Kirko Bangz

Melodic rapper and singer Kirko Bangz writes songs that relate pain, resilience, growth, and ascendance against the odds. Kirko was barely out his teens -- if already on his fifth mixtape -- when he scored his biggest hit with "Drank in My Cup" (2011), a woozy and carefree slow jam that topped the Billboard rap chart, went Top 40 pop, and achieved platinum status. He continued to chart over the next few years with the slinking "Keep It Trill," brash "Hoe" (featuring YG and Yo Gotti), and reflective "Rich" (with August Alsina), the last of which displayed at his slickest and sw...