Driftee, also known as Adrift Da Belle, is a Hip-Hop artist, producer, and creative force whose pen cuts with precision and lived experience. Celebrated for her gritty, unvarnished wordplay, she embodies the evolution of the B-Girl: an urban woman navigating life, legacy, and liberation with honesty, bite, and vision.

Born in Savannah, GA and later shaped by Brooklyn and New Jersey, Driftee grew up between cultures, codes, and coasts. She started writing poetry in junior high and recorded her first Hip-Hop track on a friend’s karaoke machine—an early signal of the creative agility she’d sharpen over time. By high school she was winning poetry contests and serving as the campus poet-in-residence.

Her Hip-Hop ambitions reignited in college after a freestyle stunned a campus DJ. Back in New Jersey, she recorded her first demo, “Grown Lady Antics,” gaining local buzz and booking shows across NJ, Philly, and Baltimore. In 2005 she moved to Atlanta, embedding herself in the city’s creative grid.

In 2006 she dropped her debut LP, “Da Threat,” and joined the Dungeon Family’s second-generation collective, Dungeoneze, under the mentorship of Ray Murray of Organized Noize. Her second LP, “Garden State Parkway” (2010), featured production from the late Rico Wade of Organized Noize and Benny Demus. Her breakout single “Dun-Ez” landed in the MTV original film My Super Psycho Sweet Sixteen, and her underground anthem “Can U Feel It” gained new momentum after a standout A3C Festival performance.

Across decades and zip codes, Driftee has continued to refine her craft. Today, she’s entering a renaissance—writing, producing, and engineering from a deeply lived vantage point. She’s currently building her upcoming album, Liberty—a bold, vulnerable, and sharpened body of work exploring faith, autonomy, endurance, and the modern Black American experience.

Her recent creative run includes the visual-driven rollout of “Rumble,” “Balance,” “Ol School Gruv” and “Mark Twain” from her 2024 EP DIY: Midlife Awakenings (MA), where Driftee blends traditional Hip-Hop cadences with modern, cinematic soundscapes, calling back to her early sound-design training at SCAD.

A strategist by nature and a storyteller by calling, Driftee is committed to pushing the culture forward with craft, clarity, and courage. This next chapter? It’s a liberation arc. And she’s building it in real time.

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