ĀJŌ
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ĀJŌ

New York City, New York, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2014 | SELF

New York City, New York, United States | SELF
Established on Jan, 2014
Band R&B Hip Hop

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Press


"Ajo's 'Deja Boo' is a Slick Turn-of-The-Century R&B Dream [Premiere]"

A slick and shifty five-track of late-nineties and double oh r&b dreams...[A] hard salute to Baby Girl and the power of reclaiming your joy - OkayPlayer


"PREMIERE: MC ĀJŌ PENS A LOVE LETTER TO THE HOOD IN HER NEW, ANTI-GENTRIFICATION VIDEO “GOTTA LOVE IT”"

ĀJŌ’s storytelling is personal and visceral - Afro Punk


"New York City musician ĀJŌ shares the official video for ‘Chemistry’"

The multifaceted rapper and singer showcases the duality of her strong vocal range - GrungeCake


"Emerging Alt-R&B Artist ĀJŌ Premieres New Music Video “Chemistry”"

ĀJŌ’s charismatic flow and swaggering physical presence makes itself known in the brightly colored video, like a female answer to the bangers of rap-pop star Goldlink. - Indie Current


Discography

Deja Boo - EP (2017) 

"Gotta Love It" - Single (2018) 

"Chemistry" - Single (2018) 

SNACK - EP (2019)

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Bio

“The only people for me are the mad ones.”

So goes the quote ĀJŌ lives by, famously written by literary iconoclast, Jack Kerouac.

“Ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved...the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles.”

Bama-born and NY-cultivated, ĀJŌ (pronounced \ā-joe\) has lived a mad existence of her own, getting her start in music by making up raps and teaching TLC choreo in the schoolyard. Soon she was turf war-ing with the local EMT for practice space and met one of her musical mentors, Christine Correa, a 5 foot dynamo who introduced her to Jazz.

The years that followed transformed the talent-show-dropout into a hip hop-tinged RnB darling whose sound boasts lilting vocals, poetic lyricism, and drubbing bass. Taking inspiration from waggish predecessors such as Missy Elliot and Spice Girls, ĀJŌ catapults onto the scene with a patent self-confidence that is both fiercely playful and fearlessly animated in style.


HIGHLIGHTS: Opened for Princess Nokia @ Yale. Her latest music video, “Chemistry”, is currently in rotation on Revolt TV and she has received press on Afropunk, Grungecake, and Okayplayer — the latter referring to her work as “an R&B dream.”

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