Dorrough
Dallas rapper known as Dorrough Music whose 2009 single “Ice Cream Paint Job” reached the Hot 100 Top 30 and went platinum, and whose debut album reached number 2 on the rap chart.
Origins
Dorrough was born Dorwin Demarcus Dorrough on October 28, 1986, in Dallas, the youngest of eleven children. He attended Lancaster High School, where he captained the basketball team, and went on to Prairie View A&M University. He began rapping in 2003 and records as Dorrough Music. He also uses the nickname Six 3.
Breakthrough
Dorrough built a following in Dallas with mixtapes and local singles at the end of the 2000s, a period when the city’s rap scene was known for dance records tied to the Dallas boogie. He signed with NGenius Entertainment and its Prime Time Click imprint, which released his music through E1 Music, the former Koch Records. “Walk That Walk” reached number 28 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and “Ice Cream Paint Job,” produced by 2Much, became his national hit in 2009. The song, about a brightly painted car, reached number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 10 on the R&B chart and number 5 on the rap chart, and it was certified platinum. Its video featured cameos from Lil Boosie, Slim Thug, Paul Wall, Bun B and Chamillionaire, and official remixes brought in artists such as Soulja Boy, E-40 and Snoop Dogg.
Key records
His debut album, “Dorrough Music,” was released on August 4, 2009. It sold 13,000 copies in its first week and reached number 36 on the Billboard 200, number 6 on the R&B albums chart and number 2 on the Top Rap Albums chart. The follow-up, “Get Big” (2010), reached number 68 on the Billboard 200 and number 9 on the rap chart. Between 2010 and 2015 he released six mixtapes, including three in DJ Drama’s Gangsta Grillz series and entries in the “Shut the City Down” series.
Later career and legacy
Dorrough continued independently with the albums “Ride wit Me” (2017) and “Star Baby” (2023). He has appeared on songs with Juvenile, Chamillionaire, Wiz Khalifa and Waka Flocka Flame. “Ice Cream Paint Job” remains his only Hot 100 entry, and in 2025 Rolling Stone placed him at number 48 on its list of the best one-hit wonders of the 2000s. The song is one of the best-known Dallas rap records of its decade and part of a short period when the city had several national hits at once.
