Meet The Artist

    The Dragon  (Gavin Boardley) is an idiosyncratic musician, fan, and founder of Dragon's Den Records. He started his music journey playing the drums in elementary school and continued picking up many other instruments until he finished high school (HS). In HS, he discovered hip-hop through Eminem, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, 2Pac, and 50 Cent. He went through many personal struggles then, and hip-hop kept him alive. Inspired, Gavin began to write, rap, and produce in HS. Wanting to improve himself as a rapper and musician, he studied much of the history of hip-hop and its pioneers/important figures. While innovative artists LL COOL J, Eric B. & Rakim, Outkast, Eazy-E, The D.O.C., The Alchemist, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, and more indirectly affect every MC to this day, Gavin learned much by studying their work directly. Some of his more modern influences are JamWayne, NF, Knox Hill, Juice WRLD, Coast Contra, and Lil Dicky. However, he won't forget what started his journey, heavy metal/rock such as Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Metallica, AC/DC, Avenged Sevenfold, and later Linkin Park. Another one of his influences is “Weird Al” Yankovic.

On a less serious note, The Dragon spits flames with his often comedic, uncensored, cruel yet imaginative storytelling, groovy drums and bass, kick-ass bars, and sick guitars. That doesn't mean he can't be serious sometimes, though...

Welcome to the mind of Gavin Boardley.

(mic drop *thud*)

~ Dragon’s Den Records