For David J. Thorp, the last sixteen years have been a walk in the shadows of his late father, David E. Thorp, who passed away in 2003 due to long-term alcohol abuse and bad health choices. David Thorp is a war veteran who has spent the last 17 years in the Marines and Army. He is also a full-time analytics professional for one of the largest corporations in the United States. In recent times, he has also built a thriving music career.
In the last six months, David created his record label, released over an album’s worth of songs, and reached over 100,000 people with his social media content. The moonlight musician’s work is a breath of fresh creativity. His songs are catchy, detailed, and delivered flawlessly. The production mixing and mastering is at a level that matches the quality of many of the best professionals in the industry.
David Thorp isn’t your typical hip-hop artist. He takes the genre and forms a redefined version that steps away from the cocaine cowboy or gangster backstory. And while David’s narrative steps away from the norm, he is an actual soldier, which is the very idea that many rap artists sell themselves with, “earning stripes” in the street.
Born in Quincy, MA, David was the first born and always stood out from the crowd. He was often the misfit in many circles as he grew up around many people who were Cape Verdean. Many immigrants from Cape Verde in Africa tend to live in the Boston and Providence area. They carried much of their culture into the country without expectations that someone of a different background would ever immerse himself in it. Then David came into the picture, who always gravitated toward the groups he felt had the most character.
For years he absorbed all the culture and music they could throw at him and became well-known in that community in Massachusetts, including a ten-year marriage to a cousin of his close friend. Recently, he began highlighting many of the well-known Cape Verdean songs all over social media. It made such a splash that he was made an editor on one of the very prominent Facebook pages (Cape Verdean Beautiful People), followed by 106,000 people throughout the US and Cape Verde.
Cape Verdean, black, and hispanic culture all tend to overlap in many ways , so with that, he did what he felt was natural and creative—a number of highly creative Reggaeton tribute songs, which have been viewed by over 15,000 people in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
While his music career is quite young, David was always a musician and creative. His years of pursuing a story worth telling laid the foundations for what would become his first album, Story No One Ever Told. David built his record label, SOD Media LLC, and began recording and releasing songs under the pen name “son of david” as a tribute to his late father. Today, his music connects with a loyal fan base that continues to grow to this very day.
Through his music and videos, David Thorp shares his true stories that paint color and life into the world. His dedication to creating music that connects across the globe has turned him into a multicultural phenomenon. With a deep exposure to some of life’s rarest moments, cultures, and experiences, David merges his military stories, cross-cultural upbringing, and innate creative talent into a mixture of songs that deliver both quality and connection to so many.
David seems to have the backfill for one important thing that the hip hop industry lacks but so badly needs—originality. To learn more about David, visit his Instagram account and YouTube channel.
