Dave
Dave is a rapper, songwriter, producer and pianist from South London, telling personal stories through UK rap, from Psychodrama to The Boy Who Played the Harp.
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Overview
- From
- Streatham, South London
- Also known as
- Santan Dave
- Makes
- Rap, songwriting, production and piano
- First EP
- Six Paths (2016)
- First UK number one
- Funky Friday featuring Fredo (2018)
Mini bio
How it started.
Dave grew up in Streatham, South London. In his 2019 GQ interview, he described how learning piano moved him from responding to other people’s music to writing his own songs and melodies. His early releases included the 2016 EP Six Paths, and Drake’s remix of Wanna Know brought his work to a wider audience that year.
Finding his voice.
Funky Friday, with Fredo, became his first UK number-one single in 2018. His debut album Psychodrama followed in 2019, framing songs about identity, family and mental health around therapy. It won the Mercury Prize that year.
The story keeps growing.
We’re All Alone in This Together followed in 2021, and Sprinter with Central Cee became a chart landmark in 2023. On 2025’s The Boy Who Played the Harp, Dave explores faith, relationships and purpose, producing or co-producing nine of its ten tracks.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2025The Boy Who Played the HarpArtist; producer or co-producer on nine tracks
- 20253xCollaborating artist with Jim Legxacy
- 2023SprinterArtist with Central Cee; production as Santan
- 2021We’re All Alone in This TogetherArtist
- 2019PsychodramaArtist
Awards
Quotes
The moment I started learning to play the piano it changed my whole dynamic with music and with school.Dave, British GQ
In a 2019 interview, Dave explained how piano helped him begin making his own songs.
Trivia
- Hans Zimmer gave him the phrase We’re All Alone in This Together during a FaceTime conversation, according to Apple Music’s album notes.
- My 27th Birthday continues a series that began with My 19th Birthday on the Game Over EP.
- He is credited as Santan for production on Sprinter.
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