I had met Diddy that day and then Birdman hopped on my record. I was about to throw my phone, because I was so excited. He had sent me a video of him doing his verse and I saw Birdman in the background. He kind of surprised me, because he actually got Birdman on there. I figured “Blood” would be a dope record to get him on. Life + Times: Young Thug and Birdman are featured on your latest single, “Blood.” How did that collaboration come together?ĭeJ Loaf: Young Thug reached out saying he likes my music.

“Music is all I know,” she adds.ĭuring a recent stop in New York, the Detroit native caught up with Life + Times to talk about headlining her first NYC show, getting Birdman and Remy Ma on her latest mixtape, and Detroit’s influence on her music. “What would I be doing if I wasn’t doing music? Probably dying,” she admits, when asked what if her lifelong dream hadn’t been realized.

– DeJ isn’t taking any of it for granted. and dropped her second mixtape, Sell Sole, which featured Ty Dolla $ign, Young Thug, Birdman and Remy Ma.Īppreciative of the success that has followed her inescapably catchy viral hit – which has spawned a bunch of remixes from New York legends like The Lox to the King of the South, T.I. She also secured a record deal with Columbia Records – the label that is home to superstars like Beyoncé, Pharrell Williams, and T.I. Not only could she be heard all over radio stations, but she could also be found in a fashion spread for a magazine like Elle and on a posse-cut like “Detroit Vs.

Following the success of her breakthrough hit, “Try Me”, the rapper seemed to be everywhere.

Dej loaf try me remy