I-Kid Ink igama elingelona iqiniso lomrepha odumile waseMelika. Igama langempela lomculi nguBrian Todd Collins. Wazalwa ngo-Ephreli 1, 1986 eLos Angeles, eCalifornia. Namuhla ungomunye wabaculi be-rap abathuthuka kakhulu e-United States.
Ukuqala komsebenzi womculo kaBrian Todd Collins
Indlela yokudala ye-rapper yaqala eneminyaka engu-16. Namuhla, umculi uyaziwa hhayi kuphela ngomculo wakhe, kodwa futhi nenani lama-tattoos. Wenza eyokuqala eneminyaka engu-16 ubudala, ngesikhathi esifanayo lapho eqala ukurap.
Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi uBrian wathola ukuqashelwa kwakhe kokuqala hhayi njengomdlali, kodwa njengomdidiyeli. Ubhale izingoma nomculo wabaculi abaningi baseMelika. Ngemva kokuba ekwazile ukuzuza udumo emibuthanweni yabakhiqizi, wanquma ukuqala umsebenzi wakhe njengomculi ozimele.
Ukukhululwa kokuqala komculi kwakhululwa ngo-2010. Kuvele ukuthi i-The World Tour mixtape. I-mixtape iwukukhululwa komculo wefomethi ye-albhamu. Ingase futhi ibe namathrekhi afika kwangu-20 (ngaphezulu kwezinye izimo).
Umehluko kuphela indlela eyenziwe lula yokuqopha nokukhulula umculo. I-World Tour ayizange ikhishwe ngaphansi kwegama elingelona iqiniso elithi Kid Ink, waqhamuka nayo ngemva kwesikhashana. Ukukhishwa kokuqala kukhishwe ngaphansi kwegama elithi Rockstar. Ngaphansi kwaleli gama elingelona iqiniso, umculi wathola ukuthandwa kwakhe kokuqala.
Ukuvela kwegama-mbumbulu elithi Kid Ink
Ukukhishwa kwabonwa ngu-DJ Ill Will, wabe esemema lo mculi ukuthi abe yiciko lelebuli yeTha Alumni. Kulapha lapho i-Rockstar yashintsha khona igama layo yaba yi-Kid Ink. Kulebula, lo mculi ukhiphe amanye ama-mixtape amathathu, azisho ngawo ngokuzwakalayo endaweni engaphansi komhlaba. Nokho, ukuze uthole udumo olukhulu, kwakudingeka i-albhamu yobude obugcwele.
U-Kid Ink uhlanganyele nabakhiqizi u-Ned Cameron no-Jahlil Beats ukuze baqophe i-Up & Away. I-albhamu yenze kahle ekuthengisweni, yaze yashaya ishadi le-Billboard laseMelika elaziwayo.
Lapha ukukhululwa kwathatha indawo yama-20, okwakuwumphumela omuhle, ikakhulukazi kumculi osemusha. Kwabe sekulandela i-mixtape ethi Rocketship Shawty, ehlanganise impumelelo futhi yasiza umculi ukuthi athole abalaleli abasha.
Eminye imisebenzi ye-Kid Inc.
Ekuqaleni kuka-2013, umculi waba yingxenye yelebula le-RCA Records. Ngokushesha ngemva kokumenyezelwa kwalezi zindaba, kwakhululwa ingoma yokuqala yomculi esezingeni eliphezulu.
Baba yingoma ethi Bad Ass, eqoshwe ngokubamba iqhaza kuka-Wale no-Meek Mill. Ujikelezwe isikhathi eside emisakazweni emikhulu e-USA naseYurophu. Ifinyelele phezulu ku-Billboard Hot 100 futhi ngokuvamile yamukelwa kahle kakhulu umphakathi.
Isikhathi sokukhipha i-albhamu yesibili enobude obugcwele. Ilebula ye-RCA Records yenzele umculi iphromo efanelekile. Ngaphezu kwalokho, u-Kid Ink wayesevele aziwa kakhulu. Inkundla yalungiselelwa ukukhishwa kokukhishwa kwephrofayili ephezulu.
I-albhamu ethi Almost Home ikhishwe ngoMeyi 2013. Ukukhishwa bekucishe kufane ngokuthengisa nge-albhamu yokuqala. Uma i-albhamu yokuqala ithatha indawo yama-20 ku-Billboard 200, khona-ke i-albhamu yesibili yayisendaweni yama-27.
Khona-ke u-Kid Ink waqala ukusebenza ngokushesha ku-albhamu yesithathu eyedwa. Ngokushesha iculo elisha elithi Money and the Power likhishwe. Uthole ukuqashelwa kubalandeli, washaya amashadi futhi waba iculo lemidlalo yamakhompiyutha nezinhlelo ze-TV.
Ukuduma emhlabeni wonke kwe-Kid Inc.
Ekwindla ka-2013, u-Kid Ink wethule eyokuqala ephuma ku-albhamu ethi My Own Lane. Zaba yingoma ethi Bonisa Mina. Iqoshwe noChris Brown, umenzi wengoma owaziwayo wama-2010s.
Ingoma ngokushesha yafika phezulu ku-Billboard Hot 100, yathatha indawo ehamba phambili lapho. I-Kid Ink yaduma ngaphandle kwase-US, ikakhulukazi eyodwa yayidumile eBrithani. Ividiyo yethrekhi izuze ukubukwa okungaphezulu kwezigidi ezingama-85 cishe nje unyaka ekusingatheni amavidiyo we-YouTube.
Kube yisisekelo esihle sokukhishwa kwe-albhamu entsha. Ukukhishwa kweMy Own Lane kudayiswe amakhophi ayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amahlanu ngezinsuku eziyisikhombisa. Ifinyelele kwabathathu abaphezulu kuma-albhamu e-Billboard 200 futhi yaphakamisa i-iTunes.
Ingoma ethi Ngibonise i-platinamu eqinisekisiwe. I-Kid Ink ayizange ime, ijabulele impumelelo, futhi ngokushesha yakhipha ukukhishwa okulandelayo.
Ngakho-ke, ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva kwakhululwa ingoma entsha ye-albhamu ezayo. Ingoma ethi Body Language ikhishwe ekupheleni kuka-2014. Wamukelwa ngemfudumalo abalandeli be-Kid Ink, kodwa akazange athathe isikhundla esiphambili emashadini.
I-albhamu ethi Full Speed yakhululwa ekuqaleni kuka-2015. Iqoqo libe yimpumelelo encane nomphakathi. Kodwa-ke, kwaqashelwa "abalandeli" abaningi njengomunye wokukhishwa okuhle kakhulu komculi. I-albhamu yokugcina yesitudiyo kuze kube manje, i-Summer in the Winter, yakhululwa ngo-2015 ofanayo. Ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa kukhishwe i-albhamu yesine.
Okuncane mayelana nemvelo yobuciko be-Kid Ink
I-Kid Ink ayiwona umculo we-hip-hop nowe-pop omsulwa. Lo mculi ubonakala ngomculo. Usebenesikhathi eside esebenza ngamagama nomculo. I-Kid Ink idlala imidlalo eminingi namuhla. Usebenza nezihlabani eziphezulu zesigcawu somculo wase-US, njalo uvakasha nazo.
Lo mculi useyingxenye yelebuli ye-Tha Alumni. Uyenqaba ukungena ezinkontileka namalebula amakhulu, okungenza umsebenzi wakhe uthandwe kakhulu. Lokhu kubonakala njengesifiso somculi ukuthi ahlale esitayeleni sakhe.
