Rapper and actor Dave East, born David Lawrence Brewster Jr. on June 3, 1988, is from the United States. East started his career in 2010, and his eighth mixtape, Black Rose, helped him acquire notoriety in 2014. Nas, a fellow New York rapper, was drawn to it after it was released, and he eventually signed East to his record company, Mass Appeal Records, and later, Def Jam Recordings.
East was selected to be a member of the XXL magazine’s 2016 Freshmen Class. Kairi Chanel, his ninth mixtape, debuted at number 38 on the US Billboard 200 the same year it was published. With appearances from Nas, Wiz Khalifa, and Chris Brown among others, his eleventh mixtape, Paranoia: A True Tale, was released in 2017 and debuted at number 9 on the US Billboard 200. On November 8, 2019, he released his first studio album, Survival, which reached at number 11 on the Billboard 200. In 2020, he released the critically acclaimed mixtape Karma 3, which peaked at number 36 on the US Billboard 200.
In the 2017 films Being Mary Jane and The Breaks, where he played himself, East made his acting debut. He played “Mr Ford” in a supporting part in the 2019 Netflix movie Beats. He played Method Man in the Hulu series Wu-Tang: An American Saga (2019), which served as his breakout performance.