Donavan LaMond Johnson (born July 9, 1985) better known by his
stage name XV is an
American rapper, singer and songwriter from
Wichita,
Kansas. He first gained major attention after the release of his twelfth
mixtape Everybody's Nobody, for which he received two awards from DJBooth.net. His name, XV, refers to the age (15) at which he began his musical career. On Monday July 26, 2010, XV announced that he had signed a
recording contract with
Warner Bros. Records via his
Twitter page.