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Covered from head to toe in tattoos, 24 year-old Los Angeles-based rapper Kid Ink is wrecking havoc on the streets and in cyberworld. TheRapper/Producer/Songwriter/ Tattoo Aficionado has over 25 Million hits on YouTube with lyrical gems like, "Tat It Up" "LaLa La," and"Keep It Rollin'."
Having spent the majority of the early part of his career behind the control board and not the mic, Kid Ink crafting his productionskillsworking with multi-platinum artists like Sean "Diddy" Combs and Sean Kingston as well Yung Berg and Nipsey Hussle.Production camenatural for Kid Ink, "I started making the ...read more
Covered from head to toe in tattoos, 24 year-old Los Angeles-based rapper Kid Ink is wrecking havoc on the streets and in cyberworld. TheRapper/Producer/Songwriter/ Tattoo Aficionado has over 25 Million hits on YouTube with lyrical gems like, "Tat It Up" "LaLa La," and"Keep It Rollin'."
Having spent the majority of the early part of his career behind the control board and not the mic, Kid Ink crafting his productionskillsworking with multi-platinum artists like Sean "Diddy" Combs and Sean Kingston as well Yung Berg and Nipsey Hussle.Production camenatural for Kid Ink, "I started making the beats because I already had several artists trying the rap thing out, so Ithought I would be moreuseful supplying the production." But sitting behind the board was not enough for Kid Ink. Just a few shortyears ago, Kid Ink picked up themic and a new contender in the Hip-Hop game was born.
Honing his skills as a songwriter creating hooks for his beats, Kid Ink stepped up his lyrical repertoire with full length and completedsongs.
2010 was a breakout year in the young rapper's career. Teaming up with world-renowned DJ ill Will and DJ Rockstar's newly formedThaAlumni Music Group; Kid Ink became more focused in his grind and began working on the underground hit, Crash LandingMixtape. His hardwork paid off and the music industry began to take notice. Within 10 days of its release, Crash Landing garneredcritical acclaim, a positionat the top of Datpiff.com's 'Top Mixtapes of the Week' section and amassed an astonishing 50 thousanddownloads.
After Crash Landings' debut, national and international request to perform rolled in. Kid Ink has toured the states with stops in LosAngeles,Minneapolis, Denver, Kansas City and Buffalo; and internationally in Toronto, Canada, Zurich, Switzerland, Melbourne,Australia andKrasnador, Russia.
Solidifying himself as a real MC, Kid Ink garnered career-defining features from Hip-Hop and R&B stars including Young Money'sGuddaGudda, Roscoe Dash, Sterling Simms, Bei Maejor, Meek Mill and many more. Kid Ink's uncompromising work ethic would notallow him torest on his more than impressive laurels; there needed to be a 'visual' movement to showcase his innovative style andunique persona.
Lensed by Director Alex Nazari, Kid Ink released an astounding 8 cutting-edge music videos in 2010 alone. Tearing the Net toshreds, todate his now 19 released videos have garnered a very impressive 25 plus million views.
2011 continued to be phenomenal for the young MC. Having released his (free to the public) sophomore album Daydreamer on June21st viathe internet, the lyrical juggernaut accumulated over 150 thousand downloads in its first week. Fans went ballistic over thealbum thatfeatured all original production from the likes of The Runners, Lex Luger, Jahlil Beats, Cardiak & Tha Bizness as well asmajor features fromthe Cory Gunz, Meek Mill, Ray J, Sean Kingston, Dorrough, Bei Maejor and more.
Bucking the norm of waiting for a major label deal to kick off his career, the rapper has taken his fate in to his own hands andcrafted aninternet campaign that rivals many of the acts resting high on the Billboard charts. With videos under his belt includingInternet sensations"Lowkey Poppin," "Please" and "Cali Dreamin,'" Kid Ink is definitely rockin' to his own beat.
Kid Ink continued his 2011 tear by releasing "Wheels Up," yet another all original Mixtape on October 10th to an overwhelmingresponse.Once again outdoing the numbers his previous project accumulated. Following the release of "Wheels Up," Ink has beenon a mini "WheelsUp" tour including stops in the Bay Area, Denmark, New York, Boston, Toronto, Denver & Chicago to name a few,performing to packedcrowds of 600-2,000.
His Internet game is just as tight as his rap game. His website, www.kidinkmusic.com gets between 90,000 and 150,000 hits amonth, hisFacebook page has over a 200,000 Likes, his Twitter game is continually growing with 110k plus Followers and viaHotNewHipHop.com KidInk has a staggering 8 million + digital downloads.
Even the fashion community has also taken notice of the Hip-Hop star. Ink has Brand Relations with companies ranging from CrooksNCastles, Young & Reckless, Dope Couture, LRG, Adidas, DGK, Neff, Pink Dolphin and most recently Puma, clothing him for hismany videoand photo shoots. « hide |
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