Kilo Kish | |
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Birth name | Lakisha Kimberly Robinson |
Also known as | Kilo Kish, Kish, KK |
Born |
Orlando, Florida, United States |
May 10, 1990
Origin | Brooklyn, New York |
Genres | |
Occupation(s) | Vocalist, song writer, visual artist, painter, fashion designer, textile designer |
Years active | 2010–present |
Labels | Kisha Soundscape + Audio, EMPIRE |
Associated acts | The Internet, Vince Staples, Childish Gambino, SBTRKT, Chet Faker, Earl Sweatshirt, Flatbush ZOMBiES |
Website | kilokish |
Lakisha Kimberly "Kish" Robinson (born May 10, 1990), better known by her stage name Kilo Kish, is an American vocalist,songwriter, visual artist, painter, and fashion/textile designer.
Kilo Kish was born in Orlando, Florida on May 10, 1990 to a family of African-American descent. She went to Glen Rock Elementary School in Bergen County, New Jersey, but later returned to Orlando.
Aged 18, she received a partial scholarship to attend the private art college Pratt Institute in New York. While taking a year off, she worked multiple jobs, before enrolling in the Fashion Institute of Technology for textile design, from which she graduated in 2012.
Kish began to pursue a musical career when her roommates Smash Simmons and Mell McCloud decided to set up an in-home studio, starting a project called the "Kool Kats Klub". It was through this exposure that she initially met Matt Martians of the neo-soul duo The Internet and collaborated on The Jet Age of Tomorrow's "Want you Still" and The Internet's "Ode to a Dream".
Kilo Kish's debut EP Homeschool was released on April 2, 2012, and was well received by critics, being labeled as one of the best albums of 2012 by Complex. The EP was produced by past collaborators such as The Internet and Pyramid Vritra of The Jet Age of Tomorrow, who also provided guest vocals on the project.
On July 31, Kish released "Watergun", a song produced by The Internet, via Soundcloud.