GIVĒON muAmerican R&B uye rap muimbi akatanga basa rake muna 2018. Munguva yake pfupi mumimhanzi, akashanda naDrake, FATE, Snoh Aalegra uye Sensay Beats. Rimwe remabasa emuimbi asingakanganwike raive Chicago Freestyle track naDrake. Muna 2021, mutambi akasarudzwa kuti atore Grammy Awards muchikamu "Best R&B Artist".
Chii chinozivikanwa nezvehudiki uye hudiki hwaGivon Evans?
Givon Dizman Evans akaberekwa munaFebruary 21, 1995 mumhuri yemarudzi akawanda. Mutambi akakurira muguta reLong Beach, riri muCalifornia. Baba vakasiya mhuri apo muimbi achiri mwana. Naizvozvo, mai vake nevanun’una vaviri vakakurira vari voga. Achitaura nezvekurerwa kwake, akacherechedza kuti amai vake vakaedza kuroverera unhu hwakanakisisa muvanakomana vavo. Anotenda kuti aivadzivirira. Uye zvakavadzivirira kuti vasawira pasi pekumanikidzwa kwemagariro etsika nehurombo hwavaiona mazuva ese.
Kuda mimhanzi kukuru kwemuimbi kwakaiswa maari naamai vake. Kunyangwe muhuduku hwake, chimwe chezvidhori zvakakosha zvemugadziri aive Frank Sinatra. Mukomana akakwezvwa nezwi rakasimba uye rakakweverwa-kunze remuimbi. Mushure meizvozvo, kuda kuimba kwejaizzy kwakakonzera kuti muimbi anoshuvira akatanga kushanda mukugadzira yake baritone.
Giwon akapedza kudzidza kuLong Beach Polytechnic High School, akasarudza kusawana dzidzo yepamusoro. Mumakore ake echikoro, chido chake chechipiri mushure memimhanzi yaiva mitambo. Mutambi uyu "mufani" mukuru wemitambo yebasketball. Vatambi vake vaanofarira ndiKyrie Irving naJason Douglas.
Pazera re18, Evans akatora chikamu mune chimwe chezvirongwa kubva kuThe Grammy Museum. Aifanira kuimba rwiyo. Mutevedzeri wemuimbi wekutanga akataura kuti Frank Sinatra asarudzwe kuti aite Fly Me To The Moon. Panguva yekudzidzira, nyanzvi yakaziva kuti iyi ndiyo nzira yaaida kushanda nayo. Gare gare, akazozivana nebasa raBilly Caldwell naBarry White. Nziyo dzavo dzakakonzerawo kuumbwa kwemusambo wenyanzvi.
Kutanga kwebasa remimhanzi raGIFĒON
Mushure mekuita sechikamu chechirongwa, muimbi akafunga kutora mimhanzi. Pane imwe nguva akatokwanisa kukwezva kutarisa kwemuimbi uye munyori wenziyo achibatana naDJ Khalid uye Justin bieber. Akave murairidzi kune aishuvira kuita.
Kubva mubvunzurudzo yeBillboard, zvinozivikanwa kuti muimbi akaburitsa EP yake yekutanga muna 2013. Zvisinei, haiwaniki ikozvino. Pakutanga, nziyo zhinji dzemuimbi dzakaenda patafura, muna 2018 chete akaburitsa maviri ekutanga singles. Dzainzi Garden Kisses neMinda. Zvinyorwa zvakatsanangurwa munhau se "makwara maviri akadzikama, akatsetseka, anoratidza izwi rakasiyana uye ruzha rwemuto rwemuimbi."
Atova muna 2019, muimbi akatanga kushandira pamwe naSevn Thomas. Uyu mugadziri anozivikanwa munzvimbo yenhau nekuda kwekubatana kwake nenyeredzi dzenyika dzakadai Drake, Rihanna и Travis Scott.
Nekuda kwemharidzo isina kujairika uye nhamba yevazivikanwi vakabudirira, nziyo dzeGIVĒON dzakakurumidza kuve dzakakurumbira. Muna 2019, muimbi Sno Aalegra akakoka mutambi kuti atore chikamu mukushanya kwake. Pamwe chete vakapa makonzati mumaguta eEurope neNorth America.
Nezvebasa rake rekutanga remimhanzi, Evans akati zvinotevera:
"Ndakadzidza paYouTube chete, ndakanyora chaizvo mukutsvaga" maartist makuru enguva dzese. Ndakabva ndaongorora kuti mimhanzi yangu yakasiyana sei neyavo. Mamiriro ezvinhu anodiwa echikwata chevatungamiri vane ruzivo akakurumidzira kuita uku. Ndine rombo rakanaka kuti vanoshanda nevamwe vevagadziri vepamusoro pasi rose uye vanogona kundikoka kukambani yavo. Kungoteerera, kuve mukamuri chairo, kuve chipanje uye kunyudza ruzivo rwese rwemahara nekuti vanhu vakagadzirira kuzvifira. "
Tevera GIVĒON naDrake Chicago Freestyle
Rimwe remabasa emuimbi anonyanya kufarirwa nhasi iChicago Freestyle track, yakanyorwa nerapper Drake. Yakarekodhwa muna Kukadzi 2020, maartist akaburitsa rwiyo chete paSoundCloud. Yakazoburitswa kunzvimbo dzese muna Chivabvu 2020 sechikamu cheiyo Drake Rima Lane Demo Tapes mixtape. Kuumbwa kwakakwanisa kutora chinzvimbo chegumi neina paBillboard Hot 14 uye kugashira sirivheri.
Mubvunzurudzo, GIFĒON akagovera kuti maitiro evanhu akachinja sei pavakaziva kuti muimbi akaimba naDrake. Akati:
“Handifunge kuti ndaiva nechinhu chisina musoro, asi maitiro evanhu akachinja. Uye kwete nenzira isina kunaka, asi vanhu vandakambo dyidzana navo vanotya zvino. Handizivi kuti sei. Pasinei nokuti zvakawanda zvakaitika mumwedzi miviri, zvinonakidza kuona kuti ndiri kuonekwa sei iye zvino. Zvakafanana nechinhu chinopenga, maonero akachinja sei mukubwaira kweziso."
The track yakaitwa nenyanzvi yaive nemakorasi. Pakutanga, apo rwiyo rwacho rwakabuda, munhu wose akafunga kuti muimbi wechiRungu Sampha akaimba. Zvadaro, Evans aiwanzofananidzwa naye uye mashoko akadai se "Uyu Sampa" akanyorwa. Zvisinei, izvi hazvina kunetsa muiti wacho zvachose. Mukupesana, akafara kuenzaniswa nechimwe chezvidhori zvake.
Kutanga GIFĒON EPs uye kubudirira kweinternet
Iyo yekutanga mini-album yemuimbi yaive muunganidzwa wematepi masere Tora Nguva. Yakaburitswa pasi pezvinyorwa zvemavara Epic Records uye Not So Fast. Kuburitswa kwakaitika munaKurume 27, 2020, uye kutanga kwaKubvumbi kwakakwirisa Billboard Heatseekers chati. EP yakagara panhamba yekutanga kwemavhiki matatu. Kwapera chinguva, akatora nzvimbo ye1 paBillboard 35 chati.
Iyo mini-album yaisanganisira singles Heartbreak Anniversary uye Like I Want You iyo yaizivikanwa zvakanyanya. Heartbreak Anniversary rwiyo rwekurambana rwakaburitswa muna Kukadzi 2020. Zvisinei, yakazozivikanwa zvikuru gare gare. Mukutanga kwa2021, rwiyo rwakaenda nehutachiona paTikTok. Muna Kurume 2021, rwiyo rwakapfuura mamirioni zana nemakumi mana nematatu enzizi, kusanganisira 143 miriyoni paSpotify.
Kare munaGunyana 2020, kuburitswa kwechipiri EP Kana Zvataura Zvese uye Zvaitwa kwakaziviswa. Yaive nemateki mana uye yakakwira nhamba 4 paBillboard 93, ikava basa rekutanga remuimbi kupinda muchati. Munguva imwe chete iyi, Evans akapiwa mukana wekukwikwidza muGrammy Awards 200. EP yake Tora Nguva yakasarudzwa muchikamu cheBest R&B Album. Nekudaro, akahwina pamhemberero iyi aive Rukuru Rudo naJohn Legend.
