DD Osama is 19 years old, based on his widely listed birthday of November 29, 2006. On that date he turns 20, on November 29, 2026. No public birth record confirms the exact day. Music outlets reported his age three times in 2023, and each report fits a birth in the second half of 2006.
DD Osama, whose real name is David Reyes, is a rapper from Harlem. He started making music in 2021 with his younger brother, Notti Osama. He has released most of his catalog as a teenager, which is why his age gets looked up so often.
DD Osama profile summary
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Stage name | DD Osama |
| Real name | David Reyes |
| Date of birth | November 29, 2006 (widely listed) |
| Hometown | The Sugarhill section of Harlem, New York, according to XXL |
| Active since | 2021, when he began making music with his brother Notti Osama |
| Known for | “Upnow” with Coi Leray (2023), the mixtapes Here 2 Stay (2023) and Before The Album (2024) |
DD Osama’s age year by year
These ages assume the November 29, 2006 birthday. Each year he moves up a year at the end of November.
| Year | DD Osama’s age | Milestone |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 14, then 15 from Nov. 29 | Starts making music with Notti Osama |
| 2022 | 15, then 16 from Nov. 29 | Notti Osama dies on July 9 |
| 2023 | 16, then 17 from Nov. 29 | “Upnow” with Coi Leray in February; Here 2 Stay on May 12 |
| 2024 | 17, then 18 from Nov. 29 | Before The Album released October 16 |
| 2025 | 18, then 19 from Nov. 29 | Scheduled to co-headline the New Wave Tour in May |
| 2026 | 19, then 20 from Nov. 29 | — |
How old was DD Osama when Notti Osama died?
DD Osama was 15 when his younger brother, Notti Osama (born Ethan Reyes), died on July 9, 2022. Notti was 14.
The two had begun making music together only a year earlier. In May 2023, XXL reported that DD Osama thought about quitting music after his brother’s death and kept going to honor him instead. Later that year, in a Complex interview with DD Osama, he said how he believed things would have gone: “If my little brother never died, then we were both going to blow up… it just would have taken a little more time.”
Why websites list different birthdays for DD Osama
November 29, 2006 is the birthday most sites give. You’ll also see January 23, 2007 in some TikTok fan videos, and dates in 2004 and 2005 on several biography sites. Ages that music publications printed in 2023 show which dates are possible.
- February 18, 2023: HotNewHipHop called him a “16-year-old Harlem artist” in its story about the release of “Upnow” with Coi Leray.
- May 16, 2023: XXL called him “the 16-year-old talent” when Here 2 Stay came out.
- December 18, 2023: A December 2023 XXL feature said he had “recently turned 17.”
For all three reports to be correct, DD Osama had to be born between mid-May and mid-December 2006. November 29, 2006 is inside that range. None of the other common dates is:
| Claimed birth date | Matches the 2023 reports? | Why |
|---|---|---|
| November 29, 2006 | Yes | He’d be 16 for most of 2023 and turn 17 just before XXL’s December feature |
| January 23, 2007 | No | He’d still have been 16 in December 2023 |
| March 15, 2006 | No | He’d already have been 17 by May 2023 |
| 2004 or 2005 dates | No | He’d have been at least 17 in early 2023 |
The 2023 reports don’t pin down the exact day. On their own, they mean DD Osama is either 19 or 20 as of early November 2026. He’s 19 only if his birthday falls after November 1, as the widely listed November 29 date does. Any birthday that doesn’t fit those three published ages can be ruled out.
His name is confused in a similar way. Sites disagree on his middle name, so this article uses David Reyes, the name XXL gives. Searches for “Ddot Osama” also mix him up with Sugarhill Ddot, a separate Harlem rapper he has worked with.
DD Osama’s most recent dated milestones
DD Osama released Before The Album on October 16, 2024, about six weeks before he turned 18. In March 2025, antiMusic reported that Live Nation Urban had announced the New Wave Tour 2025 with DD Osama, Sugarhill Ddot and STAR BANDZ. The 14 shows were scheduled from May 4 in Phoenix to May 28 in Philadelphia. That makes the tour, planned for when he was 18, the latest dated milestone in a career that began when he was 14.
Final Thoughts
DD Osama is 19, and he turns 20 on November 29, 2026, if his widely listed birthday of November 29, 2006 is correct. That date is the best-supported one available. It matches all three ages that music outlets printed in 2023, and none of the other common dates do.
One thing could change the answer. No public birth record confirms the exact day, and the 2023 reports only show that he was born between mid-May and mid-December 2006. If his real birthday is earlier in that window, before November 1, he’s already 20. Until a confirmed date comes out, test any other birthday you see the same way the article does: check it against the 2023 reports. He was 16 in February and May 2023 and had “recently turned 17” by December 2023. Any date that doesn’t fit all three can be ruled out.
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