Within the last two years, AKAI SOLO has trail blazed a bespoke path for himself; carving a glacier sized valley of original lyricism into the rap landscape, at lightning pace. As AKAI SOLO, Daniel Dickson Eburu "weaponizes his quaintness for the sake of keeping the narrative authentic," purveying a wide range of empowering and contemplative emotions in a style that is truly 1 of 1. Flatbush native and captain of Brooklyn rap collective; Tase Grip, AKAI SOLO is the nucleus to a burgeoning new climate within hip hop - surrounding himself with a community of the most groundbreaking and illuminating producers and emcees that call Brooklyn home.

Sharif doesn’t approach his music with the traditional mindset that a normal rapper does, but treats each project as a spiritual experience where he and the listener become married through complete artistic expression vocally and with his writing. Growing up in Jersey, being inspired as a child by the likes of varied forms of art, literature and cinema it’s hard to put Fatboi in one category.