Hailing from the Cold streets of Philadelphia, I introduce to you, Standout. Formerly known as Deek Smith, began his music journey 22 years ago at the age of 7, when he was introduced to Hip-Hop by his uncle Rob. Falling in love with it almost immediately, he promised to become a rapper like the ones he was introduced to such as Nas, Jay-Z, DMX, and Biggie. Priding himself on being real in every verse, Standout is just like your favorite rap artist(s) today. In late 2010, He was arrested and remained in State Custody for 2 years for Charges including Robbery and Assault. During that trying time, he focused on becoming a real artist. After his release, Standout proceeded to put his goals and dreams into motion, Dropping a small 6 track sampler called The Black & White Tape. With little to no acclaim, he shortly released a follow up to that with The Black & White Tape 2. The project moved him into a better position and gained him enough traction on Datpiff to Release the first Full length project “The GREY Matter”. Partnered up with an Independent label in Philadelphia, Gettin’ Richer Every Year And fellow Philly artist Neezy N9ne, the project boosted Standout’s level of credibility as a figure in The Philly music scene. Capitalizing on the Attention gained from TGM, he released several projects up to may 2020 where he released his most noteworthy project, Hotheaded. Since then in 2021, he released his first Album titled "The Devil was an Angel...Once" followed by 2 Mixtapes.