ʻO Ricardo Valdes Valentine aka 6lack he mea hoʻokani mele ʻAmelika. Ua ho'āʻo ka mea hoʻokani ma mua o ʻelua manawa e piʻi i luna o ka Olympus mele. ʻAʻole i lanakila koke ka honua mele e nā kālena ʻōpio. ʻAʻole ʻo Ricardo ka manaʻo, akā i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua hālāwai ʻo ia me kahi hōʻailona hoʻopunipuni, nā mea nona ka mea i hoʻohuli i ka rapper i kā lākou "kauā" no 5 mau makahiki.
Ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka debut Free 6lack, ua ʻike ʻia ka rapper ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Ua loaʻa iā ia ka ʻike a me ka kaulana i ka makahiki 2016. I kēia lā, ʻo 6lack kahi koho Grammy lehulehu a me kahi waihona punahele lehulehu. Manaʻo ʻo Ricardo ʻo ka mea huna o kāna kūleʻa aia i loko o ke aloha ʻoiaʻiʻo i kāna hana.
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio 6 nele
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Ricardo Valdes Valentine ma Iune 24, 1992 ma Baltimore, Maryland. I ka makahiki 7, ua neʻe ke kanaka me kona ʻohana i Atlanta (Georgia). ʻAʻole i lilo ʻo Atlanta i wahi ʻoluʻolu wale nō e noho ai, akā he hale lua kekahi.
Ua hoihoi mua 'o Ricardo i ke mele. Ua loaʻa iā ia kāna ʻike mua ma kahi hale hoʻopaʻa leo mahalo i kona makuakāne. Mai ia manawa mai, kākau mau ke kanaka i nā haku mele.
Ma ke kula, ua kapa ʻia kekahi kanaka ʻeleʻele ʻo 6lack. I ka manawa like, ua ʻike ke kanaka ʻōpio i ke ao mele. Ua komo ʻo ia i nā kaua kūloko a kākau i nā haku mele mua.
ʻO ka pahuhopu nui o nā kaua ʻaʻole wale no ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa akamai i ka ʻenemi, akā e hōʻike pū i nā mea mele e like me ka "ʻono" a me ke kumu. Ua haʻalele pinepine ʻo Ricardo i kēlā mau hoʻokūkū me ka lanakila ma kona mau lima. Ua hoʻoikaika kēia i ke kanaka e hoʻomaikaʻi i kāna mau leo leo.
Ala hana 6lack
I ka makahiki 2010, ua neʻe ʻo Ricardo i Miami me kekahi mau hoa. ʻAʻole i alualu wale ka mea rapper i ka pahuhopu o ka lanakila ʻana i ka ʻoihana mele. Ua makemake ʻo ia e pakele mai kona ʻāina hānau mai, no ka mea, i kēlā manawa ka hapa nui o nā ʻōpio e hoʻohana nei i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole e make ana ma lalo o nā pōkā a ka poʻe pōā.
I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua loaʻa ʻo Ricardo e nā ʻelele o ka International Music Group, kahi hōʻailona Florida. Hāʻawi lākou iā ia i kahi ʻaelike. I kēlā manawa, ʻaʻole ʻike ka mea rapper. Ua kau inoa ʻo ia i ka ʻaelike me ka ʻole o ke aʻo ʻana i nā nuances āpau o ka ʻaelike. Ua manaʻolana ʻo Ricardo i ka maikaʻi o nā ʻelele, ua lilo i mea makehewa. No 5 mau makahiki, hoʻokomo ka mea mele iā ia iho i loko o ka hale me kona mau lima ponoʻī.
Ua makemake nā mea hoʻonohonoho o ka inoa ʻo International Music Group e hana i kahi hōkū pop mai Ricardo. Ua koi lākou e hoʻokani ka mea hīmeni i nā mele ma ke ʻano o R'n'B. ʻAʻole i noʻonoʻo ka rapper iā ia iho i kēia mea. He kamaaina no na apana kalaima o Atlanta, ua makemake oia e mele no na mea maoli o ke ola. ʻAʻole i kūpono ke aloha a me nā mele me kona honua i loko. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo 6lack ma kekahi o kāna mau nīnauele:
"Ua hoʻopaʻa wau i ka hōʻailona International Music Group. ʻAʻole au i hoʻoikaika ʻia e ke kālā i hāʻawi ʻia no ka hana. I kekahi lā ua hele au i koʻu keena a ʻōlelo wau ʻaʻole wau e kākau hou i nā mele i kūpono ʻole i kaʻu kiʻi ... ".
Haʻalele mai ka International Music Group
Ma 2016, i ka leʻaleʻa o Ricardo, ua pau ka ʻaelike me ka International Music Group. Ua like ka mea rapper me he kanaka manuahi. Ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka hauʻoli pau ʻole, a ʻoiai ʻaʻohe ona mea e ola ai. Ua noho ʻo 6lack ma ke alanui, akā ʻo ka manaʻo ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hui hou i ka International Music Group i hoʻomaha iā ia.
Ua liʻiliʻi ka ʻike o 6lack me Spillage Village. He pūʻulu noʻonoʻo kēia i loaʻa i nā rappers manuahi, nā hui a me nā mea hana mai Atlanta. Ua hana ʻo Ricardo i kāna hōʻailona ma nā ala ʻehā o ka EP Bears Like This Too (2015).
Ma hope o ka pau ʻole o kāna lepili mua, mālama ʻo Ricardo i nā ʻoihana me ka hopohopo. Akā ʻaʻohe ala i waho, no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki i ka mea rapper ke "holo" wale. Ma hope koke iho ua kau inoa ʻo ia i kahi ʻaelike me Love Renaissance. Ma lalo o ka ʻēheu o kēia lepili, ua hoʻopaʻa ka mea pena i kāna album mua Free 6lack. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka disc i ka makahiki 2016.
"Ua hauʻoli wau i koʻu hoʻokuʻu ʻana iaʻu iho mai nā lima lima o ka hana like ʻole me kahi lepili mua. ʻO ka hope, ʻike wau iaʻu iho a lilo wau ʻo wai wau, "wahi a 6lack i ke poʻo inoa o ka LP.
Hoʻomaka ka 6lack manuahi ma ka Billboard 200 ma ka helu 68 a laila piʻi i ka helu 34. Ma waena o nā mele kaulana loa o ka album, pono e ʻike ʻia nā haku mele penei: Prblms a me Ex Calling. ʻAʻole ʻo Prblms wale nō ka platinum mua a 6lack ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, akā ʻo ke mele kaulana loa. Nui nā remix i hana ʻia no ia mea.
Nā makana kiʻi a me ka hui pū ʻana
Ua koho ʻia ʻo 6lack manuahi no ka Grammy Award no Best Urban Contemporary Music Album ma 2018. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i hele ka lanakila iā Ricardo, akā i Starboy - The Weeknd's record.
Ua hoʻomaka ka mea pena kiʻi e hana i nā hui "juicy". Hoʻomaka ka hana Duet me ke mele OTW, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me Khalid a me Ty Dolla Sign. Ua lawe ka haku mele i ke kūlana 57 ma ka Billboard Hot 100. Ma hope iki mai, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia me ka mea mele ʻo Rita Ora. Ua hoʻopaʻa ka poʻe mele i ke mele Only Want You.
I ka makahiki 2018, ua hoʻopiha ʻia ka discography o ka rapper me kahi album ʻē aʻe. Ua kapa ʻia ka moʻolelo ʻo East Atlanta Love Letter. I kēia manawa ua lawe ka LP i ke kūlana 3 ma ka Billboard 200. Ma nā pauku malihini hiki ke lohe i nā leo o Future, J. Cole, Offset a me Khalid. ʻO ka hōʻike ʻana o ka album ma mua o nā mele kaulana loa ʻo Switch a me Nonchalant.
ʻO East Atlanta Love Letter ka hahai ʻana i ka album mua a Free 6lack. A inā hāʻawi ka mea rapper i ka album mua i ka "pouli" i hala, a laila ua lilo ka disc hou i "māmā". Ua haʻi aku ʻo Ricardo me nā mea pā o kāna hana e pili ana i nā manawa hauʻoli o ke ola - hui pū me kāna wahine aloha, ka hānau ʻana o kahi keiki a me nā hoʻolālā no ka wā e hiki mai ana.
6lack ke ola pilikino
Ma 2017, ua ʻike ka rapper, ʻo ia paha kekahi o nā manaʻo ʻoluʻolu loa. Ua lilo ʻo ia i makua kāne. ʻO Six Rose Valentine ka inoa o kāna kaikamahine. Hoʻopuka ka mea hoʻokani i kahi pou ma ka pūnaewele kaiaulu, e kamaʻilio e pili ana i kēia hanana. Ua kokoke ʻo ia e piʻi i ke kahua, akā ua loaʻa iā ia kahi leka mai kāna wahine mai ua lawe ʻia ʻo ia i ke keʻena maʻi me nā ʻokiʻoki.
“Ua ulu ka honua e kahi ʻānela. Ua lilo au i makuakāne. Hauʻoli nui wau i hiki iaʻu ke kaʻana like i kēia hauʻoli me ʻoe, "wahi a Ricardo.
ʻO ka mea nui, ua hānau ka mea mele ʻo Quin i ke kaikamahine a ka rapper. Ma nā pūnaewele kaiapili, hoʻopuka ʻo Ricardo i kekahi mau kiʻi me kahi kaikamahine. Kāhea ʻo ia iā ia i kāna muse a me kāna hoa ola. Ma waho aʻe o ka hānai ʻana o ka kāne i kahi kaikamahine maʻamau, loaʻa iā lākou kekahi mau mele a me nā clips. ʻO ka mea kupanaha loa o lākou, ʻo ia ka wikiō wikiō no ke mele Fav Mushroom Chocolate.
Manaʻo kekahi poʻe he wahine ʻē aʻe paha ka makuahine o ke kaikamahine a ka rapper. I ka makahiki 2016, hīmeni ʻo 6lack e pili ana i kahi malihini pohihihi, nāna i hāʻawi iā ia i ka ʻeha nui a me ka hōʻeha. ʻAʻole ʻo Ricardo e haʻi ʻōlelo no kēia kumuhana.
ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia inā he hoa wahine 6lack ʻo Quin a he wahine mana. ʻAʻole makemake ka rapper e kaʻana like i nā kikoʻī o kona ola pilikino. Hōʻike pinepine ʻo Ricardo i kāna kaikamahine nani ma Instagram. Ma kekahi o nā moʻolelo hope loa, ua hōʻike ʻo ia i ke ʻano o kahi kaikamahine e kahili nani i ka papahele. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia:
"Aia kekahi mau mea e hana ai i ka wā e paʻi ana kou puʻuwai: e hana i kāu mea e aloha ai, aloha i kekahi, a hana i ke ola."
E like me kāu e ʻike ai, ke hana maikaʻi nei ka mea mele. Ma ke kiʻi o kahi makua kāne ʻōpio, nānā maikaʻi ʻo Ricardo.
ʻO nā mea hoihoi e pili ana i ka rapper 6lack
- I ka nīnau ʻia ʻana o Ricardo i ka mea nāna i hoʻoikaika i kāna hana, ua kapa ʻo ia i ka poʻe mele: Sade, T-Pain, The-Dream and Usher. Eia kekahi, ua hoʻomaopopo ka mea hoʻokani e hoʻāʻo mau ʻo ia e ʻimi i kāna ala ponoʻī e hōʻike i nā mele, e ʻike ʻia e nā mea pā mai nā minuke mua o ka hoʻolohe ʻana i nā mele.
- Ua haʻalele ʻo 6lack i ke kula no kahi kuʻikahi me ka International Music Group. Akā ʻaʻole mihi ka mea rapper.
- ʻO ka uhi o East Atlanta Love Letter 6lack e hōʻike ana iā Six Rose Valentine i kahi maʻa.
- A hiki i ka hānau ʻana o kāna kaikamahine, ua hoʻopiha ʻo Ricardo i nā kiʻi ʻeleʻele a me ke keʻokeʻo. Ua hoʻololi ka hānau ʻana o kāna kaikamahine i ke ʻano maʻamau o ka mea mele - hoʻokani ke ola me nā kala ʻokoʻa loa.
- Ua ʻae ʻo Ricardo ua hoʻohui ʻo ia i ka meaʻai ʻono. Hōʻike pinepine nā moʻolelo o ka rapper i nā kiʻi mai nā hale ʻaina like ʻole a me nā hale ʻaina. ʻO ke aloha i ka meaʻai ʻono ʻaʻole ia e pale i ka rapper mai ke kino kino. Mahalo i ka hoʻoikaika kino maʻamau, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kino o Ricardo.
Rapper 6lack i kēia lā
I ka makahiki 2020, ua hoʻopau ka rapper i ka huakaʻi ma ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka album East Atlanta Love Letter. Eia hou, ua aʻo nā mea pā e hoʻomākaukau ana ʻo ia i kahi LP hou. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka ʻike e hana nei ka mea mele ma kahi moʻolelo ma nā ʻoihana pūnaewele. Ua kākau ʻo Ricardo:
"He mau makahiki i hala mai ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o Free 6lack, akā ke hoʻohiki nei au e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kaʻu LP aʻe ma mua o ka album mua."
Ma hope o kēia ʻōlelo, ua manaʻo nā mea pā i ka hōʻike ʻana o ka hōʻiliʻili hou. A ʻaʻole i kuhihewa ka "fans" i kā lākou manaʻo. I 2020, ua hōʻike ʻo Ricardo i ka mini-album 6pc Hot EP. Ua hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia ka hōʻiliʻili ʻaʻole wale e nā poʻe 6lack fans, akā e nā mea hoʻokani mele pū kekahi.
