Don V is a Swedish rapper, songwriter, actor and social media profile. He was born on 6 January 2001 and lives in Malmö. Don V has been writing rap lyrics since he was in seventh grade and has said that his goal with music is to spread positive vibes and joy.
Quick facts about Don V
| Who is Don V? | Don V is a Swedish rapper, songwriter, actor and social media profile. |
| How old is Don V? | He was born in 2001 and is therefore 21 years old. |
| How many followers does Don V have? | Don V has over 130,000 subscribers on YouTube and over 1,000 followers on Instagram |
| Where was Don V born? | Don V was born in Malmö |
Don V’s songs include titles such as:
- Dicaprio
- We can do it
- Baloo & Mowgli
- Live like us
- Thugz Mansion
- Capo
- Bloody hands
Don V became known for his YouTube channel in 2017, and in mid-2018 he released his first song, Fly. The song was a hit and quickly became No. 1 on YouTube. In January 2019, he released his debut album LIFESTYLE. Although the album was released without a record label, it had been streamed on Spotify over 5 million times after just a few weeks.
Don V has a starring role in the TV series Festen on SVT
Don V has one of the main roles in a popular series on SVT called Festen. It is about a group of young people who find themselves at a party one summer night in Malmö and the relationships that develop between them. There is also a secret that keeps them together.
The series has become very popular with young viewers and it is largely young people with foreign backgrounds who contact SVT and show interest in the series. The party starts with a parent-free party where seven young people meet, but the evening ends traumatically with one of them being shot.
More Don and V’s among YouTubers
Don V isn’t the only one who’s carved out a brilliant career for himself after starting out as a YouTuber (or who has a V in his stage name). Another example is Liane V, born in 1986. Like Don V, she is involved in music. Liane V has over 4.6 million followers on Instagram and also runs her own YouTube channel. On her YouTube channel, she posts both her music and video blogs.
She has hosted various events linked to The Voice, The X Factor and American Idol. And it’s not just the V in the name that Liane V has in common with Don V. She’s also dating another social media profile also named Don. In August this year, Liane V announced that she and influencer Don Benjamin are having their first child.
Another YouTuber with Don in his name is Anis Don Demina, who has had his YouTube channel since 2011. There he posts music videos, reaction videos, interviews and video blogs. Anis Don Demina has more followers than Don V, over 535,000.
Anis Don Demina started performing as a rapper at the age of 14. He has participated in the Melodifestivalen and has appeared in TV shows such as Idol, Let’s Dance and Musikhjälpen. When he was on “Idol Extra” on TV4, he tattooed himself with an Idol Extra logo on live TV.
Kat Von D another celebrity with V and D in her name
It is unclear if Don V has tattoos, but one who has many is Kat Von D. She is an American tattoo artist who has appeared on the TV show Miami Ink. In 2007, she opened her own tattoo studio, High Voltage Tattoo, and had her own TV show, LA Ink. She has tattooed a number of famous people, including Billie Joe Armstrong, Frank Lero and Jenna Jameson.
Did Don V take his stage name from the boxing world?
Another very well-known Don is the controversial boxing manager Donald “Don” King. Maybe that’s where Don V and all the other Don’s got their stage names from? Don King is an American boxing promoter who, among other things, promoted Mike Tyson and ran the company Don King Productions Inc. In the late 1990s, Don King and the English boxing promoter Frank Warren were involved in an infected, and in the boxing world, much talked about legal dispute.
Don King became famous when he organised the 1974 Rumble in the Jungle, a boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire that is still considered one of the world’s greatest boxing matches. The following year he organised Thrilla in Manila, a match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. Although Don King turned 90 last year, he is still active.
