Sporting a precise, articulate flow, this young Tokyo MC has risen through the J-hip-hop ranks in recent years thanks to deft wordplay and charisma. Like Zeebra and KREVA, he's thrown his voice down over hard-hitting, 808-derived beats and samples, spit over bass-heavy EDM and pounding trap beats and even tested his mettle on reggaetón. He's as comfortable slamming against deep bass freakouts as he is getting reflective over soft guitar tones. Paying homage to the greats while pushing new sounds forward, AKLO is a force to watch on the Japanese hip-hop landscape.