Skip-Dawg

SKIP-DAWG is the real thing - facing immense physical struggles and overcoming them with hope, tenacity and fire. A very talented and inspirational Philadelphia rapper, he was a top college athlete (known as Dann Furia) who graduated from Princeton University. In 2005, he underwent two major lung surgeries to repair a genetic condition that caused his lungs to collapse! Amazingly, he bounced back. In 2008, Interscope Records’ mega-producer Beatgods executive produced Skip-Dawg’s fourth a...

SKIP-DAWG is the real thing - facing immense physical struggles and overcoming them with hope, tenacity and fire. A very talented and inspirational Philadelphia rapper, he was a top college athlete (known as Dann Furia) who graduated from Princeton University. In 2005, he underwent two major lung surgeries to repair a genetic condition that caused his lungs to collapse! Amazingly, he bounced back. In 2008, Interscope Records’ mega-producer Beatgods executive produced Skip-Dawg’s fourth album “We Will Rise”. The title track “We Will Rise” was written by Skip-Dawg as a tribute to his former teammate, World Record holder and Olympic Gold Medalist, Brendan Hansen. Skip-Dawg’s song “Skip To The Floor” (also on the album “We Will Rise”) is currently in rotation on BigFm, Germany’s most popular FM radio station, syndicated in 24 cities throughout the country. Skip-Dawg recently starred as the rapper in a national commercial for Windstream Communications and was featured as one of Philadelphia’s “Hottest Singles in the Suburbs” by Main Line Today Magazine.