame in their own right: his younger sister is the rapper Tee Tee, and one of his older brothers is the rapper DuB Bridge.
Another older brother of DDG’s was murdered at the age of 21.
DDG was interested in music from a young age, thanks to the encouragement of his father, who was a sound engineer.
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Thanks to his father’s profession, DDG was able to gain access to a recording studio, where he was able to experiment with making music while still a child.
This led to a lifelong interest in music for DDG. After graduating high school (where he was class valedictorian), he attended Central Michigan University; however, the lure of the entertainment world proved too strong for him, and he dropped out to focus on his music and YouTube career.
YouTube And Music Career
DDG attends Billboard R&B Hip Hop Live at The Novo – @Getty
DDG released his first single – “Lettuce” – on YouTube in October 2017. For the song, DDG teamed up with American rapper Famous Dex.
The track featured fellow rapper Famous Dex and was hugely successful, hitting 500,000 views in an hour.
It was so widely regarded that the content aggregation site WorldStarHipHop immediately contacted DDG and requested distribution rights.
DDG quickly amassed a huge following on YouTube, with some videos getting more than 2 million views.
He continued to release new tracks exclusively through WorldStarHipHop’s YouTube channel, including such hits as “Givenchy,” “Take Me Serious,” “Pontiac,” and “On The Low.”
“Givenchy” was particularly successful, garnering a staggering 27 million views on WorldStarHipHop’s channel. In addition, DDG continued to release the audio on his own personal channel.
Inked with Epic Records
Rapper DDG performs onstage during day 3 of Rolling Loud Los Angeles at Hollywood Park Grounds – @Getty
In June 2018, DDG signed an exclusive deal with Epic Records.
He released his first non-YouTube track, “Arguments,” which was quickly certified gold.
The following March, he released a further song, “Hold Up,” the video of which reached around 15 million views on YouTube.
Debut Studio Album
DDG attends 50 Shades of Key Glock BET Awards After Party – @Getty
On November 1, 2019, DDG released his debut studio album, titled – ”VALEDICTORIAN” via Epic. The album featured Young Nudy, Queen Naija, Blac Youngsta, G Herbo, and YBN Nahmir.
He said to Complex about the album:
”It’s been maybe like a year or two of just working, ever since I’ve been with Epic.” Darryl later added: ”I’ve got a lot of songs, so it’s a lot of songs that didn’t make the project.”
In 2020, DDG released his biggest hit yet – the smash hit “Moonwalkin’ In Calabasas.” It was DDG’s first song to enter the Billboard Hot 100, hitting #83 on the prestigious music chart.
So successful was the hit that DDG released a further two remixes, one with the rapper Blueface and the second with YG. The song went platinum in the summer of 2021.
In February 2022, DDG released a single named “Elon Musk.” The song was about DDG’s respect and admiration for the billionaire businessman, and in it, he talked about he and Musk’s purported similarities, including an interest in space travel.
DDG released his second studio album, “It’s Not Me Its You [sic],” featuring several guest performers.
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Girlfriend
In 2017, DDG began dating Kennedy Cymone, a beauty/lifestyle YouTuber who gained fame by uploading YouTube videos about hauls and outfits. In April 2018, the couple got engaged. They broke up in July 2018.
In early 2022, DDG started to date Halle Bailey.
DDG and Halle Bailey attend Vanity Fair Oscar After Party Arrivals at Wallis Annenberg Center – @Getty
Quotes
”I don’t really want to put myself in a box to only being able to make one sound of music.”
”A lot of people doing TikTok’s, they doing a lot of creative stuff and I like it. I love it.”
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Trivia
Halle Bailey and DDG are seen at the Gucci show during Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter – @Getty
Darryl has over 6.3 million followers on Instagram.
Net Worth
So, how much is DDG worth? Darryl earned most of his wealth from advertisements that run on his YouTube channels (The DDG Plug and DDG). In total, all his channels have over 1.3 billion views, meaning about $3.9 million in revenue, before state taxes. Therefore, rapper DDG has an estimated net worth of $4 million.
In addition, DDG makes money from selling his EPs (Take Me Serious EP and Sorry 4 the Hold Up EP), mixtape (Die 4 Respect), and albums (VALEDICTORIAN and It’s Not Me It’s You).
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