Robert Roger Amparan (born May 21, 1989), known professionally as Hypno Carlito, is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois. He was the first artist signed to fellow Chicago rapper Lil Durk through his Only the Family label in 2015. That same year, he guest appeared on the deluxe edition of Durk's debut album Remember My Name, on the song "Ghetto (Grew Up)". The following year, he released his debut album, Never Say Never (2016). He also served as a ghostwriter for American actor Nick Cannon, having wrote his single "Pray for My City" for Spike Lee's film Chi-raq.
Hypno Carlito | |
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| Birth name | Robert Roger Amparan |
| Born | May 21, 1989 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
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| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2015–present |
| Labels | Forever Legend Records |
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After a hiatus, he released his second album, Good Karma (2020), which contained guest appearances from Durk, as well as Mozzy, Almighty Jay, and Twista. That same year, he served as executive producer for Cannon's album The Miseducation Of The Negro You Love To Hate and produced the film Primary Position the following year.[1][2][3]
Early life
editRobert Roger Amparan was born on May 21, 1989, in Chicago, Illinois.[citation needed]
Career
editHypno Carlito released his first single, "Forever", featuring Lil Varney along with its accompanying music video in 2015.[4] Later in 2015, Carlito was signed to fellow Chicago rapper Lil Durk's record label, Only the Family.[5][6] In 2017, he was featured on Lil Durk and YFN Lucci's single, "Watch Out".[7] Later in 2017, he received local attention for his critically acclaimed mixtape Sorry 4 The Hate.[8] In early 2019, he again received local attention for his mixtape Never Cared featuring Lil Durk.[9] Following the release of Never Cared, Hypno Carlito released Good Karma in December 2019.[10]
Discography
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Details |
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| Never Say Never |
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| Never Cared |
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| Good Karma |
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Singles
edit| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Forever feat. Lil Varney" | 2015 | Non-album single |
| "Want From Me feat. Lil Durk" | ||
| "These Nikkas Ain't Sh*T" | 2017 | |
| "Pull Up" | 2018 | |
| "Where I'm At" Feat Waka Flocka | ||
| "F***n Up" Sfera Ebbasta | ||
| "My N**a" | ||
| "It Is What It Is feat. Elvy the God" | ||
| "Remember Me feat. Laioung" | 2019 | |
| "Our Year” Feat Lil Durk" | ||
| "Mobster" Feat Smokepurpp | ||
| "New Chicago" | Good Karma |
References
edit- ^ "Never Say Never by Hypno Carlito". Itunes.apple.com. July 12, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
- ^ Allah, Sha Be (May 9, 2017). "OTF'S HYPNO CARLITO RELEASES "NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN"". The Source. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
- ^ Barber, Andrew (May 3, 2017). "Listen Hypno Carlito's new project 'Never Say Never Again'". Fake Shore Drive. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
- ^ Staff, Kollegekidd (April 26, 2015). "Hypno Carlito and Lil Varney Drop 'Forever" Music Video". KollegeKidd. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ Crates, Online (September 20, 2017). "Lil Durk's OTF Artist Hypno Carlito Talks Songwriting With Nick Cannon, 'Chiraq' Movie". AllHipHop. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ Staff, Kollegekidd (April 28, 2015). "Lil Durk Signs Chiraq Artist Hypno Carlito to OTF". KollegeKidd. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ Emmanuel, C.M. (January 10, 2017). "Lil Durk, YFN Lucci, Johnny Cinco, Hypno Carlito and YFN Traepound Warn Others to "Watch Out"". XXL. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^ Barber, Andrew (August 28, 2017). "Stream Hypno Carlito's new project 'Sorry 4 The Hate'". Fake Shore Drive. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ Sadler, Armon (March 7, 2019). "Hypno Carlito shows star potential on new project". Elevator. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^ Fields, J.W. (December 10, 2019). "Hypno Carlito releases new mixtape 'Good Karma'". Medium. Retrieved December 10, 2019.