Kankick (also spelled as Kan Kick, real name Ted Hughes) is an American hip-hop producer from
Oxnard
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,
Los Angeles
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Career
Kan Kick grew up in the city of Oxnard, along with several fellow hip-hop musicians including
Madlib
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Music
* Oh No (musician) (born 1979), American rapper
Albums
* ''Oh No!'', 2004 album by Crackout
* ''Oh No'' (OK Go album), 2005
* ...
, DJ Romes and
Dudley Perkins. In the early 1990s he was an integral part of
Lootpack
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The first vinyl by Lootpack, ''Il ...
, appearing on several of their tracks. He has also produced some of
The Alkaholiks
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' early tracks. Later he went on to produce a number of solo instrumental albums, as well as collaborate with several rappers and producers such as
Planet Asia
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,
Declaime
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and
DJ Babu
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. His 2001 release, ''From Artz Unknown'' was his first official solo introduction and featured West Coast rappers such as Declaime, The Visionaries,
Krondon
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,
Phil Da Agony
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Planet Asia
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, and
Wildchild.
Discography
*2001: ''From Artz Unknown''
*2004: ''Acid Massive Musical''
*2004: ''The Traditional Heritage''
*2005: ''Seeing Spirits''
*2006: ''Serious Business This!''
*2008: ''Kan Kick Remixes''
*2009: ''Beautiful: Opus of Love, Deeper than Flesh''
*2011: ''Rummage to Royalty''
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kick, Kan
Living people
American hip hop record producers
Date of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)