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D.O. (a.k.a. Defy the Odds; real name Duane Gibson) is a Canadian rapper, motivational speaker and author.〔〔Jenny Yuen (Bullying victim turned rapper takes message to students ) Toronto Sun, 28 December 2012〕 He is known for setting the Guinness World Record for the longest freestyle rap in 2003. == Biography == D.O. studied at Toronto's York University and graduated with an honours English degree in 2001.〔〔(VIDEOS: Canadian hip hop artist D.O. Releases Free Online Album (Heavy in the Game) ) Scoop, Langfield Entertainment May 17, 2012〕 On July 5, 2003, D.O. set a Guinness World Record for the longest freestyle rap at the Dark Nights Nationals car show, an outdoor car festival in Toronto, Canada. His rap lasted for 8 hours and 45 minutes and was performed in front of hundreds of spectators.〔Shawn Katuwapitiya (Rapper D.O. takes hip-hop back to the books ) The Gazette, 23 October 2007〕〔Addi Stewart (D.O. Guinness World Record for longest freestyle ) North Side Hip Hop〕 He was the first rapper to have a video-documented evidence to support the claims to have done the world’s longest freestyle rap〔 In 2001, he created a school tour program, Stay Driven, to educate students on anti-bullying, anti-violence, peer pressure, leadership and working at peak performance.〔〔(Canadian rap artist D.O. delivers a positive message with his Stay Driven tour ) Peace: Canada’s Street Style Magazine, 2 April 2010〕 He has subsequently visited hundreds of schools to speak on those topics and in 2012 published a book ''Stay Driven: Can't Nobody Hold You Down'' on the same topics.〔〔Matt Galloway (Anti Bully Rapper ) CBC Toronto, 16 November 2012〕〔Tyler Kula (Sarnia rapper releases new book ) Sarnia Observer, 20 December 2012〕 In 2007, D.O. released his debut album “The Norhtstarr” the album garnered an nomination from the Ontario Independent Music Awards.〔 In 2009, D.O’s sophomore album “Stay Driven” hit number 7 on the Canadian College Charts.〔(The National Hip Hop Chart ) Earshot, 29 September 2009〕 In 2012, he released his third solo album “Heavy In The Game” which included the single “Can’t Tell Me” featuring SonReal, Famous and Chris Jackson. The track peaked at Number 3 on the US College Hip Hop Charts in July 2012.〔(Record Breakers Chart ) Rapnetwork Record Breakers, 27 July 2012〕 D.O. records as a solo artist and is also one-half of the duo Art of Fresh with beatmaker and vocalist Byram Joseph, aka Slakah the Beatchild.〔〔 In 2009 their debut album “Back to the Earth” reached #2 on the National College Radio Charts.〔(The National Hip Hop Chart ) Earshot, 6 January 2009〕 In 2010, the groups song “Out This World” hit number 1 on the US College Hip-Hop Radio Charts.〔(Issue #410 Top 40 ) Rapattack, 1 February 2010〕 Other musicians that he has collaborated with include DL Incognito, Red 1 of the Rascalz, Classified, Marco Polo, Metty the Dert Merchant (Sweatshop Union), JRDN, Maestro Fresh Wes and others.〔〔 He videos rotate on MuchMusic, he has toured Canada multiple times and performed globally with stops in Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, New York City, Miami and Las Vegas. D.O. lives in Toronto, Ontario.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「D. O. (rapper)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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