Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III, better known as Aloe Blacc, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and philanthropist. He is best known for his singles \”I Need a Dollar\”, \”The Man\”, and for writing and performing vocals on Avicii’s \”Wake Me Up\”, which topped the charts in 22 countries, including Australia and the United Kingdom. Blacc is also a member of hip hop duo Emanon, alongside American record producer Exile.
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Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III, better known as Aloe Blacc, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and philanthropist. He is best known for his singles \”I Need a Dollar\”, \”The Man\”, and for writing and performing vocals on Avicii’s \”Wake Me Up\”, which topped the charts in 22 countries, including Australia and the United Kingdom. Blacc is also a member of hip hop duo Emanon, alongside American record producer Exile. He was born in Southern California’s Orange County to Panamanian parents, and grew up in Laguna Hills. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 2001 with a degree in linguistics and psychology, and worked briefly in the corporate sector for Ernst & Young. In 2006 Blacc attended the Melbourne Red Bull Music Academy. In 2010 Blacc released Good Things on Stones Throw Records. In 2011, Blacc signed with Simon Fuller’s XIX Management.
In 2013, he contributed a track to the theme to the HBO series How To Make It to the Make It In America, which was used as the theme song to the series. In 2014, he released his second album, Good Things, which reached double platinum sales in the U.S. and sold 1 million copies in Europe. In 2015, he collaborated with the Japanese hip hop producer Cradle on a project called Bee. He has released four singles and two albums, including two EPs and one full-length album, Shine Through, which he released in 2006. In 2012, he signed to Red Bull Management, and in 2013 he released the album XIX, which received positive reviews in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Spin, NME and Entertainment Weekly, among others. In 2016 he released a fourth album, Dystopia, with Exile, and a fifth album, Bird’s Eye View, was recorded but shelved, it is unknown if the material was reworked.
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