Aloe Blacc
Biography
Aloe Blacc is a singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer from the United States. Born in 1979 in Newport Beach, California, he formed the hip-hop duo Emanon with producer Exile in 1995. He began a solo career in 2003 and signed to Stones Throw Records, where his 2006 album Shine Through earned media attention. His 2010 album Good Things went double platinum and included I Need a Dollar, the theme for How to Make It in America, plus The Man, which topped the UK singles chart. In 2013 he co-wrote and sang on Avicii's Wake Me Up, which reached number one in 103 countries, and released the EP Wake Me Up and the album Lift Your Spirit. He acted in Get On Up (2014) as Nafloyd Scott and voiced Boris the Frog on Beat Bugs. His work earned a 2011 Soul Train Awards nomination, a Worker's Voice Award, and a 2014 BET Awards nomination.
47years old
Turns 48 on January 7in 86 days
- Born Newport Beach
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins (birth name)Also credited as Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III and Egbert Dawkins
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 4 years2014 to 2018
Every film, newest first
- 2018America's Musical JourneyIMDb rating 7.6
- 2017Avicii: True StoriesIMDb rating 7.6
- 2014Get on UpIMDb rating 6.9
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Big break
Aloe Blacc was introduced to Swedish DJ Avicii by Linkin Park's co-vocalist Mike Shinoda, which led to Blacc co-writing and singing on "Wake Me Up" in 2013.
About the name
Aloe Blacc formed the hip-hop duo Emanon with producer Exile in 1995, naming it after the Dizzy Gillespie song "Emanon" and reversing the words to mean "no name".
Big break
Aloe Blacc started his solo career in 2003 with two EPs. In 2006 he signed to Stones Throw Records, where label head Chris Manak offered him a contract for the full-length Shine Through after hearing him sing.
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Worked with
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Films together
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Levan TsikurishviliDirector, 1 film, 2017
All films by Levan Tsikurishvili
Greg MacGillivrayDirector, 1 film, 2018
All films by Greg MacGillivray
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.