Daylyt
Birth nameDavone Campbell
OriginWatts, California, United States
GenresHip hop
Years active2008-present

Daylyt is a battle rapper and songwriter from Watts, California. He is well known for his high profile battles against Tay Roc, King Los, Iron Solomon, Charlie Clips, Aye Verb, Ooops, an off camera battle with Ab-Soul, and many more. He is a member of the east coast battle rap collective, led by Murda Mook. He is former member of the battle rap collectives Writers Bloque, a collective of prolific writers in battle rap such as JC, Chilla Jones, Rum Nitty, B-Magic, Danny Myers and more. He is also a former member of the collective LSC (Left Side Connection), a west coast based collective with Dizaster, Geechi Gotti, Illmaculate, former battle rapper B-Dot, and former Writers Bloque members, Danny Myers and Rum Nitty. Despite LSC breaking up, the members still remain close, supporting each others battle career and collaborating on music.

While known for his humorous yet controversial antics inside and outside the battle rap community that has earned him the title of troll, Daylyt has been critically praised by the battle rap and hip hop community for his unique lyricism. With unique rhyme scheme, wordplay, punchlines, entendres and word association, Daylyt has been called by many one of the greatest lyricist in battle rap and hip hop, often rivaled with Harlem battle rap pioneer, Loaded Lux.

Outside of battle rap, Daylyt’s unique lyricism gained the attention of hip hop veterans Lupe Fiasco and Mickey Factz, who dubbed him the nickname “Quill” after the writing utensil. In 2015, Lupe Fiasco made Daylyt a member of SOSA, an organization Lupe created for prolific writers within the hip hop community. He is also a member of the hip hop group, A Room Full of Mirrors, led by TDE President, Punch. He has worked with many recording artist such as Terrace Martin, Denzel Curry, Drake, Ab-Soul, G Perico, Kamasi Washington, Tech N9ne, JasonMartin, and many more. He has also shown his prowess as a producer after producing and being featured on the track “Pi” along with Ab-Soul on J. Cole’s 2024 mixtape, Might Delete Later. The song has been met with acclaim by many hip hop and battle rap fans, praising the Daylyt for his lyricism and production.