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Daniel Tom George (born September 1, 1984), known professionally as DenG, is a Liberian singer and songwriter from Bong County. He started his music career in 2000 as an R&B artist before making a guest appearance on Emma Smith's single "I Want to Go". DenG rose to prominence after being featured on Queen V's 2013 hit single "Jue You Bad". Following the success of "Jue You Bad", he switched from R&B to Afro pop.

Life and Career

A descendant of the Kpelle tribe, Daniel Tom George was born on September 1, 1984, in Bong County, Liberia. He developed an interest in music at the age 10 and joined his church's choir in 1994. DenG's family relocated to Ghana during Liberia's second civil war; he attended Achimota School while living in Ghana. DenG returned to Liberia and studied business at the United Methodist University. He started his music career as an R&B artist before venturing into Afro pop music, and was featured on Emma Smith's single "I Want to Go". DenG gained prominence in 2013 after being featured on Queen V's hit single "Jue You Bad", which also features vocals by TanTan B. In 2014, he released the single "They Vex", a song that addresses the jealousy associated with fame and recognition. DenG collaborated with F.A and Soul Fresh to record "Ebola is Real. Recorded in colloquial English, "Ebola is Real" was created in partnership with Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Liberia and the radio station HOTT FM. In April 2016, hit duo Ruff N Smooth featured DenG on their debut single called "NOT WAT YOU THINK"; a song that speaks against stereotyping women as "Prostitutes" because they are in the club having fun.

Liberian musical sensation DenG signed a management deal with African Entertainment Music Group (AMEG) in 2016 and released a debut single called "LET DEM TALK" featuring Kcee, the Limpopo hit maker from Nigeria. "LET DEM TALK" addresses the human phenomena that says 'anything you do people must talk - whether good or bad'. In 2017 June, DenG released two(2) singles again under (AEMG) tagged: "GRATEFUL" (A song appreciating God for all the achievements in his musical game) and "JANJAY" featuring one of Africa's biggest rappers Sarkodie from Ghana, jointly produced by Liberia Stone LuckShine from Liberia and Possigee from Ghana. The song title "Janjay" simply means 'gift' in the Liberian Bassa vernacular which acknowledges Sarkodie's presence on the song as a gift to the Liberian music industry.

In 2015, DenG won Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for "They Vex" at the 2015 Liberia Entertainment Awards and respectively won Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for "KEMAH" at 2016 Liberian Music Awards. DenG also won Artist of the Year at Liberian Entertainment Awards in 2016 held in the USA, that same year, DenG won Afro-pop artist of the the Year at Liberia Music Awards held in Australia. In 2017, DenG won Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for "GRATEFUL" at the 2017 Tunes Liberia Music Awards, He also won Best Collaboration for "Make Dem Talk" in 2017 at Liberian Entertainment Awards where he featured Sarkodie and Afro-pop Artist of the Year at Liberia Music Awards.

In 2018, DenG won Best Artist at Liberian  Entertainment Awards. In 2019, DenG won "Outstanding Influential Artist of the Year" at West African Citizens Awards and also won the "Personality Impact Awards" at the National Event Planners; In 2021, He won "Legendary award" at 2021 Paynesville Entertainment Awards. DenG signed a $50,000 endorsement deal with Novafone Liberia, a GSM carrier in 2014 and he has done several musical tours in America, Europe and Australia since then.. In June 2016, DenG and his manager Alice Yawo had a fallout from their unwillingness to communicate. In late 2016, DenG signed a management deal with African Entertainment Music Group and got nominated for Listener's Choice at the 2016 MTV Africa Music Awards, becoming the first Liberian artist to receive a MAMA nomination. In January 2016, DenG posted a note on his Facebook page, expressing his desire to quit music. However, in a telephone interview with LIB Life, he clarified his post was intended to find out whether Liberians still had interest in his career.

The music video for DenG's "Put Foot" was released in January 2016. DenG first announced plans for the video's release earlier that month. He accused his manager Alice Yawo of downgrading the video's quality after she thanked a fan, who belittled the video, for their comments. In June 2016, DenG and Yawo had a fallout from their unwillingness to communicate. DenG was nominated for Listener's Choice at the 2016 MTV Africa Music Awards, becoming the first Liberian artist to receive a MAMA nomination. In late 2016, DenG performed alongside Kcee and Tekno at Beach Jam, a concert sponsored by Lonestar Cell and also performed at the John Gbesay beach alongside Flavour N'abania from Nigeria. DenG's management contract with African Entertainment Music Group (AEMG) ended in June 2018; the announcement was made via a press release. On August 11, 2018, he performed at the One Africa Music Festival becoming the first Liberian act to perform at the festival. Held at the Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island, the festival featured additional performances from Wizkid, Flavour N'abania, Tekno, Sarkodie, Cassper Nyovest and Diamond Platnumz. DenG was one of the Liberian artists who performed at a concert headlined by Nigerian singer Davido; the concert was held at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in November 2018. In 2019, DenG alongside  top Liberian artists were invited to represent Liberia at the International "Visa For Music" festival held in Morocco.

DenG alongside Ambassador Julie Endee, Hipco King Takun J and Sundaygar Dearboy were invited to represent Liberia again at EXPO 2020 in Dubia.In 2022, he performed for the President of the republic of Liberia, H.E. President George Manneh Weah, the US Ambassador Liberia - Amb. Michael A. McCarthy and other high profile guests from around the world at the Liberian Bicentennial celebration dinner party.

Personal life

In January 2018, The New Dawn newspaper reported that DenG's brother Smith George died in Margibi County. George's body was discovered with foam around the mouth.

Awards and nominations

See also

• List of Liberian musicians

References

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• 1984 births
• Living people
• Liberian singers
• Liberian songwriters
• People from Bong County
• Alumni of Achimota School
• United Methodist University alumni
• Liberian people of Kpelle descent