Darius Lindsley is a self-taught bucket drummer who sprung to fame after several media outlets reposted a video of him and a friend drumming on buckets. The original video can be found on Darius’ Instagram page where you will find several other videos of the teenager showing off his talent.
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We had the opportunity to sit in on an Instagram live video session where we learned a few things about Darius. Here is what we found out:
– He is in ninth grade and he is 15 years old
– He will be auditioning on the Apollo in June.
– He is a self-taught drummer
– He manages himself
– He doesn’t think fame will change him. He has friends that he is still cool with.
– He has only traveled to Houston and has been in New Orleans, Louisiana all his life.
– His birthday is August 9th and he plans on having a big party.
– He wants to go to college: “I plan to go to college because i want to have back up plans”
– His back up plan is to do something with “saving. Like a firefighter. Making people happy and saving lives.”
– This is serious business for him as he is having business cards being made.
– He says that “God is blessing him because he has been through hell and back.”
Follow Darius at @d9rius
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