IAMDDB: Tour 2021

Born Diana Debrito, the 21-year-old from Manchester – via Portugal and Angola – makes silky, smooth hip-hop music, and using elements of trip-hop, jazz, neo-soul, trap music and Jill Scott lilts to create what she calls urban jazz. We want her as our own VBF, just so we can absorb some of her laid-back style.

She’s been making, producing and writing music seriously since 2015, but in 2016 she uploaded JAZB to her Soundcloud, a Flying Lotus-inspired beat that she added vocals to, and started turning heads. Like FlyLo, she cuts and splices beats, layering her own voice to make rich and textured songs that take on issues like love, youth, femininity and how to live your best life. Key lessons from a VBF.  

Speaking to Evocation Collective earlier this year, she hopes that her music can inspire others: “I hope others feel some form of empowerment, acceptance and comfort. We all feel things, good and bad, but so long as you know you aren’t alone it makes things seem not so bad. Reminding yourself of your own self-worth is something I think should be promoted a lot more than it is. It’s okay to fall in love, but it’s also okay to love yourself.”

Yet to be signed to a label, IAMDDB has been working hard all year, releasing music and playing festivals. She’s keen on world domination, so we’ll just enjoy the ride.