Latest Release
- OCT 20, 2023
- 1 Song
- The Arrival (Bonus Track Version) · 2014
- Japan Trip - EP · 2023
- Conexión - Single · 2023
- The Package (Bonus Track Version) · 2012
- Outside the Frame · 2016
- Sorry... Come Back Later · 2017
- LEGACY - Single · 2022
- Kamasu or Die (feat. Zorn) - Single · 2020
- Hyakusenman (Remix) [feat. Hannya & Zorn] - Single · 2019
- Mixtapas - EP · 2018
Essential Albums
Albums
- 2019
- 2019
- 2016
Music Videos
Artist Playlists
- This rising rapper casts tight rhymes over pounding EDM and trap beats.
- 2023
- 2023
- 2022
- 2022
- Hideyoshi
More To Hear
- The Hatian-American rapper talks “Moon Walk” and flying planes.
About AKLO
With roots in Japan and Mexico, rapper AKLO has become a formidable presence in the Japanese hip-hop community since the early 2010s. • AKLO was born in Tokyo and raised in Mexico City. His mother is Japanese, and his father is Mexican. The trilingual MC often flexes English bars in his raps. • His 2012 debut album, The Package, topped Japan’s iTunes chart. The independent project features Japanese hip-hop artist Norikiyo. • In 2013, AKLO's “Red Pill” was nominated for Best Hip Hop Song at the MTV VMAJs. • The rapper’s sophomore full-length, The Arrival, dropped in 2014. • The Japanese television series Smoking used a remix of AKLO's “Dirty Work” to serve as its theme song in 2018. • AKLO guested on ALI’s 2020 pop song “LOST IN PARADISE,” the theme to the anime series Jujutsu Kaisen Ending.
- GENRE
- Hip-Hop/Rap