Listen to BLACKKINGKOFI’s New Single "Tropics"

Toronto artist BLACKKINGKOFI recently released a slew of new music recently but now, his latest dance/rap hybrid uptempo number “Tropics” is catching some traction, especially in his native of Trinidad & Tobago. It forces you to dance, get up and stay up. We caught up with him recently to get some insight into the phenomenon and he had plenty to say:

“I heard the beat for Tropics by a producer called Bravestar instantly the melody for the hook came to my head. I began writing to it and came up with the first verse which is all based on real-life events. I lost countless friends back in Trinidad to gun violence and over gambling dice and cards and other gang-related beefs”

The hybrid nature of his music is an often asked question:

“I feel like it’s the first hip-hop song you could play at Caribana. In a generation full of clones and look alikes I want to be myself and make the music i enjoy.”

Although a Torontonian, he definitely sounds a “certain” way: “my accent is from four years of moving back to Canada, I feel like my Trinidadian accent evolved with the Toronto lingo which created my “sound” – It got crazy when I linked up with Trinidadian comedian Wetman Kenrick (who is gaining 1k + followers a day on all his socials) did a viral parody video to the song and now the whole island knows the song.” The track was released in Feb 2019 and has done 200k streams independently. Listen to it below and follow BLACKKINGKOFI on Instagram to keep up with his latest updates.