Roo AOTD #79 Dominic Fike
All aboard the hype train for Bonnaroo 2024! Only 50 days until we are all on the Farm again, can you believe it? It’s coming up fast and we can’t wait to be dancing with all of you at Bonnaroo! Today’s Artist of the Day is the one and only Dominic Fike. Learn more about the artist below. Don’t forget to check out all of our artist spotlights! Thank you for reading these posts!
Artist Biography
Dominic Fike is an alternative hip-hop artist that was born in Naples, Florida in 1995. At the age of ten, he got his first guitar and started learning songs by his favorite bands including Red Hot Chili Peppers. As Dominic grew up, he lived with various family members and friends as his mother was in and out of jail. He became part of a rap collective in his late teens that started getting booked at music festivals. Meanwhile, Dominic was sharing videos of his solo performances online. After seeing some of his demos in 2017, he signed a multi-million-dollar deal with Sandy Boys and Columbia Records before releasing a single song. His demo were released as Don’t Forget About Me, Demos in October of 2018 with the opening track “3 Nights” hitting millions of streams before the end of the month. This track has almost surpassed a billion plays as of today on Spotify alone. Dominic worked some with BROCKHAMPTON and Kenny Beats on some hit singles that brought Dominic into the spotlight. He got co-signs from Billie Eilish and BROCKHAMPTON before releasing his debut album What Could Possibly Go Wrong in July of 2020. The album was at number 41 on the Billboard 200 for a week. His next big hit was his feature on Justin Bieber’s “Die for You” which was Dominic’s first appearance in the Hot 100 at number 81. In 2022, he joined the cast of the HBO series Euphoria and created the track “Elliot’s Song” with Zendaya for the show’s soundtrack. His Coachella debut was in April of 2023. Later in the year, he released his latest album Sunburn which features vocals from Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo on “Think Fast.” The album reached number 30 on the Billboard 200.
Genre
Alternative Hip-Hop, Rap Rock
Scheduled at Bonnaroo
Friday (Link to Daily Schedules)