Shelley Marshaun Massenburg-Smith was born on 3 August 1988 in Germany to a mother in the US military, and as D.R.A.M., is known as a singer who has released the mixtape ‘’Big Baby D.R.A.M.’’, and has also worked on several movie soundtracks.
So just how rich is D.R.A.M. as of late 2017? According to authoritative sources, this rapper has a net worth of over $2 million with his wealth being accumulated from his career in the previously mentioned field, which only began in 2013.
Unfortunately, we don’t have much information regarding his early life and education, although he was raised largely in Hampton, Virginia. However, prior to becoming a singer, Shelley worked at Best Buy, and his debut EP, entitled ‘’#1 Epic’’ was only released in 2015, but was the very beginning of D.R.A.M.’s rise to stardom. The EP featured songs such as ‘’Just One’’ and ‘’Gotta Go’’, and was quickly followed by his first mixtape ‘’Gahdamn!’’, which consisted of nine songs including ‘’I’ll Be Back Again’’ and ‘’Caretaker’’, which he made in collaboration with SZA, during the one year and working at a fast pace. He also collaborated with other prominent artists such as Lil Yachty, with whom he created the single ‘’Broccoli’’, which helped Shelley gain more fame and fans, which certainly plays a significant role in any singer’s career.
Besides releasing mixtapes, in 2016 D.R.A.M. produced his first album, entitled ‘’Big Baby D.R.A.M’’, which featured 14 tracks such as ‘’Outta Sight / Dark Lavender Interlude’’ and ‘’Cash Machine’’, in collaborated with Young Thug and Lil Yachty, and which received mixed to positive reviews from the audience. When it comes to his latest projects, Shelley released yet another EP in 2017 – ‘’#1HappyHoliday’’ – featuring three songs including ‘’Silver Bells’’ and ‘’The Christmas Song’’, but unfortunately it didn’t live up to expectations, and received mixed to negative reviews, with some calling it ‘’boring’’.
His songs have been featured in several movies, talk shows and television series, however, and in 2016 D.R.A.M. performed in an episode of ‘’The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’’, and subsequently the audience could see him perform in ‘’Conan’’, hosted by Conan O’Brien, and in ‘’Atlanta’’, in which he performed ‘’Broccoli’’. D.R.A.M. also wrote and performed in one episode of ‘’Kevin (Probably) Saves the World’’, in addition to working on ‘’Bright’’, which is currently in post-production.
Besides working on his own music, Shelley has also guested on numerous mixtapes, albums and EPs of other artists. In 2016, he collaborated with Michael Day on creation of ‘’Don’t Talk About It’’, which was featured on Michael’s album ‘’What A Weird Day’’ and followed by teaming up with Allan Kingdom with whom he sang ‘’Renovate’’ on Kingdom’s mixtape ‘’Northern Lights’’. As of 2017, he has worked with notable artists such as Calvin Harris, and was featured on Harris’ ‘’Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1’’ and on ‘’Andromeda’’, a song made by Gorillaz.
When it comes to his private life, D.R.A.M. doesn’t share much information regarding this topic. He is active on social media websites such as Twitter and Instagram, and is followed by more than 234,000 people on the latter. He says that he loves Drake and Beyonce.
