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When Daemon takes a deep breath in the middle of his latest single, “Vader,” he’s not just marking a pause between his relentless bars. It’s more like a world-weary sigh, the kind you get when you’re the man in black surrounded by a neon-bright world. Daemon lives inside the darkness so he can defeat it. His weapons here are incisive verses, an infectious chopped horn line and the thunder of low-end rumble. As an artist, Daemon has earned his place in the hip-hop conversation. He pushes the form forward by respecting the past. He’s just as comfortable getting a crowd moving as he is getting them to think about what he’s saying. And the world has taken notice. The single “Turn the World Around” broke through in a big way, earning a spot on XBox’s exclusive game Forza Horizon 5 and in a powerful ad for the ACLU. Daemon’s tracks have been featured everywhere from Bernie Sanders walkouts (“Feel Good”) to Xbox Exclusives (“Turn the World Around” in Forza Horizon 5) to Netflix shows (Inventing Anna, Daybreak, Work It, Locke & Key) to ads (Mini Cooper and Sephora) to TBS shows (the Jordan Peele-produced The Last O.G.). Daemon has also collaborated with Killer Mike and Trackstar the DJ from Run the Jewels, DJ Shadow and more.