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Sadi Ismaili (born May 10, 1997), professionally known as Slim Dias, is an American rapper and music video director from Atlanta, Georgia. Dias released his debut studio album Rose Gold Necklace in July 2017. His second studio album, iceberg slim was released on May 11, 2018, spawning the single "Alright" which peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song won three Grammy Awards at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards including Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Music Video.Dias released "Black Skinhead" his fourth studio album which spawned the single "All Day" which peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
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| Birth name | Dias Laismi |
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| Born | April 1, 1997 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
| Labels | Atlantic BLK STNDRD |
| Website | slimdias.blkstndrd.com |
Early life
[edit]Slim Dias was born on April 1, 1997 in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the son of Somali refugees. He was raised in Clarkston, Georgia, in the eastern part of Atlanta and attended Clarkston High School. He was arrested at age 15 and served nearly a near in a juvenile detention center. As a result, Dias dropped out of school after his freshman year and thus pursued a video and music career upon release.
Career
[edit]2014–15: Career beginnings
[edit]Dias began his music career when he met rapper Father working as a visual director and later joined his underground label Awful Records in 2014. He released his debut mixtape, Theater Fiasco, later that year. In 2015, he released a trilogy of EPs titled TELEFONE TRILOGY.
2016-present:
[edit]In 2015, Memphis rapper Young Dolph hired Dias to direct his visuals. After hearing Dias' music, Dolph encouraged Dias to focus on becoming a full-time rapper. The two later released a collaborative mixtape titled New Money, Old Habits and went on tour. After a falling out with Father, Dias left Awful Records.
After turning down a deal with Dolph's Paper Route Empire label, Dias signed with Kelechi's newly formed label BLK STNDRD Records along with a joint venture deal with Atlantic Records in 2016. He released his first mixtape under the label, Free Food, Free Über that summer. In 2017, he was featured on the hit single "Undercover" by Kehlani, which peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was nominated for three Grammys at the 60th Grammy Awards including Song Of The Year. Dias also opened for Kehlani during select dates of the North American leg of her SweetSexySavage Tour. He released his debut album Rose Gold Necklace on July 7, 2017 and was executive produced by Juicy J. The song "No Apologies" featuring Kehlani, from the album, reached number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was announced in October 2017, that Dias would co-headline with T-Pain for his “Golden Roses Tour”.
He released his sophomore album, Iceberg Slim, with much controversy surrounding the album's cover art delaying the album several times. Eventually, the album was released May 11, 2018. The album's singles had considerable success. The album's first single "Vibe" featuring Khalid and Calvin Harris peaked at number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100. He then followed by the single Alright featuring Pharrell Williams. The single was a commercial success across the charts, peaking at #3, with both songs becoming his most successful charting lead single at the time. The remix of Alright was released on May 11, 2018 and featured J. Cole. On February 10, 2019, Dias won four Grammy Awards at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards including Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Music Video for ''Alright'', and Best Rap Performance for "Clique" off BLK STNDRD's compilation album. A week after the Grammy Awards, Dias released his third studio album, "Scrawberry", with the singles "Blessedd" and "Lit 4 ur luvv" peaking at #5 and #10 respectively. On June 12, 2019 collaborated with Daft Punk and released the song "Black Skinhead". On November 10, 2019, Dias dropped the remix featuring Rihanna and subsequently debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming his first song to top the chart. On January 3, 2020 Dias released his highest-charting song, "All Day", featuring Burna Boy, which spent seven non-consecutive weeks at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100, and reached number-one in the United Kingdom. Dias later released a remix with Kendrick Lamar. On May 29, 2020, he announced on Twitter that his fourth studio album, Black Skinhead, would be released on June 6, 2020. The album received critical acclaim, and achieved commercial success, debuting atop the Billboard 200 with 124,000 album-equivalent units, becoming Dias' first number-one album.
Controversies
[edit]Eminem
[edit]Following Eminem's freestyle at the 2017 BET Hip-Hop Awards in which he criticized Donald Trump, Dias took to Twitter and called the freestyle "trash" and later called Eminem "garbage" and "overrated". Eminem responded to Dias in the remix to his song “Chloraseptic”. Eminem later dissed Dias once again on his album Kamikaze.
Joe Budden
[edit]Rapper and talk show host Joe Budden slammed Dias for his Eminem tweets on his show Everyday Struggle. Dias later fired back calling Budden an "irrelevant woman-beater". The two have since reconciled.
Iceberg Slim album cover
[edit]On March 27, 2018, Dias released the cover art to his album iceberg slim. The cover depicted a group children draped in traditional Arab keffiyah and various instruments resembling weapons and a picture of a dead, bloodied Donald Trump below. The cover generated a great amount of controversy for the graphic images. The cover garnered nationwide media attention after Trump and various members of the Trump family responded to the photo, including his son Donald Jr., and his daughter Ivanka Trump himself threatened to have Dias arrested, and called for Atlantic Records to drop Dias from the label. He also claimed he was prepared to take legal action if the cover was not taken down. Dias was placed under a federal investigation after the cover was released and was placed on a no-fly list for potential terrorists as well. The original album cover eventually was released with the image of Trump being edited out.
Personal life
[edit]Dias is a vocal supporter of Palestine and has posted messages of Anti-Zionism on his Twitter page.
Dias has stated that he doesn't drink or do drugs, and follows a straight edge lifestyle.
In 2017, Dias began dating singer Camila Cabello. The couple split in 2019.
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
- Rose Gold Necklace (2017)
- iceberg slim (2018)
- Scrawberry (2019)
Awards and nominations
[edit]| Year | Awards | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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| 2017 | MTV Video Music Award | Best Editing | "Undercover" (with Kehlani) | Won |
| Video of the Year | Won | |||
| Best Urban Video | Won | |||
| Best Editing in a Video | Won | |||
| Vevo Must See Award | Nominated | |||
| Best Production Design in a Video | Nominated | |||
| Video of the Year | Won | |||
| Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Best Pop Video | Nominated | |||
| Grammy Awards | Record of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Best Rap/Sung Performance | Nominated | |||
| American Music Awards | Collaboration of the Year | Won | ||
| Video of the Year | Won | |||
| Favorite Pop/Rock Song | Won | |||
| 2018 | MTV Video Music Award | Best Video with a Social Message | "Alright" (with Pharrell Williams) | Won |
| BET Hip-Hop Awards | Best Hip Hop Video | Won | ||
| 2019 | Video of the Year | Won | ||
| Video Director of The Year | Won | |||
| BET Awards | Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice Award | "Alright" (with Pharrell Williams) | Nominated | |
| Grammy Awards | Album of the Year | "BLK STNDRD" (with BLK STNDRD) | Nominated | |
| Best Music Video | "Alright" (with Pharrell Williams) | Won | ||
| Record of the Year | Won | |||
| "Celebrate" (with Eric Young, Kelechi, Re Lxuise, and Phay) | Nominated | |||
| "Alright" (with Pharrell Williams) | Nominated | |||
| Song of the Year | Won | |||
| "Are You Ready?" (with Eric Young, Kelechi, and Phay) | Nominated | |||
| Best Rap Performance | "Clique" (with Eric Young, Kelechi, and Phay) | Won | ||
| Best Rap Song | "Alright" (with Pharrell Williams) | Nominated | ||
| 2020 | Best Rap/Sung Performance | 24/7 (with Ella Mai) | Nominated | |
| Best Rap Album | "Scrawberry" | Nominated |