Brooke Delilah Gillespie aka "The Matriarch of Soul Rap" and "BDG", is an African wild dog and renowned author, poet, novelist, lyricist and songwriter currently residing within the quiet Maryland suburb of Columbia in Howard County. Born July 1st of 1996 to parents Karen Ellezar Day and Darryl Solomon, she has since forever atoned to the diehard philosophy of working hard as a stone mason to achieve her dreams of big success, and is driven by her executive producer husband and young school aged daughter, Zalika, soon to be preceded by a sister, Zuri in December of this year.