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  • Comment: Some prose issues on this one. E.g.: "Darkie is proud of his Indian heritage and shows that through his cartoon character.", "The song is on his SoundCloud." Please update to use encyclopedic tone throughout. Caleb Stanford (talk) 17:06, 20 July 2025 (UTC)
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Lil Darkie
Lil Darkie in 2020
Lil Darkie in 2020
Background information
Also known asLil Dvrkie, Brahman, Small Dark One, Dvrkie, Darkie
Born
Joshua Jagan Hamilton

(1998-10-06) October 6, 1998 (age 27)
Los Angeles, California
Genres
Years active2016–present
Member ofThe Faggets
Formerly ofGunk Rock, Spider Gang
Websitehttps://www.lildarkie.com/

Joshua Jagan Hamilton (born October 6, 1998), known professionally as Lil Darkie[1], or Brahman, is an American-Indian rapper, singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, artist, and animator from Long Beach, California.[2] He is one of the founders of Gunk Rock, The Faggets, and was leader of Spider Gang[3]. His music features a wide variety of genres, including country and experimental hip-hop music. He also makes trap metal, which the Associated Press says he redefined.[4] His music is described as being inspired by the Soundcloud rap scene as well as artists such as Kanye West, Odd Future, and Kid Cudi.[5] He is often depicted as an animated character he created[6][7] He has released several tracks that have gone viral, especially on TikTok, where users uploaded anime edits to his songs such as 2K FREESTYLE, HAHA, and GENOCIDE.

His other persona "Brahman" is known for a blue character, as he believed the Indian god Kali Ma was blue, after realizing that Kali Ma is portrayed with black skin, he created a new persona Lil Darkie and changed his sound alongside it. He has generated controversy for his image and lyrical contents, with some saying that his cartoon depiction has racist connotations due to bearing a resemblance to blackface.[8][9] However, he elaborated that the character is inspired by the Hindu goddess Kali and god Brahma.

"I can take something that is my culture and is beautiful to me because in Indian culture our gods are black skin in the text- I can take something that's my culture and make it beautiful and you can look at something that's been ugly, that's been evil, and like- I can take it away, and it's not fucked up anymore. I feel like there's nothing racist about this character. Like if you look at him and you're like 'that's like a black guy' then I feel like you're the one with the weird preconceived notion in your head-" - Lil Darkie on an interview with Kult Classic[10]

Hamilton also draws comics and art for his own merchandise (via his website).[11] The character Lil Darkie represents a version of him that is free to express himself, beliefs, and anything else.

"Everyone- identifies as this like weird arbitrary set of rules for for each person to like follow and it's like that's why Darkie is the way he is. It's like a way for me to not be confined to my skin" - Lil Darkie on an interview with The Mars Files.[12]

Personal Life

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Hamiton is bisexual.[13]

Career

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Early years

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He started making music in 2015 at 17, as "Brahman", which the name originated from a Hindu concept of the same name.[14] Originally active from 2015-2018, the Brahman persona is still used for features and producer tags on tracks under the Lil Darkie persona.

In 2021, Hamilton started releasing music under the Brahman persona once again, starting with “invisibility cloak” on January 4, 2021.

Career as Lil Darkie

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Hamilton released his debut album on July 31, 2016, which was available on his now-deleted SoundCloud. He stopped making music as Brahman, but again uses the Brahman persona since 2021.

He created his YouTube channel on June 13, 2019, and uploaded his first video, which was an audio track of his song, "myparentsaresleepinginthenextroomandidontwantowakethemup".[15]

His first-ever single released under his new alias "Lil Darkie" titled "No Hands" was released on April 4, 2018. Hamilton has been releasing music pretty consistently, with some breaks to work on albums, mental health, etc.

On October 6, 2020, to celebrate his 22nd birthday, he released the music video to his song titled "BATSHIT" on his YouTube channel.[16] He released his ninth album SWAMP on December 25, 2020. It includes the song "i can see clearly," which remains his most streamed song on Spotify.

In 2022, Spider Gang released their first and only studio album, titled "SPIDER GANG IS OVER". They disbanded shortly after, but many remain friends. Also in 2022, Hamilton and BvdLvd (pronounced "Bad Lad") formed the temporary duo "DARKLVD". They released two songs, "GAS!" & "TEN FOOT TALL", and toured Europe.

He was featured on Freddie Dredd's second studio album Freddie's Inferno, on the song "Kick Rocks."[17]

In 2023, he headlined at So What?! Music Fest along with Freddie Dredd, Jasiah, Pierce the Veil, Sleeping with Sirens, The Used, Thursday, Poorstacy, and others.[18]

Hamilton has since embarked on multiple tours, most notable being the "TEMPLE OF DOOM" tour in 2024.

In 2025, he started using a temporary clown replacement for his persona.

On July 24, 2025, Hamilton released his fifteenth album, USD. The album is considered to be country rap and political rap[19] and criticizes the Donald Trump Administration on many of the album's songs. He has released 15 albums under his Lil Darkie persona, with some albums such as SWAMP, THE FUTURE IS DARK, and USD reaching beyond his fandom, with many edits being made to his song "GET OUT MY YARD" off of USD. Some of his most popular songs include "HOLOCAUST," "i can see clearly," and "RUN" (as "Brahman").[20]

Discography

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Albums[21]

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USD (2025)

yang (2025)

THE FUTURE IS DARK (2023)

LOST SONGS (2022)

THE SMALL DARK ONE (2022)

boros (2021)

SWAMP (2020)

YIN (2020)

THIS DOES NOT EXIST (2020)

SWAMP DRAINED (2019)

SUPER DARK VR (2019)

DRAIN THE SWAMP (2018)

BATTLE RAP (2018)

SHOOT PEOPLE YOU DON'T LIKE (2018)

KILL YOURSELF (2018)

Collaboration Albums

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darkillinger (with CHRIST DILLINGER) (2022)[22]

Compilation Albums

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Lil Darkie's Collector's Edition 1 (2025)

Lofi-Tape (2024)

LIL DARKIE CLASSICS 2 (2023)

LIL DARKIE CLASSICS (2018)

Singles

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1983 (2019)

HOLOCAUST (featuring Wendigo and LiL CUBENSiS) (2019)

JACK DANIELS (featuring Wendigo) (2019)

When You Gone (LUKEBIKE featuring Lil Darkie) (2019)

MONDAY GUNDAY 2 (2019)

GENOCIDE (2019)

METHHEAD FREESTYLE (featuring Eric North, JOHNNASCUS, Half Metal Kaiba, BLCKK, BRUHMANEGOD, LiL CUBENSiS, Royalty the Kidd, Afourteen and Wendigo) (2019)

THERAPY (2019)

NOTHING MATTERS (featuring Cxrpse and BRUHMANEGOD) (2019)

TOUR (2019)

ISIS TYPE BEAT (2019)

KILL ALL HUMANS (2019)

KILL ALL HUMANS 2/3 (2019)

MONDAY GUNDAY (2019)

MONDAY GUNDAY 2 (2019)

DEATH SQUAD (2019)

PLUMBERS (featuring Keith Ape, PNSB and CHRIST DILLINGER) (2019)

BLACK SHEEP (2019)

PUNK! (BVDLVD featuring Lil Darkie) (2019)

MAKE A MILITIA (2019)

HAHA (2019)

HALLOWEINER (2019)

DIRTY POTTY (featuring BRUHMANEGOD) (2020)

COLOSSAL CONFLICT (2020)

KNUP (Featuring EDDISON) (2020)

WALKING DOWN THE STREET (2020)

SPUNK (featuring Afourteen and CHRIST DILLINGER) (2020)

IMPERFECT (2020)

ANXIETY (2020)

SATAN LIVES IN HOLLYWOOD (2020)

banana pie (2020)

SLUTS WIT NUTS (featuring MADJAX) (2020)

SOXNSANDALS (2020)

drink my piss you nasty slut yeah yeah (featuring EDDISON) (2020)

FUCK YOU I AM VERY ANGRY AND SERIOUS (2020)

REVOLVER (2020)

ON THE MOUNTAIN (2020)

DARKIE STILL CANNOT RAP PT.1 (REMIX) (2020)

AMV (2020)

WE CAN'T AGREE WHAT TO NAME THIS SONG (featuring Cxrpse, EDDISON, Afourteen, BRUHMANEGOD, MKULTRA, CHRIST DILLINGER, BLCKK, FL.VCO and JOHNNASCUS) (2020)

ELECTRIC DANDELIONS (2020)

BATSHIT (2020)

FUCK ALL OF YOU <3 (2020)

USA (featuring EDDISON) (2021)

FIGHT! (2021)

Cant Stxp (Scarlxrd featuring Lil Darkie) (2021)

moving fast (2021)

PSYCHEDELIC TECHNO DEATH (2021)

TRAP METAL (2021)

fly away (2022)

PIGGY BACK (2022)

sun come up (2022)

GAS! (featuring BVDLVD) (2022)

Scammin (featuring EDDISON and SPIDER GANG) (2022)

We Will Fly (CHRIST DILLINGER featuring Lil Darkie) (2022)

SHOW SONG (2022)

10 FOOT TALL (featuring BVDLVD) (2022)

RUN (featuring Brahman) (2022)

Scorn (Jasiah featuring Lil Darkie) (2022)

MONEY POWER FAME (2022)

THE WORLD IS ENDING (2022)

is there anybody home? (2023)

1 BILLION STREAMS (GOD IN THE MOSHPIT) (2023)

SPIDER GANG IS CHINESE PROPAGANDA (SPIDER GANG featuring Lil Darkie and MKULTRA) (2023)

PUSSY TOO NUKEMIX (2023)

When I Die (CHRIST DILLINGER feature Lil Darkie) (2023)

NATION ETERNAL (2023)

do you love me? (2023)

show me a sign (2023)

BUSHIDO (2023)

I WANNA BE (2024)

the ghost and the spider (w/ Savage Ga$p) (2024)

TENHO QUE COMER (w/ Ugovhb & EF) (2024)

stay alone (2024)

YOUR DEMISE (w/ Terror Ried) (2024)

EVERYBODY LOVES RAYGUN (w/ SXMPRA & Savage Ga$p) (2024)

i have plastic in my brain (demo) (2024)

every heartbeat (2024)

KING OF CALIFORNIA (2025)

i'm going CRAZY (single for "yang") (2025)

THAT'S THE AMERICAN WAY! (single for "USD") (2025)

blueberry pie (2020 + 2025) (lost song) (2025)

References

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  1. ^ "Lil Darkie". Genius. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
  2. ^ Parish, Ian (30 December 2020). "REVIEW: Lil Darkie - SWAMP". abovethebridgemusic.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Spider Gang". Genius. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
  4. ^ Matulaityte, Giedre. "11 artists who are redefining everything we know about the trap metal genre". Alternative Press Magazine. Retrieved 2026-03-28.
  5. ^ Brown, Kaeden (27 October 2022). "The Lost Songs: Lil Darkie Album Review". centrevillesentinel.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  6. ^ "lil darkie - to my friends, family, and supporters". 4 March 2020. Retrieved 2022-12-22 – via YouTube.
  7. ^ "Lil Darkie Is the Most Controversial Rapper Alive". countere.com. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  8. ^ Spence, Sade (10 June 2020). "Haha Lil Darkie TikTok Trend". stayhipp.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  9. ^ Sherwood, Joseph (2021-04-09). "Here's Why Lil Darkie's Inflammatory Lyrics and Dark Cartoons Are Blowing Up". A Little Bit Human. Retrieved 2026-03-28.
  10. ^ Kult Classic (2021-06-18). Lil Darkie's FIRST interview (2019)- Kult Classic Interview 0018 {REUPLOAD}. Retrieved 2025-07-13 – via YouTube.
  11. ^ "Official Lil Darkie Merchandise — Small Dark One". www.smalldarkone.com. Retrieved 2026-03-28.
  12. ^ the mars files (2019-09-20). Lil Darkie Interview - The Mars Files. Retrieved 2025-07-13 – via YouTube.
  13. ^ Ngwan, Baib (2021-04-14). "Lil Darkie: 10 Shocking Facts About Joshua Jagan Hilton [Updated]". JukeBugs. Retrieved 2026-03-28.
  14. ^ "Brahman". Genius. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
  15. ^ Lil Darkie (2019-08-12). lil darkie x lil cubensis - myparentsaresleepinginthenextroomandidontwantowakethemup. Retrieved 2026-02-10 – via YouTube.
  16. ^ Lil Darkie (2020-10-06). LIL DARKIE - BATSHIT (MUSIC VIDEO). Retrieved 2026-02-10 – via YouTube.
  17. ^ Freddie Dredd & Lil Darkie - Kick Rocks (feat. Lil Darkie) (Ghost Slowed (Lyric Video)). 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2026-03-28 – via tidal.com.
  18. ^ "2023 So What?! Music Festival Lineup Revealed - The Used, Pierce the Veil + More". Loudwire. 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2026-03-28.
  19. ^ USD by Lil Darkie - RYM/Sonemic, retrieved 2026-02-10
  20. ^ Ngwan, Baib (2021-04-14). "Lil Darkie: 10 Shocking Facts About Joshua Jagan Hilton [Updated]". JukeBugs. Retrieved 2026-03-28.
  21. ^ "Lil Darkie". Discogs. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
  22. ^ Lil Darkie, CHRIST DILLINGER - darkillinger, 2022-11-14, retrieved 2026-02-10
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