Deante Adam Johnson (born November 18, 1999), known professionally as Summrs, is an American
rapper
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,
singer
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and
songwriter
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from
Louisiana
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. He is known as one of the pioneers and is a prominent figure of the pluggnb genre. Summrs was also one of the main members of the Slayworld collective during its active years. His albums "Fallen Raven" and "Stuck in My Ways" released in 2022 and 2023 respectively, peaked at #7 and #11 on the Apple Music U.S. Hip-Hop/Rap album chart.
Career
Summrs released his "All Summr" mixtape series throughout 2017, his first significant releases.
In April 2018, Summrs appeared on Florida rapper Weiland's single "Who's Better".
He rose to prominence as a pioneering figure in the "Pluggnb" subgenre in 2018, releasing a series of projects, most notably "##ENDEAVOUR777" and "DEVOTION", as well as "##Bellworld", followed up with "##Bellworld 2", "No Regrets" and "Revived". Songs such as "Packrunner Bitch" and "Prelude" were his most popular tracks from 2018.
Summrs continued to grow in popularity and develop stylistically in 2019. After putting out a plethora of singles throughout the year, Summrs released "Isolation", a 15 track album on October 15th 2019. The project was sonically more gloomy and dark in contrast to his earlier works. The album is best known for tracks "test sum" and "Greenlight".
Summrs refrained from releasing a full length project in 2020, releasing only singles, while fans eagerly awaited his upcoming album, "Intoxicated". Released on 13 March 2021, the album featured the track "Z06" which saw Summrs' career to reach new heights in popularity. He followed up on the album with "What We Have", a 6 track EP on the 13th of June the same year. The EP featured the track "just cant", one of Summrs' most popular tracks. Later that year, on the 27th of September, Summrs released another full length album - "Nothing more Nothing LESS", featuring another one of Summrs' most popular tracks - "Back 2 Da Basics".
In January 2021, he appeared on TyFontaine's single "Mother of My Kids". In October 2021, he appeared on the deluxe version of American rapper TyFontaine's album ''Ascension''. In December 2021, he released a
SoundCloud
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exclusive track with American rapper Yeat titled "Countup". In March 2022, he appeared on Thai rapper 1Mill's album ''Only1''. In June 2022, he released his album ''Fallen Raven,'' featuring hit songs "Swing Ya Pole" and "So Much Cheese", both of which once again garnered mainstream attention. In July 2022, he and fellow rapper Lamont Galore released their track "Bird Business".
Following months of promotion in part with his label Goth Money Record$, Summrs would release his 7th album "Stuck In My Ways". The album featured his longest runtime to date, being 1 hour long. Grammy nominated record producer Jason Goldberg helped master the tracks on the album along with Summrs himself. It was his first major release under
Universal Music Group
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. Across 25 tracks, the album covered many genres, such as ARNB, Dance, and his traditional Pluggnb sound. Track 5 "Pure Motion" features fellow rapper "Desire", who is Summrs' brother. The album peaked at #24 on the US Apple Music Albums Chart, and #11 and the Hip-Hop/Rap Charts.
Musical style
Chris Richards of
The Washington Post
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describes Summrs' musical style as "sticky, Auto-Tuned rhymes sounding as if they were melting the midday sun."
Discography
Albums
* ''B a c k w o o d s'' (2016)
* ''i believe in myself'' (2017)
* ''Hot Like Summer, The EP'' (2017)
* ''IDFW N^^^as'' (2017)
* ''All Summr'' (2017)
* ''2 Seasons'' (with
Autumn
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iayze
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Autumn
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) (2019)
* ''Isolation'' (2019)
* ''La Dolce Vita'' (2020)
* ''Intoxicated'' (2021)
* ''Nothing more Nothing LESS'' (2021)
* ''FALLEN RAVEN'' (2022)
* ''Stuck In My Ways'' (2023)