Kano

Kane Brett Robinson, better referred to as Kano, can be an British rapper known for his wit and technique within the mike. Ahead of getting known in the U.K. mainstream like a single designer, he was an associate of N.A.S.T.Con. Team, an East London-based grime group. His 1st single, “Kids Love Young ladies,” was an underground strike that served being a springboard for his single cope with the Warner-supported 679 Recordings. The 2004 monitor “P’s & Q’s,” made by DaVinche, was his initial discharge for the label. “Usual Me,” a cooperation with Fraser T. Smith, was released the following Feb, reached amount 22 over the U.K. pop graph, and create the moderately effective Home Sweet House, an record that also included productions from Diplo, Mike Skinner (aka the Roads), and Paul Epworth. He eventually had taken the 2005 MOBO Award for Greatest Newcomer. Kano and Smith proved helpful even closer jointly on London City, a 2007 follow-up propelled by the quantity 18 U.K. pop strike “This is actually the Gal,” offering Craig David. The MC proceeded to go independent using the much less commercial 140 Dirt Road (2008) and Solution to the Maadness (2010), albums that non-etheless reached the very best 50 as he suffered his profile with performances on monitors by Run after & Position and Gorillaz. After other collaborations and mixtapes, a cope with Parlophone allowed the release from the 5th proper Kano record, Manufactured in the Manor, in 2016. Also an professional, he made an appearance in the movies Rollin’ using the Nines and Tower Stop, aswell as the Route 4 series Best Boy.