Closers (feat. Aklo & Vingo) [Live at Liquidroom, Tokyo, 2018]
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This rising rapper casts tight rhymes over pounding EDM and trap beats.
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Artist Biography
With roots in Japan and Mexico, rapper AKLO has become a formidable presence in the Japanese hip-hop community since the early 2010s.
• AKLO was born in Tokyo and raised in Mexico City. His mother is Japanese, and his father is Mexican. The trilingual MC often flexes English bars in his raps.
• His 2012 debut album, The Package, topped Japan’s iTunes chart. The independent project features Japanese hip-hop artist Norikiyo.
• In 2013, AKLO's “Red Pill” was nominated for Best Hip Hop Song at the MTV VMAJs.
• The rapper’s sophomore full-length, The Arrival, dropped in 2014.
• The Japanese television series Smoking used a remix of AKLO's “Dirty Work” to serve as its theme song in 2018.
• AKLO guested on ALI’s 2020 pop song “LOST IN PARADISE”, the theme to the anime series Jujutsu Kaisen Ending.
Genre
Hip-Hop/Rap
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