K-the-I???
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Birth name | Kiki Ceac |
Born | Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Genres | Alternative hip hop Underground hip hop |
Occupation(s) | Rapper, producer |
Years active | 2002-present |
Labels | Mush Records Fake Four Inc Big Dada |
Website | soundcloud |
Kiki Ceac, better known by his stage name K-the-I???, is an American rapper and producer based in Los Angeles, California and currently signed to Fake Four Inc.
History
[edit]K-the-I??? began recording in 2002. He released several small-issue records before signing with Mush Records in 2006.[1] His debut for the label, Broken Love Letter, was primarily self-produced. The follow-up, Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, was produced by Thavius Beck and arrived in 2008.[2][3] The album was released on Big Dada in the UK.[4][5] Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow featured several guest rappers, including Busdriver and Nocando.[6]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]- Teletron 1 (2003)
- Fair Weather Under the Surface Negative (2004)
- Broken Love Letter (2006)
- Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (2008)
- Synthesthesia (2011)
- The Blueprint Of A Paper Airplane / Like Dust (Split with Walter Gross) (2013)
EPs
[edit]Guest appearances
[edit]- The Train Rawbers - "Astroturf" on The Train Rawbers (2004)
- Nephlim Modulation Systems - "Hold the Atmosphere" from Imperial Letters of Protection (2005)
- Scott Da Ros - "Ocean Splits in Half" "Silence + Circles" from One Kind of Dead End (2006)
- DJ Mayonnaise - "Strateegery" on Still Alive (2007)
- Noah23 - "Tragic Comedy" on Rock Paper Scissors (2008)
- Loden - "Radio" on "Self-Aware Wolf" b/w "Radio" (2010)
- Sole - "Hustle Hard" on Nuclear Winter Volume 2: Death Panel (2011)
- OptimisGFN - "Cambridge's Finest" on Young Whipper Snapper (2015)
References
[edit]- ^ Biography Archived 2012-11-08 at the Wayback Machine, Billboard.com
- ^ Review Archived 2008-12-16 at the Wayback Machine, Drowned in Sound
- ^ Review, Pop Matters
- ^ Review, The Guardian
- ^ Review, XLR8R.
- ^ K-the-I??? returns with Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Plug One, June 5, 2008.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- African-American male rappers
- American male rappers
- Record producers from California
- Living people
- Rappers from Massachusetts
- Rappers from Los Angeles
- Musicians from Cambridge, Massachusetts
- West Coast hip hop musicians
- 21st-century American rappers
- 21st-century American male musicians
- 21st-century African-American musicians