# BossMan Dlow
**BossMan Dlow** is the stage name of Devante McCreary (born 1998), an American rapper from Port Salerno, Florida, known for a conversational, nonchalant delivery over Florida trap production and for the 2024 viral hit "Get in with Me," his first Billboard Hot 100 entry.[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bossman-dlow-mn0004510841) He records for Alamo Records, a Sony Music Entertainment imprint.[2](https://www.xxlmag.com/bossman-dlow-interview-the-break/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1998, Port Salerno, Florida, as Devante McCreary[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bossman-dlow-mn0004510841) |
| Breakout single | "Get in with Me," released January 2024; debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in February and peaked at number 49; certified gold[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bossman-dlow-mn0004510841) • [3](https://www.xxlmag.com/bossman-dlow//) |
| Early releases | Mixtapes Too Slippery and 2 Slippery (both 2023)[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bossman-dlow-mn0004510841) |
| Mr Beat the Road | Mixtape released March 2024; reached number 20 on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bossman-dlow-mn0004510841) |
| Dlow Curry | Debut studio album, December 13, 2024, Alamo Records; 23 songs, 58 minutes[4](https://music.apple.com/us/album/dlow-curry/1783609512) |
| Chicken Talkin Bastard | Second studio album, April 10, 2026; 20 tracks with features from DaBaby, Trey Songz, G Herbo, OJ da Juiceman, and YKNIECE[5](https://www.sonymusic.ca/press_release/bossman-dlow-releases-album) |
| Label | Alamo Records/Sony Music Entertainment[2](https://www.xxlmag.com/bossman-dlow-interview-the-break/) |
## Early life
McCreary was born and raised in Port Salerno, an unincorporated community in Martin County on Florida's eastern coast.[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bossman-dlow-mn0004510841) • [6](https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article287515925.html) He has said he was involved in street hustling before he turned 14, sold weed, was kicked out of high school as a sophomore, and served a 20-month jail term on drug possession charges that ended in August 2020.[6](https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article287515925.html) In a 2024 interview he dated his start as a rapper to that 2019 incarceration, when he was 19 or 20, and described watching the COVID-19 pandemic unfold from jail, including his mother catching the virus.[2](https://www.xxlmag.com/bossman-dlow-interview-the-break/)
**Music beginnings.** In 2019 he began experimenting with music production in a family studio, and he released his first songs in 2020, after his release.[7](https://codamusic.me/artists/bossman-dlow/) While incarcerated, friends had pooled money for a studio; after getting out he wrote multiple songs in advance to maximize his studio time, and his first job afterward, painting fire hydrants for the county, lasted a few weeks.[6](https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article287515925.html) His nickname "Big Za" dates to his time selling weed.[6](https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article287515925.html)
## Breakthrough
Early singles such as "I Ain't Going Broke" led to the 2023 full-length Too Slippery and its companion piece 2 Slippery, released the same year.[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bossman-dlow-mn0004510841) His style broke through on singles including "Rotation" and "The Biggest" from Too Slippery.[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bossman-dlow-mn0004510841) In between projects he signed with Alamo Records.[3](https://www.xxlmag.com/bossman-dlow//)
The turning point was the double single "Get in with Me" b/w "Piss Me Off," released in mid-January 2024.[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bossman-dlow-mn0004510841) • [6](https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article287515925.html) The heavy bass-laden track became a TikTok sensation, drew public co-signs from [Lil Baby](https://www.edgepedia.org/lil-baby), Quavo, and Ciara, and amassed 16 million Spotify streams in its first two months.[6](https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article287515925.html) • [3](https://www.xxlmag.com/bossman-dlow//) • [2](https://www.xxlmag.com/bossman-dlow-interview-the-break/) It debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 2024 and climbed to number 49, and its momentum carried 2 Slippery onto the [Billboard](https://www.edgepedia.org/billboard-magazine) 200 at number 179 in March even though the song does not appear on that album.[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bossman-dlow-mn0004510841) • [8](https://www.allmusic.com/album/2-slippery-mw0004251589)
In March 2024 he released the mixtape Mr Beat the Road, built around "Get in with Me" and featuring [Sexyy Red](https://www.edgepedia.org/sexyy-red) ("Come Here"), Wizz Havinn ("Obama Runtz"), and Rob49 ("Lil Bastard").[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bossman-dlow-mn0004510841) • [9](https://www.allmusic.com/album/mr-beat-the-road-mw0004242603) The mixtape debuted at number 20 on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold.[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bossman-dlow-mn0004510841) Follow-up singles included "Mr Pot Scraper," which passed 26 million YouTube streams, and "Finesse (Remix)" featuring GloRilla.[3](https://www.xxlmag.com/bossman-dlow//) • [2](https://www.xxlmag.com/bossman-dlow-interview-the-break/) He was selected for the 2024 XXL Freshman Class, the only member from Florida.[3](https://www.xxlmag.com/bossman-dlow//)
## Studio albums
**Dlow Curry** (December 13, 2024) was his first official studio album, released on Alamo Records with 23 songs running 58 minutes.[4](https://music.apple.com/us/album/dlow-curry/1783609512) Guests include [Ice Spice](https://www.edgepedia.org/ice-spice) ("Pillsbury Dlow"), French Montana ("Mo Chicken"), Lil Baby ("PJ"), and [NoCap](https://www.edgepedia.org/nocap) ("What You Need").[4](https://music.apple.com/us/album/dlow-curry/1783609512) AllMusic reports it reached number 36 on the Billboard 200, while the French site rap.fr places it at number 16; the two accounts disagree.[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bossman-dlow-mn0004510841) • [10](https://rap.fr/interviews/interviews-bossman-dlow-s-exprime-sur-le-snitching-et-la-posture-no-cap-l9pw) Its deluxe edition added eight songs, including one with [Gucci Mane](https://www.edgepedia.org/gucci-mane).[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bossman-dlow-mn0004510841) Pitchfork's review, by Paul A. Thompson, editor-in-chief of POW Magazine, described the album as 20 songs in just under 50 minutes with tracks often cut off before a second full verse, and noted that Dlow's style evokes the careening, comical Michigan rappers of the late 2010s.[11](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bossman-dlow-dlow-curry/)
**Chicken Talkin Bastard** (April 10, 2026) is his second studio album, a 20-track set on Alamo featuring DaBaby, Trey Songz, G Herbo, OJ da Juiceman, and YKNIECE, among others.[5](https://www.sonymusic.ca/press_release/bossman-dlow-releases-album) Its lead single "Motion Party," a flip of Khia's "My Neck, My Back," was the most-added song at urban radio in its debut week, entered the Billboard Hot 100, and passed 8 million Spotify streams.[5](https://www.sonymusic.ca/press_release/bossman-dlow-releases-album) • [12](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bossman-dlow-chicken-talkin-bastard/) Pitchfork's Alphonse Pierre, a senior writer at the publication, called it the fourth standalone Bossman Dlow mixtape and wrote that it folds vintage Florida freak-rap, Louisiana baller music, and Atlanta extravagance into what he characterized as uncomplicated radio hits.[12](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bossman-dlow-chicken-talkin-bastard/)
## Style and reception
Dlow describes his own approach as direct address: "I rap like I'm in somebody's face just talking to 'em," with a Florida trap sound he frames as bringing positive energy rather than dwelling on violence.[3](https://www.xxlmag.com/bossman-dlow//) Critics consistently note his booming baritone, conversational cadence, and motivational money-talk; Pitchfork compared Mr Beat the Road's flash to a [Big Tymers](https://www.edgepedia.org/big-tymers) project rather than the grimmer Southern rap tradition, and cited his shopping-spite bars ($1,300 at Prada, $1,250 at Lanvin, $1,500 at [Balenciaga](https://www.edgepedia.org/balenciaga)) as typical of his material.[13](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bossman-dlow-mr-beat-the-road/) He has cited [Yo Gotti](https://www.edgepedia.org/yo-gotti), Jeezy, Wiz Khalifa, Lil Wayne, and Plies as influences.[2](https://www.xxlmag.com/bossman-dlow-interview-the-break/)
His catalog has also traveled beyond his own records: he appears on GloRilla's 2024 debut album Glorious and on Ciara's 2025 album CiCi, on the track "Run It Up."[14](https://apnews.com/article/49e226df8afba9deb99eee6be3a7e1ab) • [15](https://apnews.com/article/4fb050161b987c131f13e8f84ff691c0)
## References
1. [BossMan Dlow Biography, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bossman-dlow-mn0004510841)
2. [The Break Presents – BossMan Dlow, XXL (March 29, 2024)](https://www.xxlmag.com/bossman-dlow-interview-the-break/)
3. [BossMan Dlow – 2024 XXL Freshman, XXL (July 8, 2024)](https://www.xxlmag.com/bossman-dlow//)
4. [Dlow Curry – Album by Bossman Dlow, Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/dlow-curry/1783609512)
5. [BossMan Dlow Releases Album Chicken Talkin' Bastard, Sony Music Canada press release (April 10, 2026)](https://www.sonymusic.ca/press_release/bossman-dlow-releases-album)
6. [C. Isaiah Smalls II, "'My little hood': One of rap's rising stars is from Florida, but he's not from the 305," Miami Herald (April 16, 2024)](https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article287515925.html)
7. [Bossman Dlow Biography, Coda Music](https://codamusic.me/artists/bossman-dlow/)
8. [2 Slippery Review, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/album/2-slippery-mw0004251589)
9. [Mr Beat the Road Review, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/album/mr-beat-the-road-mw0004242603)
10. [BossMan Dlow s'exprime sur le snitching et la posture "no cap," rap.fr](https://rap.fr/interviews/interviews-bossman-dlow-s-exprime-sur-le-snitching-et-la-posture-no-cap-l9pw)
11. [Paul A. Thompson, Bossman Dlow: Dlow Curry Album Review, Pitchfork (January 17, 2025)](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bossman-dlow-dlow-curry/)
12. [Alphonse Pierre, Bossman Dlow: Chicken Talkin Bastard Album Review, Pitchfork (April 15, 2026)](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bossman-dlow-chicken-talkin-bastard/)
13. [Alphonse Pierre, Bossman Dlow: Mr Beat the Road Album Review, Pitchfork (March 19, 2024)](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bossman-dlow-mr-beat-the-road/)
14. [GloRilla conquers self-doubt on her path to becoming one of hip-hop's most promising voices, AP News (October 22, 2024)](https://apnews.com/article/49e226df8afba9deb99eee6be3a7e1ab)
15. [Ciara reinforces her passion for music with 'CiCi,' AP News](https://apnews.com/article/4fb050161b987c131f13e8f84ff691c0)
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