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Walker Vernal Seldon (born May 18, 1994), popularly known as the stage Selldretti, is an American rapper, songwriter and producer currently based in Fayetteville, United States. In 2017, his first single called Welcome to Columbus, Ga received many positive reviews, which earned him notoriety. He is currently an independent artist with his own label called Selldretti Music.
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Born | May 18, 1994 |
Age | 26 years |
Place of birth | Columbus, Georgia |
Occupation (s) | Rapper, songwriter, producer |
Nationality | American |
size | 1.82 m |
Education | United States Military Academy |
Musical career | |
Genres | Hip Hop / Rap |
active years | 2017 – present |
Labels | Selldretti Music |
Associated acts | Marcus Muscogee |
In 2014, Selldretti deployed to Bagram, Afghanistan, with the 10th Mountain Division in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. During his deployment, he received an offer to attend the United States Military Academy Preparatory School, which he eventually accepted and returned to the United States to enroll. In 2019, Selldretti obtained his Bachelor of Science in Law from the United States Military Academy and was posted to the United States Army as 2nd lieutenant.
On June 22, 2019, he received a proclamation from the Mayor of Columbus, the Honorable BH “Skip” Henderson III, to designate this day as 2nd Lt. Walker Vernal Seldon Day to celebrate the achievement of being one of the only African Americans from Columbus, Georgia, graduating from the prestigious academy.
Selldretti married his wife Amber Seldon on May 28, 2019. On September 15, 2019, their only daughter, Waverly Seldon, was born. They currently live in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Selldretti drew interest to become a rapper from his older brother Marcus Seldon, who
The same year, Selldretti created the rap group S.M.G. and released their only album called The Move in 2017. In December 2017, Selldretti released their second solo project Back to the Boom which features their hit single Rock the Block. In 2018, he released his third project The Dilla Way: A Tribute to J. Dilla to commemorate the legendary music producer J. Dilla. In 2019, he released his EP The People V. Sharheem.
Due to military obligations and focusing on his family, Selldretti took a long break from music and made his comeback in 2020 with the release of his freestyle Still Movin.
During his career, Selldretti has amassed over nine million streams on the Soundcloud streaming platform. His music has been featured in The Source Magazine, The Hype Magazine, All Hip Hop, Hip-Hip Enquirer and True Magazine.
“Welcome to Columbus, Ga” | 2016 | Life goes on |
“How is it” | 2016 | Single non-album |
“To Lil’ Somethin ’(RIP B- Jack / Tom Surdyke) “ |
2017 | |
“Censorship” | 2017 | |
“Rock the Block (Hi to Ghetto Concept) |
2017 | Back to the boom |
“Armageddon” (with J.P.) | 2018 | Single non-album |
“Get It Jumpin ‘” | 2018 | Single non-album |
“94 to infinity” | 2018 | Single non-album |
“Never Let You Go” (with M.J.S.1. | 2018 | Single non-album |
“Load it to the game” (with Fatal Da Cannon) |
2018 | Single non-album |
“Still Movin ‘(Freestyle)” | 2020 | Single non-album |
Life goes on | 2016 | Released: March 13, 2016 Label: Selldretti Music Formats: Digital Steaming |
The Dilla Way: Tribute to J. Dilla | 2018 | Released: May 18, 2018 Label: Selldretti Music Formats: Digital download |
The people V. Sharheem | 2019 | Released: April 12, 2019 Label: Selldretti Music Formats: Digital streaming |
The Move (group album) | 2017 | Released: May 19, 2017 Label: Selldretti Music Formats: Digital streaming |
Back to the boom | 2017 | Released: December 1, 2017 Label: Selldretti Music Formats: Digital streaming |
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