Daniel "Diggy" Simmons, III (born March 21, 1995)
is an American rapper and the fourth child of Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons.
He, along with his parents and five siblings, were the primary subjects
of the MTV reality television show Run's House.
He released a remix of Asher Roth's "She Don't Want A Man",
which received minor airplay on Los Angeles radio. The positive
feedback inspired him to create a mixtape, which would be known as
The First Flight.
In 2010, he released a music video of him rapping over the music
for Nas's single "Made You Look", which ended up gaining
over 2 million views. Soon afterward, he signed a record contract
with Atlantic Records and released the mixtape Airborne. Simmons
and a song from Airborne, "Great Expectations," were featured
in a commercial for AT&T's mobile service.
In May 2011, Simmons released his debut single for Atlantic Records,
entitled "Copy, Paste." He performed the single at the
BET Awards of 2011, which was also his first televised performance.
Diggy explained that "Copy, Paste’ is just for people
that are original, people that are innovators, people that just do
their own thing".[6] In 2011, he collaborated with artist Jacob
Latimore on a song entitled "Like Em All" and with Mindless
Behavior on "Mrs. Right". Also Diggy has been in Dionne
Bromfield's music video Yeah Right, whom plays her love interest.
He has also performed a song with Khalil. On July 29th 2011, Diggy
released the music video "Copy,Paste". It is the first
song on his upcomming album. The music video premiered on 106&Park.
In 2010, Diggy Simmons launched a line of urban sneakers called
Chivalrous Culture. The first shoe model is referred to as "Hamachi"
Diggy Simmons was nominated for the YoungStars Award at the BET
Awards of 2011.