2009-2013: Kids These Days In 2009, the band
Kids These Days was formed with Nico Segal,
Vic Mensa, Liam Cunningham, Lane Beckstrom, Greg Landfair, Macie Stewart, J. P. Floyd, and Rajiv Halim. On June 28, 2011, they released an extended play titled
Hard Times EP and a full length mixtape,
Traphouse Rock, on October 30, 2012. On March 26, Nico Segal released his first mixtape
Illasoul: Shades of Blue. In May 2013, the band broke up and Nico Segal released his solo extended play,
Donnie Trumpet EP on June 28, 2013.
2014-present: the Social Experiment At the end of 2013 Segal performed with Chance the Rapper and the Social Experiment along with Nate Fox, Greg Landfair Jr. and Peter Cottontale. He released his debut album with the band
Surf on May 28, 2015. The album was released exclusively on
iTunes as a free download and was downloaded over 618,000 times in its first week. Segal contributed to
Earth, a live album by
Neil Young and
Promise of the Real, released on June 17, 2016. On November 9, 2016, after Republican nominee
Donald Trump won the U.S Presidential election, Segal dropped the nickname Donnie Trumpet. ==Discography==