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| pronouns=[[she/her]], [[they/them]]<ref>https://twitter.com/dijahsb</ref>

Beginning rapping professionally in 2011, they previously released music under the name Kzaraw and was part of a rap group Class of 93, along with their producer Jermaine "Astro Mega" Clarke.<ref>{{Cite web|title=DijahSB Is One Verse Away From Victory|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/59jxbx/dijahsb-is-one-verse-away-from-victory|url-status=live|date=February 5, 2018|website=Vice Media|author=Safra Ducreay|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Trapunski|first=Richard|last2=Adams|first2=Kelsey|last3=Ritchie|first3=Kevin|date=May 4, 2021|title=The sound of Toronto music in 2021: 20 artists you need to hear now|url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/toronto-music-2021-artists-to-watch|url-status=live|website=NOW Magazine}}</ref> They later rebranded as DijahSB, with the name inspired by the Nike SB line of shoes.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=‘I want what I’m saying to hold weight,’ says rapper DijahSB; they also want you to dance|url=https://xtramagazine.com/culture/non-binary-indie-rapper-dijahsb-181954|url-status=live|date=October 6, 2020|website=Xtra Magazine|author=Jesse Locke}}</ref>

In 2016, they released the EP ''Manic Luxury'' independently.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dijah SB Manic Luxury|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/dijah_sb-manic_luxury|url-status=live|date=July 28, 2016|website=Exclaim!|author=Leandre Nawej|language=en-ca}}</ref> They released their debut album in the summer of 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Noise Makers: The Canadian Musicians Who Are Turning Heads|url=http://www.ellecanada.com/culture/music/noise-makers-the-canadian-musicians-who-are-turning-heads|url-status=live|date=March 23, 2021|website=Elle Canada|author=Patricia Karounos|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Not 'Frontin' Like Pharrell': Dijah SB is the real deal|url=https://www.cbc.ca/music/not-frontin-like-pharrell-dijah-sb-is-the-real-deal-1.5861697|url-status=live|website=CBC Music|date=January 6, 2021}}</ref> After releasing their first album, DijahSB signed a distribution deal with AWAL, quit their retail job at the Apple Store, and became a full-time musician.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Tao of DijahSB|url=https://www.complex.com/music/the-tao-of-dijahsb|url-status=live|date=April 23, 2021|website=Complex Networks|author=Sumiko Wilson|language=en}}</ref> Their second album was released in April 2021, entitled ''Head Above the Waters''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=DijahSB announces new album Head Above the Waters, shares "By Myself": Stream|url=https://consequence.net/2021/02/dijahsb-new-album-head-above-the-waters/|url-status=live|date=February 19, 2021|website=Consequence of Sound|author=Wren Graves|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2021, they were named one of 20 musicians in ''Now Magazine'''s "The sound of Toronto in 2021".<ref name=":0" /> They have also collaborated with other artists including Janette King and Brazilian rapper niLL.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Janette King and DijahSB Find Focus on "Cool Me Down"|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/janette_king_and_dijahsb_find_focus_on_cool_me_down|date=April 21, 2021|website=Exclaim!|author=Calum Slingerland|language=en-ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=DijahSB Details 'Head Above the Waters,' Shares Two New Songs|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/dijahsb_details_head_above_the_waters_shares_two_new_songs|date=February 19, 2021|website=Exclaim!|author=Calum Slingerland|language=en-ca}}</ref>

''Head Above the Waters'' was shortlisted for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize.<ref>David Friend, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2021/07/15/quebecs-dominique-fils-aim-torontos-tobi-among-polaris-music-prize-contenders.html "Dominique Fils-Aimé, Mustafa, and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson are among the 10 artists shortlisted for this year's Polaris Music Prize"]. ''Toronto Star'', July 15, 2021.</ref>