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 freak-outs 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.