Protect Ya Neck Management ARTIST DANIEL "D-BOOGZ" BOLDEN WAS BORN JUNE 29, 1984 -- PRESENT, IN THE FORT GREENE SECTION OF BROOKLYN. INSPIRED BY HIS FATHER WHO WAS ALSO AN ASPIRING RAPPER D-BOOGZ BEGAN RAPPING AT THE AGE OF 10 YRS OLD.
OUTSIDE OF BEING MUSICALLY INFLUENCED BY HIS FATHER, D-BOOGZ WAS ALSO INSPIRED BY OLD SKOOL ARTISTS SUCH AS BIG DADDY KANE, KOOL MOE D, RAKIM AND MANY OTHERS. HIS MUSICAL SOUND CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO ARTISTS SUCH AS: #THENOTORIOUSBIG, #JAY-Z, #DMX #NAS, #WU-TANG CLAN, #STYLESP, #SHEEKLOUCH #JADAKISS, #LLCOOLJ, #EPMD, #PUBLICENEMY, #TUPAC, #SNOOPDOGG AND #WARRENG.
D-BOOGZ ATTENDED GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK WHERE HE PLAYED FOR THE WESTINGHOUSE WARRIORS FOR COACH ERIC KELLY. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, D-BOOGZ ENROLLED IN MONROE COLLEGE WHERE HE GRADUATED IN 2012 WITH AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.