Tobi Lou

Welina i ka Rapper Tobi Lou's (Eʻoluʻolu) Makahi
Nā hua'ōlelo e Shaday Stewart

Inā makemake mauʻoe e peek i loko o ka lā o ke kanaka malihiniʻo Hyperacective, hip “hauʻoli a kaumaha hoʻi” Nā Poʻomanaʻo. ʻO ka inoa inoaʻo 32-makahiki kahikoʻo Nigerian-hānau a me nā mea hana iʻikeʻia no ka crafing monid. ʻOiaiʻo kāna mau mele i nā mea i loaʻa i nāʻike i loaʻa iā ia ke kaumaha a makaʻu paha, Hāʻawiʻo Toni i kāna mau laina i kahi kua, ʻO ka lole kukui e hoʻomālamalama i hoʻokahi mea: He leʻaleʻaʻo ia.

Hānauʻia i hoʻokahi Adeemi, Ua neʻe ka raper rapper i ka Asserles e like meʻAmelika Hui PūʻIa a me kahi Growler a uluʻia i loko o nā kula Chicago suburbs. Ma hope o ka pāʻaniʻana iā Cello ma ke keiki, Ua neʻeʻo ia i nā haʻuki i ke kula kiʻekiʻe a me ke kulanui, Akāʻo ka manaʻo o ka liloʻana i mele i kona mau manaʻo. “Aia wau i loko o kaʻu papa papa ma ke kula helu, E mele ana i nā mele mele a ke hoʻolei mau nei i koʻu inoa i loko e hana i kaʻu mau hoaaloha eʻakaʻaka a me nā wikiō a mākou eʻike ai,” Wahi a Tobi. “Mālamaʻiaʻo ia ma ka heleʻana o Junior High a ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi microphone mai radio Shack Shack.”

ʻOiai eʻimi ana i kahi hana ma semi-pro baseball, Ua hoʻohālikelikeʻiaʻo ia e nā hōʻeha hamstring - he hussle likeʻole e hoʻowalewale iā ia e hele i nā mele āpau. I 2018 Alone, ua kauʻo ia iʻekolu eps, A i 2019, Ua hoʻokuʻuʻo ia i kāna album piha piha, “Noho i ka hau.” I kēia manawa ua kau inoa me ARCLUB International, ʻO ka TIBI kahi papa'āina aupuni ma lalo o kona kāʻei a me nā hui pū me nā hoa e alakaʻi i nā mea pena kiʻi, e like me smino, Dreezy, Breenkie hou, a me erida rené.

Ma ke ala, Ua laweʻia ka mea hoʻokani hip-hop i hana i ka manawa e mālama ai i konaʻano maikaʻi, no lailaʻaʻole loa ia e kū pono i nā mea likeʻole. Ka weheweheʻana o ka tobi i kāna hana houʻana o ke mele e like me “he kipi kū'ē i ka hana pop” Ua uluʻo ia e hoʻolohe ana. “I koʻu heleʻana i La, Ke hana nei wau i ka nui o ka palapala kākauʻana no nā makahiki mua o nā makahiki mua…Pela, nā mea āpau loa. Manaʻo wau e hele wau i waho o kēlā'ōnaehana a ho'āʻo e ho'āʻo eʻike pehea e hana ai ma kaʻu iho, ua lilo ia: 'Pehea wau e hana ai i ke mele e like me ka neʻeʻana aʻaʻole wale nō?'”

Me ke kōkua o ke mele mele mele mele mele, Ua kiʻiʻia kaʻepekema pilikino i keʻano o ka hoʻololiʻana i kāna mau mele noʻonoʻo i loko o ka'ōpū, Ka Waihona Manaʻoʻana. Ua huki kokeʻia nā mea aloha ma kāna mau anedi i kona mau wahi'ē aʻe. I kahi mele mele nani e like me “2 Nā hola,” Ke lawelawe neiʻo ia i kahi hana mary-eyeed e kū'ē i kahiʻano o ka fluorescent e kahe ana i ka jellyfish. ʻO ke wikiō no kāna papa inoaʻekolu “Li hingo” Hōʻike i ka Rapper i ka neʻeʻana i nā'ēheu lepo, ka hoʻonohonohoʻana i kona kino aflame, a me ka hoʻohuliʻana i kahi dragon. I nā manawa'ē aʻe, Ua hoʻoleiʻiaʻo Toni Cartoon Acterion Alter Ego ego, E like me ke wikiō no kāna 2020 retaified-gula “Pēpē pēpē.” Ua hele ke mele i ka viral ma kahi hoʻokūkū hulahula Tiktok, ke kōkuaʻana e hoʻolaha i ka hana o ka rapper i nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe.

ʻO ka mea nui a me nā mea e pili ana i ka moʻomeheu a me nā mea e pili ana i ka noʻonoʻo a me ka noʻonoʻo o Toni i kaʻike a me ka pīhoihoi e like me nāʻano likeʻole. ʻOiaiʻo Tobi Countts Waiwai Kanye West and Frank Makai ma waena o kāna mauʻano kiʻekiʻe, Ua uluʻo ia i loko o ke gula gula o MTV, ka hōʻiliʻiliʻana i kahi waiwai o nāʻano mele mele, Ke hele mai nei mai NYSNC i Yanni. “Nui nā mea e hiki mai ana ma waena o kaʻu mau pepeiao a ināʻaʻole wau i kūʻokoʻa i kahi mea, Hiki iaʻu ke koho i ka nani ma ia. Ua like wau me koʻu manaʻo e like me ka mea e like me kahi waihona no nā mea a pau aʻu i lohe ai. A laila e ulu ana a lohe i ka loheʻana iā Kanye, ʻO ka luʻu e lawe mai aiʻo ia i ka hip-hop, Ua hoʻopiliʻia ma koʻuʻano mele.”

ʻO keʻano ikaika o Toni a me ka makemake e lilo i nā kumu nui loa he nui nā kumu nui e aloha ai i kona honua. E hōʻike ana i ka pehea o kona hilinaʻi i ulu ai i nā makahiki, Nā Manaʻo TIBI, “Ua hele mai ka nui o koʻuʻano i ka hoʻomakaʻana eʻoluʻolu me aʻu iho aʻaʻole maoli e mālama i ka poʻe i manaʻoʻia. ʻOʻoe wale nō nā mea āu i loaʻa ai aʻikeʻoe iāʻoe iho eʻoluʻolu maoli i kouʻili aʻaʻole e hoʻokūkū hou me nā poʻe'ē aʻe.” Mai kāna hōʻailona e make ai i nā puffs afro i ka wiwoʻole, nā paʻi kiʻi āna e hana ai i kāna mau hana, nā mea āpau e pili ana i ka nānāʻana o nā mele mele.

A mahalo i ka hoʻolahaʻana i nāʻoihana pūnaewele e pili ana i nā mea nui ma waena o nā mea hoʻohana a me nā mea aloha, ʻO Genre-Defying Music e like me TOBI e loaʻa hou i nāʻike ākea e makemake wale ai e hele i ke mele maikaʻi. “ʻAʻole paha wau i hiki ke noho inā hele wau i waho 10 Oole 20 mau makahiki i hala,” Wahi a Tobi. “Aia wau ma ka manawa kūpono no ka mea he pololei ke mele, Uaʻae iaʻu e wāwahi.” ʻOiaʻiʻo i konaʻano kūpono, Ua hoʻohanaʻo TIBI i ka landemic lockdown e like me kahi manawa e ulu ai, E aʻo iā Guitar, a hana ma luna o kāna album e kū'ē nei, “ʻO Parrish Blue.” ʻO nā mea a ka mea pena e kuke ai i kēlā me kēia mea leʻaleʻa maikaʻi o kāna, E loaʻa iā Fans e kiʻi i kahi hana hou o ka cheels chilliance i ka wā e hāʻule ai.

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