KayCyy
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| Born | Mark Makora Mbogo September 23, 1997 Keroka, Kenya |
| Origin | Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2016–present |
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| Member of | Hiibryd |
| Website | whoiskaycyy |
Mark Makora Mbogo[3] (born September 23, 1997),[4] known professionally as KayCyy or KayCyy Pluto, is a Kenyan-American rapper, singer and songwriter.
Born in Keroka, Kenya, to Kisii parents, Mbogo moved with his family to the United States at an early age. Throughout his career, he has released five mixtapes, and several singles with his debut studio album Who Is KayCyy? set to release within 2025. KayCyy has worked as a songwriter and credited vocalist alongside several major artists, including Kanye West, Lil Baby, Lil Wayne, and Travis Scott amongst others. Most notably, KayCyy had a large contribution towards the production of West's tenth studio album Donda, writing and recording references for a multitude of tracks.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Mark Makora Mbogo was born in Keroka, Kenya on September 23, 1997.[4] At the age of nine, he and his family moved to the United States and resided in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He attended Tartan Senior High School in the nearby suburb of Oakdale.[5] During school breaks, he spent time in New York City collaborating with other musical artists.[6] After he graduated from high school, Mbogo moved to New York City and later Los Angeles in pursuit of his music career.[6]
Career
[edit | edit source]In 2016, while still in high school, he signed to Alive Productions, a record label founded by music producer Reefa, with him later leaving in 2021.[4] He released two mixtapes, Patient Enough and Ups & Downs, in 2020 and 2021 respectively.[7][8]
Mbogo has worked with multiple other artists, having writing credits on Lil Wayne's album Funeral and Kanye West's single "Wash Us in the Blood".[9][10]
Mbogo has worked closely with West since 2019. The rappers met through record executive Abou "Bu" Thiam, who later became West's manager, as well as KayCyy's.[11][12] KayCyy is currently signed to Bu's record label BuVision and Columbia Records[13] and is credited as a performer and writer on West's tenth studio album Donda, including on the single "Hurricane", which topped multiple international song charts.[14][15]
Mbogo was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year for his work on Kanye's studio album Donda, and won a Grammy Award for contributing background vocals to the single, "Hurricane" by Kanye West which won Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance.[16] Mbogo released a collaborative EP with Gesaffelstein titled TW20 50 on March 11, 2022, and he released the mixtape, Get Used To It on June 2, 2022. On May 26, 2023, he released his second collaborative EP with Gesaffelstein, TW2052. Mbogo was featured and involved with the songwriting on the song, "Thank God" on Travis Scott’s album Utopia.
Discography
[edit | edit source]Studio albums
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| Who Is KayCyy? |
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Collaborative albums
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| Saddest Truth (with Sign Crushes Motorist, as Hiibryd) |
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Extended plays
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| Pluman 2 |
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| Having My Way |
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| TW20 50 [17] (with Gesaffelstein) |
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| Who Else Would It Be |
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| #NewMusicMondays |
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| TW2052 (with Gesaffelstein) |
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Mixtapes
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| Pluman (as KayCyy Pluto) |
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| Vacation |
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| Pluman 3 |
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| Patient Enough |
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| Ups & Downs |
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| Get Used To It [18] |
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| PLUM4N |
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| Never Been So Sure |
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Other charted songs
[edit | edit source]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
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| US [19] |
US R&B [20] |
US Rap [21] |
AUS [22] |
CAN [23] |
UK R&B [24] | |||
| "Keep My Spirit Alive" (Kanye West featuring KayCyy, Westside Gunn, and Conway the Machine) |
2021 | 59 | 28 | 23 | 41 | 51 | 17 | Donda |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American rappers
- 21st-century African-American male rappers
- 21st-century American male rappers
- African-American songwriters
- Musicians from Minnesota
- Kenyan rappers
- Songwriters from Minnesota
- 21st-century African-American rappers
- American male songwriters
- Artists from Minnesota
- Artists from Minneapolis
- Culture of Minneapolis
- Rappers from Minneapolis