Daniel Sigut: from pain comes greatness

Most legends in the music industry have one trait in common, their music was birthed from a place of hardship and pain.

Rising rapper Daniel Sigut, born and raised in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, turned his pain into passion and used it as the footing that would rocket him towards his musical dreams. At a very young age, Daniel found his calling for music one Christmas when gifted Guitar hero 3 for his PlayStation 2 by his grandmother. While playing and jamming along to the songs, his passion grew deeper and deeper, evidently leading him to his calling. From there he would begin his journey through music in his freshman year of college when he invested in FL Studio and began dabbling in making beats.

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His stint at college would come to an end when the environment of disrespect and negativity began to take a toll on his mental health, sending him into a state of depression. Daniel would drop out in pursuit of what made him feel alive, music. Day in and day out he would work on perfecting his craft, making beats and learning the trade to mixing and mastering. His vision encapsulated the entire skillset of the music industry, not only being an artist or producer.

With his dedication to learning the craft, came the release of his first song “.40 Glock” under the moniker Johnny Law. To him, it was a huge accomplishment, but he would go on to learn that his place of birth wasn’t as welcoming to his sound. The kids would clown him, and his shady actions in the past only added to their slander towards him. Daniel would become an outcast in the music scene of Greensburg, blackballed and kept at arm’s length. No matter how much he supported, it never seemed to be reciprocated. Luckily, that only gave motivation, rather than deterred him from his quest to make a name for himself in the music industry.

His consistency through his dark and troubling past of juvenile detention and time in a mental health institute, garnered him a loyal fan base that connected with the raw and real nature of his music. Daniel accredits his depth of sound to artists like Chief Keef, Playboi Carti, Kid Cudi, Lil Peep, and rock n’ roll legends Guns N Roses, and thanks his father as one of his biggest influences to pursue his dreams.

Daniel isn’t like most rapper. His interest lies not in fortune and fame, but rather using his life experiences; pain, obstacles, depression, to create music that would speak to kids caught in the darkness as he once was. His “The Goth Plug Tape” is the first step in achieving his purpose in music. It blends trap, rock n roll, and hip-hop together and revolves around dark topics of depression, drug addiction, and other mental health issues associated to teenage life.

Currently, Daniel’s focus is on promoting The Goth Plug Tape and his song Freeway while growing his fan base via social media. Daniel is in no way only restricting himself to these endeavors. He also spearheads his beat company Slump Records along with continuing his beat production, networking, and creating content. If kept up, his claim to fame is guaranteed along with being a light to kids worldwide.