Allan Kyariga (born January 6, 1994), better known by his stage name Allan Kingdom, is a Canadian rapper and record producer based in

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. He was a member of

Thestand4rd Thestand4rd was a hip hop/R&B group based in St. Paul, Minnesota. It was formed by producer and rapper Bobby Raps, producer and rapper Allan Kingdom, singer Spooky Black, and producer Psymun. They were joined on-stage by DJ Tiiiiiiiiiip. The ...

along with Bobby Raps, Corbin, and

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. He was featured on

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's single " All Day".

Early life

Allan Kyariga was born in

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n mother. In his youth, he moved to

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and eventually to

. He studied at Woodbury High School, Creative Arts High School, and Minneapolis Institute of Production and Recording.

Career

In earlier releases, Kyariga used various aliases, including King Kyariga, The Northern Gentleman, and Peanut Butter Prince. Allan Kingdom's official debut mixtape, ''Trucker Music'', was released in 2011. He was named "Best Hip Hop Artist of 2014" by '' City Pages''. He was listed on ''

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''s "25 New Rappers to Watch Out For in 2014". In 2016, he released ''Northern Lights'', which featured guest appearances from

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, DRAM, and Gloss Gang. In 2017, he released ''Lines''.

Influences

In a 2015 interview with ''

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'', Allan Kingdom cited Kid Cudi,

, and Pharrell Williams as his biggest influences.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Thestand4rd'' (2014) * ''Lines'' (2017)

Mixtapes

* ''Trucker Music'' (2011) * ''Talk to Strangers'' (2013) * ''Future Memoirs'' (2014) * ''Northern Lights'' (2016)

EPs

* ''Pinkspire Lane'' (2012) * ''Peanut Butter Prince'' (2018) * ''I Don't Do This for Money'' (2020)

Guest appearances

* Finding Novyon - "Lots" from ''#TheFoodNetwork'' (2015) * Cœur de pirate - "I Don't Want to Break Your Heart" from '' Roses'' (2015) * Jay Prince - "Juice" from ''Beautiful Mercy'' (2015) *

- " All Day" (2015) * SolomonDaGod - "ICEGAF" (2015) *

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'' (2016) *

- "The End Game" from '' The Blanket Truth'' (2016) * No Wyld - "Tomorrow" from ''Nomads'' (2016) * P.O.S - "Sleepdrone/Superposition" from '' Chill, Dummy'' (2017) * Kweku Collins - "Aya" from ''Grey'' (2017) * Finding Novyon - "Tall Hills" from ''That's My Dawg'' (2017) * Nightmares on Wax - "Citizen Kane (Rap Version)" (2017) * Getter - "Numb" from '' Visceral'' (2018) * SebastiAn - "Yebo" from ''Thirst'' (2019) * 1982 - "Does It All Even Matter" from ''The Quarantine'' (2020)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kingdom, Allan 1994 births Living people Black Canadian musicians Canadian hip hop record producers Canadian male rappers Canadian people of South African descent Canadian people of Tanzanian descent 21st-century Canadian rappers Musicians from Winnipeg 21st-century Canadian male musicians