Kugypt | |
|---|---|
| Born | Milan Maxtone-Graham January 27, 1997 |
| Other names | Kug |
| Occupation | Rapper - Singer - Songwriter - Producer |
| Years active | 2019 -present |
Milan Maxtone-Graham (born January 27, 1997) is a Papua New Guinean singer, songwriter and producer. A up and coming figure in the music industry, with a distinctive sound he is credited for pushing the Port Moresby, Hip-Hop scene and music industry as a whole. Pursuing a career in music, he moved to the United States of America and released his demo tape titled So It Begins (2019) followed by three mixtapes. OTW (2019), PX (2021) and Mood Swings (2021)[1]
Early Life
editMilan Maxtone-Graham was born in Jiwaka Province, Papua New Guinea in 1997. He's parents moved around before settling in Cairns, Australia. When Milan was three his family would move back to Papua New Guinea where they settled in the capitol city, Port Moresby. He would spend most of his childhood there before moving to Australia at the age of 12. He attended St Joseph's Nudgee College where he did his High School, then attended SAE Institute to study film.
Career
editAt the age of 13 Kugypt was getting heavily involved in music, eager to begin his career he linked up with fellow local rappers who help produced four singles for him under the name his stage name at the time, MMG.[2] After experiencing things first hand, Kugypt decided to learn how to produce, mix, master, direct and edit (videos) as well as market himself. He would then go under radar for several years.
Becoming Kugypt
editIn 2019 Kugypt was back, with the release of his demo tape So It Begins (2019) which was a bunch of freestyles instrumentals by Metro Boomin, a prominent Atlanta producer in the Hip-Hop scene. Kugypt described the project as "after spending years just working on my craft i felt it was time for me to appear publicly."
In that same year he had also hooked up with LeQ, producer based in Nevada, USA. The two kick it off as they worked on first mixtape OTW (2019) which had 4 songs, the project was released on all streaming platforms and Kugypt was starting to make noise in the underground scene. Kugypt sited that "working in America was hard, producers weren't replying and i couldn't record myself because i didn't have the gear."
A year later he released his second mixtape PX (February 2021) and then in March (2019) dropped his Mood Swings Mixtape. Both projects respectively getting positive feedback from listeners around the world, "Dropping those two Mixtapes, it's pretty straight forward. Have a listen it and you will hear potential. I'm excited on the next Mixtape I'm bout to drop, that's a diamond."[3]
Being an up and coming figure in the music industry, Kugypt is set to drop multiple projects throughout (2021) as he grows his fan base and reaches out to a larger audience. Currently working with Frank Auakai aka Duccesse and Reubuen Mulina, Kugypt will be releasing his next mixtape in June (2021)