In addition to winning Best Alternative, he also won a Living Legend award at the 2011 DMV awards. He reminds me of a mix between B.O.B and Cee-Lo; which works for him. On top of being a critically acclaimed, Grammy nominated artist Kokayi "keeps busy on multiple fronts with several side-projects – as one half of the electro-hop duo, Dastardly (with DJ/Producer Sharkey), and his long-time Afropunk outfit, The Caesarz - each of which has self-released albums to much critical acclaim. He's produced the MTV Jams staple, "Jet Setter" for fellow D.C. artist Tabi Bonney and created the theme to BET’s “How I’m Living”, as well as music for various commercials on MTV/Nickelodeon." Watch his interview with Societyhae.com, after his SXSW performance, below, the video for his song "RoxTar" above, and you can stream his latest album Robots & Dinosaurs here.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
2011 Best Alternative - Kokayi
In addition to winning Best Alternative, he also won a Living Legend award at the 2011 DMV awards. He reminds me of a mix between B.O.B and Cee-Lo; which works for him. On top of being a critically acclaimed, Grammy nominated artist Kokayi "keeps busy on multiple fronts with several side-projects – as one half of the electro-hop duo, Dastardly (with DJ/Producer Sharkey), and his long-time Afropunk outfit, The Caesarz - each of which has self-released albums to much critical acclaim. He's produced the MTV Jams staple, "Jet Setter" for fellow D.C. artist Tabi Bonney and created the theme to BET’s “How I’m Living”, as well as music for various commercials on MTV/Nickelodeon." Watch his interview with Societyhae.com, after his SXSW performance, below, the video for his song "RoxTar" above, and you can stream his latest album Robots & Dinosaurs here.
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