Stylistically left-of-center rapper Adam Daniel, who goes by his middle name, Aminé, rapped in high school but didn't take it seriously until after he graduated. It took a while for the Portland, Oregon native to find
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Stylistically left-of-center rapper Adam Daniel, who goes by his middle name, Aminé, rapped in high school but didn't take it seriously until after he graduated. It took a while for the Portland, Oregon native to find his voice, as heard on Odyssey to Me, a derivative 2014 release the rapper quickly put behind him. Boasting productions from the likes of Kaytranada, Tek.Lun, and fellow Pacific Northwesterner Pasqué, as well as as some askew trap and tribal beat-making of his own, the radically improved Calling Brio followed a year later. Signed to Republic, Aminé made his major-label debut in 2016 with "Caroline," a sparse, sweeping Pasqué collaboration that crossed into the Billboard Hot 100 that September.
