Duwap Kaine

About

Donald George Ruffin, known professionally as Duwap Kaine, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is known for his projects Underdog and Bad Kid from the 4, as well as his early collaborations with record producer Pi’erre Bourne.

Ruffin began making chopped and screwed remixes of songs at age 6. He started producing music using Mixcraft. He released “Elmo freestyle”, which later became a viral hit, at age 9. As a teenager, he began releasing music under the alias “Dolphin God”. He released his debut mixtape Diffrent [sic] in 2013 under the DolphinGod alias.
One of his first singles to gain attention was the song “A Stove Is a Stove”, which he released in 2016, with the song since reaching over a million plays. In 2017, he released the Pi’erre Bourne-produced song “Santa”. In September 2017, he was co-signed by American rapper Lil Yachty as one of his favorite rappers. Ruffin has worked with artists including Trippie Redd, K$upreme, Lil Wop, and Lil Tracy. He released two mixtapes that year, Friends Till The End & Forever Kaine.
In 2018, he released the notable mixtape Underdog. Most of the tape’s instrumentals were made by Duwap’s frequent collaborator Nine9…