Last updated on July 1st, 2025 at 09:09 am
Breland is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer of country rap, R&B, gospel, and soul music.
He rose to prominence in 2019 when he released his debut single “My Truck,” and he became popular on Social Media following the success of the track.
Daniel Breland was born in Burlington, New Jersey, the son of two ordained ministers, Tonya and Gerard Breland.
He attended the Peddie School, a New Jersey boarding school, where he had access to secular music in the hip-hop, R&B, country, and pop genres.
Full Name: Daniel Gerard Breland
Date of Birth: July 18, 1995
Place of Birth: Burlington Township, New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality: American
Genre: Country rap, R&B, gospelsoul
Occupation: Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer
Record label: Bad Realm, Atlantic Warner, Music Nashville
Instruments: Guitar
Net worth: $2 Million
Relationship: N/A
Career:
Breland began his career as a professional songwriter while at Georgetown, and in his second year, he met rapper Chinx (Chinx Drugz), an associate of French Montana. O
He taught himself how to engineer on Pro Tools, Logic Pro, and FL Studio. With approximately 2,000 songs in three years, he made placements with artists such as Trey Songz and wrote nearly half of the tracks on The Golden Child, the debut from Def Jam Recordings R&B artist YK Osiris.
In September 2019, he wrote the song “My Truck”, about the truck culture found in rural America. The music was a blend of hip hop and country music, and when he posted the song on Instagram, he received a great response and realized he had found his niche in the country-trap genre.
He was signed to Bad Realm Records/Atlantic Records, Breland signed with SALXCO Management, and released a remix of “My Truck” that features country music, Sam Hunt.
“My Truck” has over 2.6 million U.S. streams, 2,000 downloads sold, and 2.8 million radio audience impressions, according to Nielsen Audio, and hit No. 1 on Spotify’s Viral 50 Chart in February.
In May 2020, Breland’s self-titled EP was released by Bad Realm Records/Atlantic Records. The music crossed genres of country, hip hop, R&B, and pop with songs like the singles, “My Truck”, and “Horseride,” as well as fan favorites “Hot Sauce” and “In the Woulds.”
Producers included Sam Sumser (Lizzo, Jason Derulo), Sean Small (Lizzo, Usher), Charlie Handsome (Post Malone, Kanye West, Khalid), as well as country singers Mitchell Tenpenny and Walker Hayes. The EP charted at No. 48 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart.
He and Keith Urban co-wrote two songs for Urban’s September 2020 album, The Speed of Now Part 1, including the song “Out the Cage,” which has Breland adding vocals, and Nile Rodgers’s on rhythm guitar, and the track “Soul Food.”
In September 2020, Breland joined Apple Music Country as an on-air host for his own radio show called Land of the Bre.
Breland released a brand new collaboration with Thomas Rhett, “Praise the Lord,” in March 2022.
Hit Songs:
- “My Truck”
- “Horseride”
- “Cross Country” (solo or featuring Mickey Guyton)
- “Throw It Back” (featuring Keith Urban)
- “High Horse” (with Nelly and Blanco Brown)[28]
- “Praise the Lord” (featuring Thomas Rhett)
- Breland
- Rage & Sorrow
- Cross Country
Awards:
- 2022 CMT Music Awards: Breakthrough Video of the Year for “Cross Country” (Nominated)
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