APB

Produced in Toronto as the Airplane Boys, childhood friends Mannie Serranilla and Jason Drakes — who respectively utilized the brands Beck Motley and Bon Voyage as aliases — this prolific hip-hop duo constructed their reputation with a group of online mixtapes from 2011 onward. The action was area of the bigger Beau Monde collective which also included Neon Gorilla, a creation company which supplied movies for the the Aircraft Boys’ key monitors. Their 2011 debut, Where’ve You Been, was generally made by Carlo “Illangelo” Montagnese. 2012’s Position used many more companies including Arthur McArthur and KMS, while 2013’s Daring New World made an appearance before a esteemed appearance on the South by Southwest celebration in Austin, Tx. That summer months also brought a cooperation using the DJ/manufacturer Jealous Much? over the one, “What’s Your Name Gal?” By enough time the politically motivated Egos & Goals made an appearance in 2014, the duo hadn’t just shortened their name to APB, but their ambitious touring timetable had also noticed them spread the term so far as the U.K. and Asia.