No more results on this page
Covered from head to toe in tattoos, 24 year-old Los Angeles-based rapper Kid Ink is wrecking havoc on the streets and in cyber world. The Rapper/Producer/Songwriter/ Tattoo Aficionado has over 25 Million hits on YouTube with lyrical gems like, "Tat It Up" "La La La," and "Keep It Rollin'."
Having spent the majority of the early part of his career behind the control board and not the mic, Kid Ink crafting his production skills working with multi-platinum artists like Sean "Diddy" Combs and Sean Kingston as well Yung Berg and Nipsey Hussle. Production came natural for Kid Ink, "I started making the beats because I already had several artists trying the rap thing out, so I thought I would be more useful supplying the production." But sitting behind the board was not enough for Kid Ink.
Just a few short years ago, Kid Ink picked up the mic and a new contender in the Hip-Hop game was born. Honing his skills as a songwriter creating hooks for his beats, Kid Ink stepped up his lyrical repertoire with full length and completed songs.
2010 was a breakout year in the young rapper's career.
Teaming up with world-renowned DJ ill Will and DJ Rockstar's newly formed Tha Alumni Music Group; Kid Ink became more focused in his grind and began working on the underground hit, Crash Landing Mixtape. His hard work paid off and the music industry began to take notice. Within 10 days of its release, Crash Landing garnered critical acclaim, a position at the top of Datpiff.com's 'Top Mixtapes of the Week' section and amassed an astonishing 50 thousand downloads.
After Crash Landings' debut, national and international request to perform rolled in. Kid Ink has toured the states with stops in Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Denver, Kansas City and Buffalo; and internationally in Toronto, Canada, Zurich, Switzerland, Melbourne, Australia and Krasnador, Russia.
Solidifying himself as a real MC, Kid Ink garnered career-defining features from Hip-Hop and R&B stars including Young Money's Gudda Gudda, Roscoe Dash, Sterling Simms, Bei Maejor, Meek Mill and many more. Kid Ink's uncompromising work ethic would not allow him to rest on his more than impressive laurels; there needed to be a 'visual' movement to showcase his innovative style and unique persona.
Lensed by Director Alex Nazari, Kid Ink released an astounding 8 cutting-edge music videos in 2010 alone. Tearing the Net to shreds, to date his now 19 released videos have garnered a very impressive 25 plus million views.
2011 continued to be phenomenal for the young MC. Having released his (free to the public) sophomore album Daydreamer on June 21st via the internet, the lyrical juggernaut accumulated over 150 thousand downloads in its first week.
Fans went ballistic over the album that featured all original production from the likes of The Runners, Lex Luger, Jahlil Beats, Cardiak & Tha Bizness as well as major features from the Cory Gunz, Meek Mill, Ray J, Sean Kingston, Dorrough, Bei Maejor and more.
Bucking the norm of waiting for a major label deal to kick off his career, the rapper has taken his fate in to his own hands and crafted an internet campaign that rivals many of the acts resting high on the Billboard charts. With videos under his belt including Internet sensations "Lowkey Poppin," "Please" and "Cali Dreamin,'" Kid Ink is definitely rockin' to his own beat.
Kid Ink continued his 2011 tear by releasing "Wheels Up," yet another all original Mixtape on October 10th to an overwhelming response. Once again outdoing the numbers his previous project accumulated. Following the release of "Wheels Up," Ink has been on a mini "Wheels Up" tour including stops in the Bay Area, Denmark, New York, Boston, Toronto, Denver & Chicago to name a few, performing to packed crowds of 600-2,000.
His Internet game is just as tight as his rap game. His website, www.kidinkmusic.com gets between 90,000 and 150,000 hits a month, his Facebook page has over a 200,000 Likes, his Twitter game is continually growing with 110k plus Followers and via HotNewHipHop.com Kid Ink has a staggering 8 million + digital downloads.
Even the fashion community has also taken notice of the Hip-Hop star. Ink has Brand Relations with companies ranging from Crooks N Castles, Young & Reckless, Dope Couture, LRG, Adidas, DGK, Neff, Pink Dolphin and most recently Puma, clothing him for his many video and photo shoots.
Bryant Dope opened up for him and was straight dope with that old school QUeenz feel Mob Deep type style.. Kid ink came out and was ELECTRIC. He worked the hell out of the crowd and was well worth seeing him.. Gotta give props when its due!! Better go see him asap cause this guy is gona blow up!!! HIs set is atleast 45 min did a banging job!
Took him a while to come out, but it was definitely worth it in the end. Great performer and this will definitely not be the last Kid Ink concert I will go to. met him earlier that day before the show and he was cool as hell and you can tell he apreciates his fans. Definitely worth driving 6hrs to watch, just wish there was a bigger crowd. KID INK BAYBEH!! BATGANG!!! EGHH!!!
There was about 3 hours of local opening acts that no one was really interested in. Kid ink came out for half an hour. His performance was gooood but ended quickly and unexpectedly.. Not many people there either. Like a couple hundred
Kid ink got it poppin! But of course he didn't actually perform until after like 5 opening acts (which weren't really that good) but when kid ink finally came out at 11:40 PM he got everyone hype. Overall: opening acts could've been better, kid ink should've started his set sooner and the venue could've been easier to find BUT I STILL HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE! I even got my hat signed by kid ink! Egh!
Kid Ink came out and shut it down when he hit the stage. He is a great performer and entertainer. He really interacted with the crowd, signed anything we wanted signed; hats, shirts, shoes, tickets, phone cases etc... The sound quality of his performance was excellent, clear no distortion. Now it did take a LONG time for him to come out. You have to be patient if you weren't prepared to see a ton of opening acts. But as for his performance it was 5 STAR! I hope he gets promoted better now.
I would like for kid ink to come back because I thought he was a really good performer, and I enjoyed the concert mainly because he's my favorite artist in the game right now.
This concert was definitely worth the 25 bucks. Kid Ink was an amazing performer and the sound was amazing. Security was chill and everyone got along. doppppeeeeeee
He himself was awesome; I didn't like how he took so long to get there. The openers were fine, but 2 hours of waiting was just too long.
he took about 3 hours to come on stage and the performance was horrible. do not go see him live.
Music was under par, I left early. It took forever for Kid Ink to actually come out and he just isn't a good artist.
I was super hype to see kid ink, I got to the venue an hour early to get front row and waited in the rain. The dorrs opened at 8 and the first act came on at about 9 15, wich is fine that is how most concerts are. The first act sucked, but im not going to judge the show on the openers. kid ink came out to walk in the club wich is one of my favorite songs so I was happy. He did most of the songs from up and away but only 1 or 2 old songs, whats up with that? He finished the show after only about 35 minuets with time of your life and signed some hats then left. There wasn't even any indication that the show was over. I wish he was on longer and did more songs, he is a talented artiest with great songs but you would never know it from the show.
This had to be one of the best concerts yet!! It was up close and personal and loved every moment of it!!! Can't wait for his next performance here I'm DC!!
