Dikembe formed in December 2010. In 2011, the band embarked on a winter tour with You Blew It!. In 2012, they signed to Tiny Engines and released their debut studio album titled Broad Shoulders. Kenny Jewett left the band in 2013 and was replaced with Randy Reddell. The band went on a summer tour in 2013 with Signals Midwest. They released their second studio album in 2014, titled Mediumship. They released their third studio album, Hail Something, as a 3-piece on their newly formed Death Protector Collective label. In October 2017 Andy Anaya of You Blew It! joined Dikembe on guitar. In 2020 they signed to Skeletal Lightning and released their 4th LP, Muck, their first with guitarist Andy Anaya.
