Birth name Louis Kevin Celestin Occupation(s) ProducerDJ Also known as KaytraKaytradamus Albums Kaytra Todo | Name Louis Celestin Role Musician Years active 2010–present | |
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Genres Electronichip hopR&Bdance Profiles | ||
Kaytranada in the labldn trap to disco to electro hip hop set
Louis Kevin Celestin (born August 25, 1992), known by his stage name Kaytranada, (stylized as KAYTRANADA, shortened as KAYTRA), is a Haitian-Canadian DJ and record producer. Celestin began his career under the alias Kaytradamus in 2010. He is part of the hip hop duo The Celestics.
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- Kaytranada in the labldn trap to disco to electro hip hop set
- Kaytranada How His Music Went From His Basement To Dance Floors Around The World The Culture
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Studio albums
- Extended plays
- Mixtapes
- Singles
- As Kaytradamus
- References
Kaytranada: How His Music Went From His Basement To Dance Floors Around The World | The Culture
Early life
Kaytranada was born Louis Kevin Celestin on August 25, 1992 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Shortly after he was born, he relocated to Montreal, Quebec where he was raised. Kaytranada began to DJ at the age of 14. The following year, at the age of 15, Kaytranada began to produce after his brother introduced him to FL Studio.
Career
Celestin began his career under the name Kaytradamus in 2010. He released two projects as Kaytradamus before changing his name to 'Kaytranada' in 2012. Kaytranada has released a total of thirteen projects and forty-one remixes. Kaytranada has toured more than 50 Canadian, American, European and Australian cities.
During 2015, Kaytranada opened for two nights of Madonna's Rebel Heart Tour, one in Canada and one in the United States.
In December 2014 he signed an exclusive recording agreement with XL Recordings. His debut album, 99.9%, was released on May 6, 2016. The album includes features from GoldLink, AlunaGeorge, Syd tha Kyd, Anderson Paak, and Vic Mensa among others. He also collaborated with Craig David, on the song "Got It Good", which is also included in David's sixth studio album, Following My Intuition.
Speculation arose that Kaytranada and producer Rick Rubin had started working together when a photo of them surfaced online around February 2015. It was later confirmed that they did in fact enter in a partnership for his publishing, that is backed by Pulse Recordings based in Los Angeles.
He won the 2016 Polaris Music Prize for his album 99.9%. The album released on May 13, 2016 through XL Records. He collaborated with Syd and Anderson.Paak. The album received a score of 8.0 from Pitchfork.
Personal life
Kaytranada revealed he is gay in an interview with The Fader in April 2016.