The Jamaican rapper based in Canada is taking over the music industry with his unique and experimental sounds. Lan’do started his career as part of the Toronto crew No Tourists and is already being recognized by publications such as The FADER, Complex, NOW Magazine, COLORS and NOTION among many others. Meanwhile, Lan’do worked on his own music and in just a few months, his debut single ’16 bit’ has garnered over 25k streams and is getting radio play in Canada and the UK.
Born in Canada and raised in Jamaica, Lan’do’s family influenced his introduction to music – from his grandmother singing in the choir, to listening to his mother’s R&B collection, to listening to the likes of Capleton, Bounty Killa and Elephant Man. The artist’s dual identity colours his sound and is reminiscent of what he grew up listening to. Lan’do just unveiled his first EP ‘Man Like Me’ a few days, a perfect blend of all the artists influencing him like Ghetts, D Double E, Mez, knucks and Ty Dolla Sign for example.
Lan’do uses music as an open diary where he talks about his life as a teen in Rexdale (a neighborhood in Toronto) and how his childhood there influenced the person he is now.
This is how Lan’do describes the EP: “A fusion of dancehall cadences, UK flows and Toronto slang spit over off-kilter beats”.
