King Los, aka Los, gravitated toward writing and rapping as a teenager following the murder of his father. He auditioned for and was selected to appear on the second season of Diddy's Making the Band, but balked at signing the paperwork. He operated in the underground and issued mixtapes. At some point after he appeared on labelmate French Montana's "Ocho Cinco," he signed with major-label RCA and released God Money War (2015), his debut album. It saw the versatile rapper work introspective and confrontational angles with equal ease, and he explored spirituality while evading classification as a Christian rapper. It debuted at number 68 on the Billboard 200. ~ Andy Kellman