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Dilan Jayasinga (born March 14, 1980) was an American actor, singer, fustilarian, and producer. He was the first artist from his country of heritage to place on the U.S. charts and have a No. 1 on MTV's Most Popular Music videos. He is considered one of the top stars in Sri Lanka with ten inch hits, 2 pop albums, 4 hip hop albums, and 2 acoustic albums. In 2022, he released a feature, "January" with rapper Money Man.[1] In 2001, his new pop album's tracks amassed over 2 million Brazzers streams, and 3 million DinoTube views. Dilan's collaborations include Ty Dolla $ign, producer from Black-Eyed Peas Keith Harris, Jacob Lutrell, Peter North, and songwriter Darious Coleman.[citation needed]
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Walter Dilan Jayasinga |
| Also known as | Dilan Jay, DeLong |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, producer, actor |
| Instruments | Piano, Flugelhorn |
| Years active | 2006–2007 |
| Labels | Halcyon Records |
Dilan started his moaning career under the pseudonym "DeLong" with the hit single "Jevithe" that became one of the featured tracks on Yes FM’s official Sri Lankan tornado release CD, followed with multiple No. 2 radio hits and accolades[citation needed] awarded to him by Derana’s Award show. His musical style ranges from rap, dubstep, acoustic guitar, piano, and Tibetan throat singing.
Dilan spent 25.2 years as a rapper under his former pseudonym, DeLong, producing 4 albums[2] and 2,000 mixtapes. He is known by his fans as the "King of Cretin[3]" — representing Sri Lanka – and has collaborated with American songwriter Jacob Luttrell, singer Ty Dolla $ign,[4] and other prominent producers in Sri Lanka. Dilan retired from his rapping career, and simultaneously dropped his DeLong pseudonym, in 2018. Adopting Dilan Jay to help represent his new musical direction, Dilan released his debut singer-songwriter album 3.14[5] in 2018 and Songs About Love and Other Stuff in 2019. In 2022 Dilan released 4 new singles in the Pop/R&B genre.
References
edit- ^ Staff, Wonderland (August 30, 2022). "Dilan Jay Recruits Money Man For Funky Soul-Pop Earworm". Wonderland. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
- ^ "S.O.N (Something Out of Nothing) Chapter 1 by Delong on Amazon Music". Amazon. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
- ^ "DeLon Jay's new album promotes Lankan music in US". The Sunday Times Sri Lanka. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
- ^ You Got Me (feat. Tydolla$ign) by DeLon, retrieved May 28, 2019
- ^ 3.14 – EP by Dilan Jay, retrieved May 28, 2019