Big Baby Dram

Virginia’s own D.R.A.M. teams up with Atlanta-via-the-Internet sensation Lil Yachty for this upbeat ode to the lord of the vegetable kingdom: weed. The duo flexed their viral muscle by releasing the single on SoundCloud originally, where it became a sleeper hit and migrated to the big streaming services. This is actually neither the first nor only rap song named “Broccoli.” All-time Bay Area legend E-40 released his own song named for the cruciferous comestible way back in 1998. Read more on Last.fm.

1. Rapper, singer, and producer Dram (also known as D.R.A.M., which stands for Does. Real. Ass. Music.) is best known for his 2016 summer hit Broccoli. Born Shelley Marshaun Massenburg-Smith in Germany, the Virginia-based artist released his debut mixtape, #1 Epic Summer, in 2014. It featured the single Cha Cha, a club-worthy cut that was a regional hit. In 2015, he broke on a national scale when Cleveland R&B radio station Z 107.9 FM began playing the cut as their weekend warmer, a campaign that eventually reached Beyoncé, who shared a video of her own version of the track. With Queen B's co-sign, Cha Cha was re-released that year while #1 Epic reappeared as an EP. Following the increased exposure brought on by Cha Cha's success, D.R.A.M. released another mixtape, the aptly titled Gahdamn! in October 2015. Months later, he scored a hit with the Lil' Yachty-assisted Broccoli. The track went gold and had risen into the Billboard Top 40 by the time summer rolled around in 2016. That October, D.R.A.M. issued his debut LP, Big Baby D.R.A.M. Debuting in the Top 20, the effort included Broccoli, as well as guest appearances by Erykah Badu and Young Thug. The collaborations continued in early 2017 with the single Gilligan, which featured A$AP Rocky and Juicy J, and a guest spot on the Girl at Coachella single by Matoma. ~ David Jeffries & Neil Z. Yeung 2. Dram (stylized as d r a m) is a Serbian Indie Pop-rock/Synthpop group from Belgrade, founded in 2017. They have released two albums so far: Nećemo Promeniti Svet (2019) and (Previše Svega (2022). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.