Daps (director)
| Daps | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Oladapo Fagbenle[1] |
| Born |
February 12, 1986[2] Lagos, Nigeria |
| Origin | London, England[1] |
| Occupation(s) | cinematographer |
| Website |
dapsofficial |
Oladapo Fagbenle (born February 12, 1986), professionally known as Daps, is a Nigerian born British artist, video director, and former NCAA athlete.[3] He is best known for directing music videos for recording artists such as Migos, Stormzy, Iggy Azalea, Kendrick Lamar, Wizkid, 2 Chainz and Davido.
Career
Born to Nigerian parents, Daps begun his career within the media industry as a video producer in New York and London. Before this, he played collegiate basketball at Campbell University and Bellarmine University. Daps is also the brother of British actor, O. T. Fagbenle, and video producer, Luti Fagbenle. Daps currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Basketball
Daps began playing basketball in London, England, where he played for the Westminster Warriors. He then continued his athletic career in the United States where he attended The Master's School in Connecticut for one year. Daps received a scholarship to play basketball at Campbell University [4] in North Carolina where he competed for two years and received his bachelor's degree. Daps then transferred to Bellarmine University where he played basketball for two more years and received his master's degree.[5] Daps is also the older brother of WNBA Minnesota Lynx Centre Temi Fagbenle.
Entertainment career
Daps began his video production career in the fall of 2010 and began directing music videos in 2013. In 2016 he directed the video for "Bad and Boujee" which went on to become a US number 1 and garnered hundreds of millions of views.[6] During his award speech at the 2017 Golden Globe Award's, Donald Glover stated that Bad & Boujee was "Like that's the best song ever".[7] Later that week, the video for the Daps-directed, critically acclaimed "T-Shirt" was released. Numerous publications have stated it is the best video of 2017.[8]
Since then, Daps has gone on to direct videos for Stormzy, Wizkid,Young Thug and Davido
Music videography
| Artist(s) | Song Title | Label | Director | Production Company |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iggy Azalea ft. Rita Ora | "Black Widow" | Virgin EMI | Director X / Daps (B-Unit Director) | Luti Media |
| Jordin Sparks ft. 2 Chainz | "Double Tap" | Louder Than Life/Sony Music | Daps | Luti Media |
| Dappy | "Beautiful Me" | All Around The World | Daps | Luti Media |
| Kendrick Lamar | "King Kunta" | Top Dawg Entertainment | Director X / Daps (B-Unit Director) | |
| Cris Cab | "Bada Bing" | Island Records | Daps | Luti Media |
| Iggy Azalea | "Team" | Def Jam | Fabien Montique & Daps | Luti Media |
| Niykee Heaton ft. Migos | "Bad Intentions" | Capitol Records | Daps | Luti Media |
| Migos | "Cocoon" | Quality Control Music / 300 Ent. | Daps | Luti Media/Creative Row |
| Quavo ft. Nicki Minaj | "She For Keeps" | Quality Control Music | Daps & Quavo | |
| Sneakbo ft. Nyla | "Right Here" | Universal Music | Daps | Luti Media |
| The Shires | "My Universe" | Universal Music | Daps | Luti Media |
| Migos | "Bad & Boujee" | Quality Control Music / 300 Ent. | Daps | Creative Row |
| Migos | "T-Shirt" | Quality Control Music / 300 Ent. | Daps | Creative Row |
| Stormzy | "Big For Your Boots" | Merky | Daps | Mastermind Productions/Creative Row |
| Migos ft. 2 Chainz | "Deadz" | Quality Control Music / 300 Ent. | Daps | Creative Row |
| Migos | "What The Price" | Quality Control Music / 300 Ent. | Daps | Creative Row |
| Wizkid ft. Drake | "Come Closer" | RCA Records/Sony Music | Daps | Creative Row |
| Young Thug | "All The Time" | 300 Ent. | Daps | Creative Row |
| Sean Paul ft. Migos | "Body" | Universal Music | Daps | Luti Media/Creative Row |
| Migos ft. Gucci Mane | "Slippery" | Quality Control Music / 300 Ent | Daps | Creative Row |
| Ayo & Teo | Rolex | Sony Music | Daps | Luti Media |
| Davido | "Fall" | DMW/Sony Music | Daps | Luti Media/Creative Row |
| Rich the Kid | "Plug Walk" | Rich Forever Music/Interscope Records | Daps | |
| Davido | "Like Dat" | DMW/Sony music | Daps | Creative Row |
References
- 1 2 {{http://www.okayafrica.com/video/daps-interview-director/|title=Daps, The Flex God: Daps|publisher=Okay Africa|accessdate=May 2017}}
- ↑ "Men's basketball: Oladapo Fagbenle". Campbell University. Retrieved July 2014. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - ↑ "Jordin Sparks f/ 2 Chainz "Double Tap" (DAPS, dir.)". Video Static. Retrieved March 2016. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - ↑ "Fighting Camel statistics". fightingcamel.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ↑ "Oladapo Fagbenle - 2009-10 Men's Basketball". bellarmine.edu. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ↑ "Migos' 'Bad and Boujee,' Featuring Lil Uzi Vert, Tops Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- ↑ "Donald Glover's Shoutout to Migos Basically Broke the Internet". Time. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- ↑ "Migos Have Already Given Us the Best Music Video of 2017". Vulture. Retrieved 2017-04-23.