Dvniel Lee is the stage name of Daniel Lee Thomas Jr, a prolific New Orleans rapper, songwriter, engineer and producer who has released and curated a plethora of mixtapes, EPs, and solo and collaborative projects. The Nola Emcee brags different. It's maybe the singular thing that protects him from being boxed in with everything else getting put out these days. Lee’s raps are a celebration of street knowledge , heartbreak , struggle , taste-in automobiles, clothing, jewelry, weed, women and you can hear it in that signature laidback flow set to expertly cold and dark chopped trapsoul production. Lee is remarkably fluent in a handful of musical languages. Over the past years, the Crescent City native’s projects have displayed a painful yet sonically pleasing sounds nimbly melding hip-hop and R&B with styles like dancehall & his roots of New Orleans Bounce Music. Then there’s his mixtapes, which tend to be more free-form, honing in on his various sonic identities and magnifying them.