If Kanye West is The College Dropout, then FirstNameDane is The Late Bloomer. Hailing from Southern New Jersey, FirstNameDane, born Dane Elijah Dillard, is delivering crossover appeal while offering nuanced perspective. "I want to be an example of perseverance. Not everyone figures out their path early in life and that's okay." The grandson of a Doo Wop singer who abandoned his own dreams, FirstNameDane doesn’t want to ever ask himself “what if?”