American rapper Desiigner was born Sidney Royel Selby III in Brooklyn, New York
in 1997. He comes from a musical lineage and is the namesake of his grandfather
Sidney 'Guitar Crusher' Selby, an accomplished blues musician. Selby grew up in
the tough housing project in the Bedford-Stuyvesant district of Brooklyn and
after being the victim of a shooting at the age of 14, embarked on his musical
career as a rapper, initially going under the name Designer Royel prior to
becoming Desiigner. His debut single 'Panda' topped the Billboard 100 and was
nominated for the Best Hip-Hop Video ...