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WHO ARE DAWINNERS?
Eric Young, Founder of DaWinners collective, born in New Orleans with life stints in its surrounding
areas. While in elementary school, Eric Young, also known as Rico, began listening to rap music, quickly
learning that he had a passion for composing his own raps. The thing that made him take rap seriously,
was realizing that people enjoyed what he was saying, and this led him to begin taking the craft seriously
at a young age.
Wayne Tyson, who simply goes by the artist name, Tyson. Born and raised in New Orleans’ 9th Ward,
Tyson’s passion for music grew inside of him as a kid. Tyson started off writing humorous raps, something
just to sharpen his skills, then eight years ago, in 2010, Tyson began to take rap seriously, and its been
full steam ahead since.
On ‘Cruise Control’ the collective of DaWinners as a whole worked great together, the chemistry was
obvious, and electric, individually both Rico, and Tyson showcased their abilities, and both two totally
different energies to the project.
DAWINNERS ON ‘CRUISE CONTROL’ EP
Turn on DaWinners’, ‘Cruise Control’
EP, does it feel like you’re in New
Orleans? Probably not. Even though
this is where Rico, and Tyson hail
from, because of Rico’s West Coast
rap influences, and also influences
from Max B and Wiz Khalifa, and
because Tyson has completely crafted
a style of his own, the collective takes
you on a journey of their well traveled
lifestyle, and uses ‘Cruise Control’ as a
canvas to display what they’ve
created. Combined with their natural
New Orleans swagger, DaWinners
with the help of DJ Ace Boogie, and a
lone Hendrix Hussein feature take a
leap, and are poised to make a huge
dent in the industry.
‘CRUISE CONTROL’ BREAKDOWN
The EP begins with Rico, and Tyson
showcasing their straight bar for bar
ability on the intro. With a lifestyle
based around cars, weed smoke,
women, and other luxuries, for
DaWinners to begin with straight Hip
Hop, real life raps, with bits of their
lifestyle thrown in was masterful, and a
quick reminder, that if you were sleep
on their actual rap ability, that you
have to wake up really early. The
collective transitions from there to
songs like, “Losing”, a track that is
ready for the radio, blogs/magazines,
and a strong viral push. With a catchy
hook, strong rap lyrics, and a
soundtrack for the playa lifestyle, it’s
evident that DaWinners possess a hit
making ability with this one.
The first video that Tyson was ever apart of
with DaWinners collective was a video called,
“fly Shit“, and that was the video that
introduced the brand, and the lifestyle to the
world. That video made Tyson, and
DaWinners, realize that people were actually
paying attention to them.
Tyson says that he compares himself to no
one in the industry, he feels like he brings a
unique style to the game, and when you turn
on ‘Cruise Control‘, you quickly realize that
he’s 100% correct in his assessment of
himself.
With 1300 followers on twitter, and 2068
followers on Instagram, Tyson is truly on the
rise, with an a3c performance under his belt,
and another performance at Under The
Bridge Festival in New Orleans curated by
Grammy award winning producer, Chase N.
Cashe.
MORE ON RICO
In 2017 alone, Rico linked up with
Surf Club in the hills because of his
connection with mentor, and
Grammy award winner, Chase N.
Cashe, he partied with DJ Steph
Floss in Cleveland, hit the studio
with Art out in LA. In 2016, Rico
connected with budding star Daniel
Heartless, Wade, nationwide
touring rap group MadeGroceries,
was on DaTakeOver podcast. Rico
spent the entire 2016-2017
connecting the dots, and ‘Cruise
Control’ is kind of like an icing on
the cake for himself, and Tyson.
With 755 followers on twitter, 930 followers on Instagram, 25
YouTube subscribers, 23,000 overall views, a performance
at a3c in Atlanta, and a performance at Chase N. Cashe’s
Under The Bridge Festival, Rico and DaWinners are trending
upwards, and the evidence is clear.