Alonzo Essentials

Alonzo Essentials

Alonzo is the stage name of French-Comorian rapper Kassimou D'Jae, a top 10 artist who lends his verses to reggaetón, Latin and electro beats, as well as African-indebted grooves. Starting out in Marseille's hip-hop group Psy 4 de la Rime, he embarked on a solo career in 2010 with his debut, Les Temps Modernes. Bringing together off-the-cuff freestyles with melodic, sung choruses, Alonzo clearly has a knack for accessible songwriting, while his attention to small flourishes—be it a vocoder-filtered verse or a particularly memorable keyboard riff—shines through in all his tracks.

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