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Diogenes Stoudymire (born June 01, 1989), better known by his stage name Tokyo Dee, is an American hip hop recording artist, songwriter and actor from Harlem, New York City. He is best known for his debut EP titled Wolf Szn

Early Life
Diogenes Stoudymire was born on June 1, 1989, in New York City. He moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with his grandmother until the age of 6. She gave him the nickname "Dee". He later returned to Harlem to live with his mother in Frederick Samuels, a public housing tenement.

During his childhood, he was featured in several school plays and musicals for his acting, dancing and singing abilities. However, he chose to focus on basketball and chess.

When he turned 16, he began acting and rapping while attending Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics. This high school is also home to other notable alumni such as Ma$e, Cam'ron , Sanaa Lathan and Mehki Phifer. During his high school years he was given the nickname  "Dee Dollar$" , which he briefly used as his stage name before changing it to "Tokyo Dee".

He went on to further develop his talents by performing in local rap cyphers and talent shows when he was admitted to Saint Johns University.

Career
In the spring of 2006, while joking around in his high school's cafeteria, a friend suggested that Tokyo Dee attend a casting call for Wilmer Valderama's hit comedic show "Yo Momma". He took the advice, auditioned and was cast by the producers; appearing in two episodes in the fall.

From 2010-2012 Tokyo Dee released 3 music videos online which built his fan base on Youtube.

On February 02, 2012, he was selected as one of the Top 16 (out of over 1,000 artists) in Hot 97's Who's Next competition, advancing to Round 2.

On March 03, 2012, Tokyo Dee released his debut mixtape titled E.B.T. (Eat Beats Tokyo) on a streaming platform called DatPiff. It was a sampler mixtape where he showcased his lyrics rapping over other artists beats.

In 2013, Tokyo Dee was cast in a reality web-series titled "Greek Code 101" produced by Joed Esperance Revolt(TV Network) dedicated to fraternity and sorority "do's and don'ts". .

In December 2016, Tokyo Dee released his official debut EP titled Wolf Szn on ITunes/Apple Music, Spotify , and Amazon Music