Dev

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dev
Occupation	Rapper
Date Of Birth	Jul 2, 1989(1989-07-02)
Age	35
Birthplace	Keshpur
Country	India
Birth City	West Bengal
Horoscope	Cancer

Dev Biography

Dev is one of the most popular and richest Rapper who was born on July 2, 1989 in Keshpur, West Bengal, India. A rapper and singer- songwriter whose song “In the Dark” reached the top spot on the American charts for music in 2011.

Her vocals and style has been compared with those of the singer Her voice and musical style have been compared to those of singer Kesha Sebert, otherwise known as Ke$ha. also known by the name Ke$ha.

Dev was born to Lisa, a real estate agent, and Riki Tailes, a painting contractor. She has two younger sisters, Sierra Sol (born September 13, 1994) and Maezee Lua. Dev is of Portuguese and Mexican descent and her family is from Costa Rica . She grew up in the city of Manteca. At the age of four, she started swimming and was part of the U.S Olympic development program. She attended Brock Elliott Elementary and graduated from Sierra High School in 2007, where she was a member of band and choir. She attended San Joaquin Delta College, studying English and art history. She went to her senior formal with Ryan Fisher, who is a former professional baseball player for farm teams under the Miami Marlins.

In 2009 she made a cover of Amy Winehouse’ “Back to Black” and, after a friend posted the song into MySpace along with an original song about an ex boyfriend, the production team The Cataracs noticed and contacted Dev. To Fashion Indie Magazine she said: “I decided to put up this song on MySpace. […] it was basically a “diss track” and I didn’t expect anything out of it. It was just to make me feel good like how music usually do but Niles [of the Cataracs] came across to my page and was really into my voice and they kind of got me into singing and opened up my eyes to business opportunities”. She dropped out of college in her first year to pursue her singing career and was then signed by the Los Angeles-based record label and management team, Indie- Pop, who also discovered The Cataracs. Six months later, Dev and The Cataracs’ song “2Nite” began to gain exposure on the radio, the television channel MtvU and the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay chart. In 2009, Dev moved to Los Angeles to produce music with the Cataracs and work directly with Indie-Pop.

Her partner, Jimmy Gorecki, became parents to the daughter Emilia Lovely in December 2011.

Dev Net Worth

Dev is one of the richest Rapper from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dev 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Her name was discovered by producers of music after she uploaded an original She was discovered by music producers after she uploaded a unique Amy Winehouse cover onto MySpace. cover to MySpace.

Her first album entitled”The Night that the Sun Came Up in September of the year 2011.

Devin Star Tailes (born July 2, 1989), better known as Dev (sometimes stylized as DEV or dEV), is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, model and radio host. She was discovered by the record label, Indie-Pop, and The Cataracs via Myspace after her friend Shane Crislip, posted her singing. Dev’s song “Booty Bounce” was sampled in Far East Movement’s hit single “Like a G6” which reached number one in the US, and sold over four million downloads in the country.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Dev Dating?

According to our records, Dev is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Dev’s is not dating anyone.

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On April 25, 2011, she released the single “In the Dark”. The song enjoyed commercial success in the United States, peaking at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the summit of Hot Dance Club Songs and peaked in the top forty in Canada, Australia, Denmark, Ireland, Scotland and the United Kingdom. The song’s music video features shots of black-painted hands that touch Dev while she is standing naked. Dev’s debut album The Night the Sun Came Up has been released in United Kingdom on September 20, 2011. Since 2009, Dev has been working on her debut album with main producers, The Cataracs. In March 2011, Dev and The Cataracs traveled to Costa Rica for three weeks where they recorded and produced most of the material for the new album. She said of the album’s genres, “typical pop music is not what I am only good at doing; I have a lot of ideas and hip-hop influence records, some electro ballads.” In March 2011, New Boyz’s single “Backseat”, featuring Dev and The Cataracs, was released. The song peaked at number twenty-six on the Billboard Hot 100. She was featured on Demi Lovato’s album “Unbroken” on a song called “Who’s That Boy”. She featured on a song by British boy band JLS, “She Makes Me Wanna”, which peaked at the top of the UK Singles Chart in the United Kingdom.

Facts & Trivia

Dev Ranked on the list of most popular Rapper. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Dev celebrates birthday on July 2 of every year.

At the 2012 Lollapalooza, Dev revealed that she was currently working on her second album; “I’m using a lot more live instrumentation for this album”, stating “I had such a great time making a very electronic-based album for the first one, but you know, I’m just moving to different things, different sounds, so we’ll see.” Her track “Bass Down Low” was featured during match intervals of Volleyball, Beach Volleyball and Basketball among others during the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2013 Universal Republic Records announced that they were going defunct, all artists from the label moved to Republic Records. In November 1, she has posted on her official YouTube a new song, “Kiss It” featuring Sage the Gemini produced by Hit-Boy. While “Kiss It” will release on December 17, 2013. A remix version was released featured Casey Veggies in place of Sage The Gemini.

What is Dev to used for?

Dev.to is a Cornucopia of Untapped Resources! This was created as a networking site for software developers to discuss projects, learn, and collaborate. You can use it as a place to search for potential developer candidates, similar to LaunchPad.

Is dev short for developer?

AcronymDefinition
DEV| Development
DEV| Developer
DEV| Device
DEV| Deviation

What is computer dev?

noun. a software developer : a game dev;a web dev. adjective. software development: The programmers and animators on the dev team worked late into the night.

What is dev account?

Developer Account is a publishing account issued by Platform Provider to You as a Developer that enables You to post, display, license, offer for sale, and/or distribute Your Products through the Platform.

Who made Dev to?

DEV started out as “ThePracticalDev,” a Twitter account. From there, account owner and eventual dev.to creator Ben Halpern set about deliberately creating a community and a site. The rest, as they say, is history. I mean, I doubt the founders would blithely hand-wave the last five years.