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Role
  
Vocalist · kilokish.com

Name
  
Kilo Kish


Years active
  
2010–present

Origin
  
Brooklyn, New York

Education
  
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Birth name
  
Lakisha Kimberly Robinson

Born
  
May 10, 1990 (age 34) Orlando, Florida, USA (
1990-05-10
)

Occupation(s)
  
Vocalist, song writer, visual artist, painter, fashion designer, textile designer

Associated acts
  
The Internet, Vince Staples, Childish Gambino, SBTRKT, Chet Faker, Earl Sweatshirt

Genres
  
Alternative hip hop, Experimental music, Psychedelic pop, Neo-psychedelia, New Wave

Albums
  
K+, Across, Across (Remixes)

Profiles


Also known as
  
Kilo Kish, Kish, KK

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Lakisha Kimberly Robinson (born May 10, 1990), better known by her stage name Kilo Kish, is an American singer, songwriter, visual artist, painter, fashion designer, and textile designer from Brooklyn, New York.

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Early life

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Kilo Kish was born in Orlando, Florida, on May 10, 1990 to a family of African-American descent. She went to Glen Rock Elementary School in Bergen County, New Jersey, but later returned to Orlando.

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Aged 18, she received a partial scholarship to attend the private art college Pratt Institute in New York. While taking a year off, she worked multiple jobs, before enrolling in the Fashion Institute of Technology for textile design, from which she graduated in 2012.

Kish began to pursue a musical career when her roommates Smash Simmons and Mell McCloud decided to set up an in-home studio, starting a project called the "Kool Kats Klub". It was through this exposure that she initially met Matt Martians of the neo-soul duo The Internet and collaborated on The Jet Age of Tomorrow's "Want you Still" and The Internet's "Ode to a Dream".

2012: Homeschool

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Kilo Kish's debut EP Homeschool was released on April 2, 2012, and was well received by critics, being labeled as one of the best albums of 2012 by Complex. The EP was produced by past collaborators such as The Internet and Pyramid Vritra of The Jet Age of Tomorrow, who also provided guest vocals on the project.

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On July 31, Kish released "Watergun", a song produced by The Internet, via Soundcloud.

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On September 17, "Navy" was released on The Blue Rider record label. The release also contained a remix of "Navy" by Melo-X. A video for "Navy", as directed by Kish with Ben Rayner, premiered on The Fader the same day.

2013: K+

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Kish released the mixtape K+ for free download on February 7, 2013. It featured artists including Childish Gambino, Star Slinger, SBTRKT, A$AP Ferg of A$AP Mob, Earl Sweatshirt, and Matt Martians of OFWGKTA. In December, Kish released K+ THE BOOK, a behind-the-scenes digital art zine, in extension to the mixtape.

2014–2015: Across

Kish's second EP, Across, was released on July 8, 2014, in collaboration with the fashion and record label Maison Kitsune. The following year, Kish released Across Remixes.

2016: Reflections in Real Time

Kish's first studio album, Reflections in Real Time, was released on February 29, 2016.

2017

Kish features on "Out of Body" from the 2017 Gorillaz album Humanz. as well as across the album Big Fish Theory by Vince Staples

Studio albums

  • Reflections in Real Time (2016)
  • Mixtapes

  • K+ (2013)
  • EPs

  • Homeschool (2012)
  • Across (2014)
  • Across Remixes (2015)
  • Singles

  • "Navy" (2012)
  • References

    Kilo Kish Wikipedia


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