Rum.gold

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Background information
Birth nameDelonte Drumgold
Born Washington, D.C.
Origin Brooklyn, NY
Genres R&B, Soul
Years active2018–present
LabelsLeola LLC
Website www.rum.gold

Delonte Drumgold, known professionally as rum.gold, is an American R&B singer and songwriter. rum.gold is currently based in Brooklyn, NY, but he originally grew up in Washington, D.C. His childhood in the DMV area is the inspiration for a lot of his music, including his most recent album U Street Anthology (2023). [1]

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Early life

rum.gold was born at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C. in 1994, and he grew up living with different family members in the area. As a young child, he sang in the church choir. [2] In high school, he started playing the trumpet and joined his school's jazz band. [3] Inspired by his love for jazz music, rum.gold moved to Boston in 2012 to attend Berklee College of Music. He ultimately graduated with a degree in music business management and marketing. [2]

In 2016, rum.gold moved to Brooklyn, where he began to pursue songwriting more seriously. [2]

Career

After moving to Brooklyn, rum.gold spent his first few months working odd jobs such as 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge, writing music, and uploading it to SoundCloud under the name Anon. Encouraged by listeners' responses, he continued writing music and switched to his current name, rum.gold. Through SoundCloud, he met Berlin-based producer James Chatburn, who helped him release his first EP, yaRn, in 2019. [4]

In 2020, rum.gold released his second EP, aiMless, which discusses themes of his upbringing. [5] This EP features the song Waiting For, a collaboration with singer-songwriter Jamila Woods. [6] [7]

In 2021, he released his first full album, Thicker Than Water. This album discusses family units, both chosen or biological, as well as rum.gold's journey to reconnect with his biological mother. [1] The title of the album comes from the phrase "the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb," which rum.gold often heard from family members while growing up. [2]

In 2023, rum.gold released his second full album, U Street Anthology. This album is dedicated to rum.gold's city of origin, Washington D.C., and it highlights aspects of Black history and stories that are central to the city. [8]

Discography

EPs

Release DateEP NameSong Name
2019yaRn1. Bluu - Acoustic

2. Cashmere Cage

3. Get Through

4. Where There's Smoke

5. Cut Me Down

6. Hell on Earth - Acoustic

2020aiMless1. An Apology (intro)

2. Save You

3. Waiting For (feat. Jamila Woods)

4. Call It What You Want

5. Hazel Chandeliers

6. All I Wanna Do (Voice Memo)

Albums

Release DateAlbum NameSong Name
2021Thicker Than Water1. Follow The Light

2. Niagara Falls

3. Human

4. Fix Me

5. Greed

6. Lullaby

7. Thicker Than Water

8. How You Like It

9. Thank You

2023U Street Anthology1. Northeast (Intro)

2. The Candy Lady

3. AM/FM

4. Forever In A Song

5. Forget Me (feat. Kiah Victoria)

6. Blessed

7. Death Of The Author

8. Love & Basketball

9. 12th & i (Interlude)

10. Water My Heart (feat. Mereba)

11. Monuments

12. Glory Days

13. Forgiveness (Outro)

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Corry, Kristin (August 2, 2021). "rum.gold Made a Perfect Hurt-So-Good R&B Album". VICE News. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  3. ↑ New Noise (April 27, 2020). "New Noise: rum.gold". Wonderland. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  4. ↑ Gardner, Alex (June 23, 2018). "Rum.gold is a Singer-Songwriter With a Distinct Voice and a Genre-Defying Sound". Complex. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  5. ↑ Daw, Stephen (April 24, 2020). "Rum.Gold Looks Back In Order to Move Forward on 'aiMless' EP". Billboard. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  6. ↑ "rum.gold". On The Jungle Floor. 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  7. ↑ Ross, Alex Robert (April 23, 2020). "rum.gold and Jamila Woods compare relationships on "Waiting For"". Fader. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  8. ↑ Corry, Kristin; Courtis, Megan (June 22, 2023). "Washington-born artist rum.gold is carving out a niche area where "people can feel things without having to be judged for it"". Colors X Studios. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
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