Music
42 Dugg
born 1994 · rapper
East-side Detroit rapper who signed with Yo Gotti and Lil Baby and scored a top-ten hit with “We Paid” in 2020.
- Born
Detroit, Michigan
age 31- Birth name
- Dion Marquise Hayes
- Detroit years
- 1994–present
- Field
- Music
01 / The Detroit story
The Detroit story
Dion Hayes was born in Detroit and raised in the Denby neighborhood on the city's east side, around Whittier Avenue and Wayburn Street; the “42” in his name nods to that part of town. He attended Denby High School but left before graduating. His raw, high-energy verses caught the ear of Memphis rapper Yo Gotti and Atlanta's Lil Baby, and in 2019 he signed a joint deal with their labels, Collective Music Group and 4PF, through Interscope. His collaboration with Lil Baby, “We Paid”, reached the Billboard top ten in 2020 and went five times platinum, and the mixtape Young & Turnt 2 put him on the Billboard 200. Free Dem Boyz (2021) reached No. 8. In 2022 he was arrested at Willow Run Airport near Ypsilanti after failing to report for a federal prison sentence. He remains one of the leading voices of Detroit's 2020s rap wave.
Highlights
- “We Paid” with Lil Baby (2020) reached the Billboard Hot 100 top ten and went 5× platinum.
- Signed with CMG and 4PF through Interscope in 2019.
- Mixtape Free Dem Boyz (2021) peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard 200.
- “4 Da Gang” with Roddy Ricch and “Maybach” with Future were certified gold.
02 / Their Detroit places
Their Detroit places 1
Where they lived, worked, performed and liked to hang out. Closed and demolished places stay here too, because they are part of the city's history.
Studied here · 2000s
Denby High School
His neighborhood high school, a National Register-listed building from 1930; he left before graduating.