Mod Sun
Mod Sun was born in Bloomington, Minnesota, United States on March 10th, 1987 and is the Rapper. At the age of 37, Mod Sun biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, and networth are available.
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Derek Smith (born March 10, 1987), known professionally as Mod Sun (stylized as MOD SUN, an acronym standing for "Movement on Dreams, Stand under None"), is an American rapper, author, rock musician, painter, and poet from Bloomington, Minnesota.
Early life
Derek Ryan Smith was born on March 10, 1987, in Bloomington, Minnesota. Later his father left for California and his parents divorced, after which Smith spent some time living with his father in Long Beach, California. From age five to 10, he moved frequently due to his mother having to relocate for various jobs. He spent much of his time growing up on a farm in Corcoran, Minnesota. Smith's father lived next door to Bud Gaugh, drummer of Sublime, who influenced him to become involved in music.
In his teens, Smith began attending concerts in his local pop punk scene. He became an increasingly prominent figure in the scene through his mother encouraging him to attend concerts and ask the touring band members whether they wanted to stay the night at their house. In the following years, Smith and other local bands and musicians in the scene became increasingly interested in fashion and influenced by New Jersey and Drive-Thru Records emo bands, leading to them becoming members of the scene subculture. In eighth grade, he designed merchandise for bands.
Personal life
Beginning in October 2018, Smith was in a polyamorous relationship with internet personality Tana Mongeau and actress Bella Thorne. After the throuple's breakup, he began a monogamous relationship with Thorne. Smith and Thorne became engaged, got married and then subsequently divorced, all within 15 months. In early 2020, he began a monogamous relationship with Mongeau, but they broke up by the end of the year. Since 2021, he has been in a relationship with Canadian musician Avril Lavigne. They later got engaged in Paris in April 2022.
Music career
Sideline Heroes, Smith's first band, was called the pop punk band. In his sophomore year of high school, he began playing drums for a local pop punk band, the Semester. He spent the next four years in the band before being kicked out three months after graduation. He joined the post-hardcore band Four Letter Lie in 2005. In 2009, he was kicked out of the band and spent a period of time selling medications as well as being a Scary Kids Scaring Kids drummer. He was eventually asked to be the drummer for Scary Kids Scaring Kids, which he accepted under the condition that he could open for the band as a solo artist.
Mod Sun has released five mixtapes and three EPs during his solo career. His musical style has been described as "hippy hop." Mod Sun's debut album, Look Up, was released on March 10, 2015 by Rostrum Records. It ranked as number one on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart, peaking at #1. Movie, his second studio album, was released on March 10, 2017, also through Rostrum Records. On the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart, it ranked at #16. On November 10, 2017, his third studio album BB was announced, sparking the single "#noshirton."
Mod Sun revealed in early 2020 that he had begun working on his forthcoming fourth studio album. On October 30, 2020, it's lead single "Karma" was announced. Machine Gun Kelly directed the accompanying music video, which was released three weeks later on November 16, 2020. On November 27, 2020, the album's second single, "Bones," was released. "Bones"'s music video was released on December 21, 2020, via Mod Sun's official YouTube channel, and was directed by Charlie Zwick. "Flames," the album's third single, was a collaboration with Avril Lavigne. Downfalls High, a film Smith co-directed with Machine Gun Kelly, was released on January 18, 2021. Mod Sun also revealed the album name, Internet Killed the Rockstar, on January 25, 2021, with the launch date of February 12, 2021.
On March 12, 2021, he released the single "Heavy" starring blackbear. He signed a long-term contract with Big Noise in the same month.
It was announced on August 26, 2021, that he would star in and co-direct the film Good Mourning With A U, alongside Machine Gun Kelly, Dove Cameron, Megan Fox, and Becky G.
Mod's "Remember Me Just Like This" was released on February 18, 2022, in a documentary about his life. The title for the forthcoming album of the next "era" was revealed at the end of the series: Rich Kids Ruin Everything, scheduled for a March 2022 debut.