Landing a viral TikTok hit just six months into his career, London-based rapper Hako marks one of the U.K.'s first prominent talents in the pluggnb subgenre. Debuting with "So What?" in January of 2023, the rapper's Auto-Tune-soaked vocals and ear for gloomy productions soon culminated in the breakout hit "Listen!," which reached over 40 million streams through its popularity on TikTok.
Though born and raised in Turkey, rapper Hako left his hometown of Istanbul at a young age to move to London, England, where he began writing poems and melodies in his early teens. Citing Autu...