Aron Can

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Aron Can playing at Gaukurinn in 2018.
Background information
Birth nameAron Can Gültekin [1]
Born18 November 1999
Reykjavík, Iceland [2]
Genres
Years active2016–present
Labels Sony Music [5]

Aron Can [a] (born 18 November 1999) [7] is an Icelandic hip hop artist.

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Biography

Aron was born and raised in Grafarvogur, Reykjavík. [2] His father is a Turkish restaurateur [2] and Aron has worked in one of his kebab restaurants. [6]

In 2016, at the age of 16, he released the mixtape Þekkir stráginn, [8] with the song "Enginn mórall" becoming a hit. [9] [10] [8] He was the most popular local artist on Spotify in Iceland in 2017. [11] [12]

His style has been described as emo rap influenced by Drake, Future, and Young Thug, [3] and he is credited with popularizing the style in Iceland. [3]

In 2018, he signed with Sony Music. [5]

Albums

Awards and nominations

Aron was nominated for the Icelandic Music Awards in 2017 for the hip hop album of the year, hip hop song of the year, and as a rising star. [17] The song "Silfurskotta" by Emmsjé Gauti and Aron Can won as the hip hop song of the year. [18] [19] He was again nominated in 2018 for hip hop album of the year and hip hop song of the year. [20]

The music video for "Aldrei heim" of Trúpiter was selected as the music video of the year 2019 by the Icelandic Radio Listener's Awards. [21]

Festivals

Aron performed at the Reykjavík music festival Secret Solstice in 2016–2019, [22] [23] [24] in the last of which he performed with the Black Eyed Peas. [25]

He performed at Þjóðhátíð in Vestmannaeyjar in 2017. [26]

Notes

  1. ↑ Pronounced [dʒan] in Turkish, or [kʰaːn] in Icelandic. [6]

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References

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  4. 1 2 "Nýjabrumið í Laugardalnum". DV (in Icelandic). 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  5. 1 2 "Aron Can semur við Sony". Vísir.is . Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  6. 1 2 "Svona berðu fram nafnið Aron Can" (in Icelandic). Rapp í Reykjavík. 19 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2020-11-28.
  7. ↑ "Heldur hlustunarpartí og frumsýnir myndband sama kvöldið". Vísir.is . 30 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2020-11-28.
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  19. ↑ "Frumsýning: Emmsjé Gauti og Aron Can krúsa um á Silfurskottu". Vísir.is . Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  20. ↑ "Tilnefningar til íslensku tónlistarverðlaunanna". Morgunblaðið . Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  21. ↑ "Sjáðu sigurvegarana og það besta frá Hlustendaverðlaununum". Vísir.is . Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  22. ↑ "Mest með sínum hómís í hverfinu". Morgunblaðið . Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  23. ↑ Cohen, Hannah Jane (30 June 2017). "Yes, Aron Can" (PDF). Reykjavík Grapevine . No. 11. pp. 32–33.
  24. ↑ "Dagskrá Secret Solstice klár: George Clinton, Gísli Pálmi og Reykjavíkurdætur bætast við". DV (in Icelandic). 2018-03-27. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  25. ↑ "Will.i.am bað Aron Can um að spila með sér". Fréttablaðið . Archived from the original on 2020-11-30. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
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