Datboykalifa born Kalifa J. Lawson October 30th 1988 in Los Angeles, CA. DBK has many hats in entertainment such as a songwriter, photographer, tattoo model and CEO of Blasted Ink Officials and Da Winning Team LLC, not to mention his affiliation with DawinningTeam. Datboykalifa has loved music since 2008. He recorded his first single in 2009 and has blasted off into the music scene full throttle. Datboykalifa has done shows around California in such cities as San Diego, Long Beach, Las Vegas, Hollywood, Riverside, Santa Ana, Oakland etc.
Datboykalifa has been featured on 23 Coast2Coast mixtapes winning multiple competitions in songwriters contest with 39 singles dropped and 5 EP’s out now. His EP “Ghetto Rockstarz” released in June of 2023 reached over 484k streams on Spotify. His latest release “Simplistic”, which dropped March 27th, 2024, has already reached 75k+ streams. “Simplistic” is dedicated to the Simplistic Car Club. Presently, Datboykalifa is set to release a new hit single titled “Silver Surfer” on June 10th, 2024. Pre-save is now on all platforms here.
Kalifa is 35 years old, he is the baby brother of four siblings on his mothers behalf and and 4 siblings on his fathers behalf. Datboykalifa has been in real life situations like incarceration, family deaths, ganglife, drugs, fashion,money, etc. He really is passionate about his music Kalifa has mastered the art of songwriting and communication. Today, he has multiple tracks available on social media such as soundcloud, reverbnation, youtube, soundclick, iTunes, Apple Music, pandora, iHeartRadio and Spotify.
Datboykalifa is also Into media press film and television. He has an eye for photography catching BTS footage for major music video productions and is heavily affiliated with POLITIKAN Broadcasting attending musical festivals and red carpet events. DBK has mastered the art of communication, hosting red carpets and MITIEMEDIADAY live streamed to over 30k viewers. Also listen to Datboykalifa on online radios like hns.com Coast2Coast FM and NAAB Radio. Don’t forget DBK the west coast’s new inspiration DawinningTeam presents Datboykalifa.
