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Aron Can

Aron Can

Icelandic rapper

Aron Can[lower-alpha 1] (born 18 November 1999)[7] is an Icelandic hip hop artist.

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Biography

Aron was born and raised in Grafarvogur, Reykjavík.[2] His father is a Turkish restaurateur[2] and Aron has worked in one of his kebab restaurants.[6]

In 2016, at the age of 16, he released the mixtape Þekkir stráginn,[8] with the song "Enginn mórall" becoming a hit.[9][10][8] He was the most popular local artist on Spotify in Iceland in 2017.[11][12]

His style has been described as emo rap influenced by Drake, Future, and Young Thug,[3] and he is credited with popularizing the style in Iceland.[3]

In 2018, he signed with Sony Music.[5]

Albums

  • 2016 – Þekkir stráginn.[13]
  • 2017 – Ínótt.[8]
  • 2018 – Trúpíter.[14] Charted as the number one album in Iceland.[15]
  • 2021 – ANDI, LÍF, HJARTA, SÁL.[16]

Awards and nominations

Aron was nominated for the Icelandic Music Awards in 2017 for the hip hop album of the year, hip hop song of the year, and as a rising star.[17] The song "Silfurskotta" by Emmsjé Gauti and Aron Can won as the hip hop song of the year.[18][19] He was again nominated in 2018 for hip hop album of the year and hip hop song of the year.[20]

The music video for "Aldrei heim" of Trúpiter was selected as the music video of the year 2019 by the Icelandic Radio Listener's Awards.[21]

Festivals

Aron performed at the Reykjavík music festival Secret Solstice in 2016–2019,[22][23][24] in the last of which he performed with the Black Eyed Peas.[25]

He performed at Þjóðhátíð in Vestmannaeyjar in 2017.[26]

Notes

  1. Pronounced [dʒan] in Turkish, or [kʰaːn] in Icelandic.[6]

References

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    "Nýjabrumið í Laugardalnum". DV (in Icelandic). 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
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    "Aron Can semur við Sony". Vísir.is. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
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    "Svona berðu fram nafnið Aron Can" (in Icelandic). Rapp í Reykjavík. 19 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2020-11-28.
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    "Heldur hlustunarpartí og frumsýnir myndband sama kvöldið". Vísir.is. 30 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2020-11-28.
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    "Það er aldrei frí". Vísir.is. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
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    Dunn, Frankie (22 February 2017). "This lot are killing the Icelandic music scene". i-D. Archived from the original on 2017-11-23.
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    Stefán Ó. Jónsson (7 February 2017). "Aron Can flutti ofursmellinn í beinni". Vísir.is. Archived from the original on 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
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    "Ed Sheeran og Aron Can vinsælastir á Íslandi". Vísir.is. 6 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
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    "Aron Can og Emmsjé Gauti einu Íslendingarnir á lista Spotify yfir mest streymdu lög ársins á Íslandi". Nútíminn. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 2019-09-12.[permanent dead link]
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    "Sprengdi netþjóninn við fyrstu útgáfu". Vísir.is. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
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    "Glæný plata frá plánetunni Trúpíter". Vísir.is. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
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    Davíð Roach Gunnarsson (2018-06-07). "Aron Can beint í efsta sæti tónlistans". RÚV (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
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    "Aron Can - Andi, líf, hjarta, sál". ruv.is. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
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    "Emmsjé Gauti fær flestar tilnefningar". DV (in Icelandic). 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
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    "Aron Can undirbýr framkomu á Mýraboltanum". Vísir.is. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  19. [19]
    "Frumsýning: Emmsjé Gauti og Aron Can krúsa um á Silfurskottu". Vísir.is. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
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    "Tilnefningar til íslensku tónlistarverðlaunanna". Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
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    "Sjáðu sigurvegarana og það besta frá Hlustendaverðlaununum". Vísir.is. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
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    "Mest með sínum hómís í hverfinu". Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
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    Cohen, Hannah Jane (30 June 2017). "Yes, Aron Can" (PDF). Reykjavík Grapevine. No. 11. pp. 32–33.
  24. [24]
    "Dagskrá Secret Solstice klár: George Clinton, Gísli Pálmi og Reykjavíkurdætur bætast við". DV (in Icelandic). 2018-03-27. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
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    "Will.i.am bað Aron Can um að spila með sér". Fréttablaðið. Archived from the original on 2020-11-30. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  26. [26]
    "Aron Can spilar á Þjóðhátíð". Vísir.is. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
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