Loading details…
Artist
Know One
12+ albums
New Orleansfunkunderground hip-hopHip-Hopmcdonalds commercial
about
In a world of increasingly mundane radio hits, It's refreshing to hear a vocalist pushing the envelope so far, & in so many different directions as MC Know One. Born Roan Smith to an artist mother & musician father, Know One was raised in the arts. It was only a matter of time before he took an intrest in music. After going to college to study graphic design, he decided to join his brother, singer song writer Kelly Carlyle, & his father, guitarist Tim Smith in New Orleans to see what he could do on the music scene. He soon hooked up with a group of MC's and producers to start an underground Hip- Hop label called Media Darling Records. Know One was a member of Three groups on the label. The Blank Space with producer Damnathan, 3 Lucky Stiffs with Bionik Brown & Quickie Mart, & Space God, the teaming up of the groups The Blanks Space & God Awul. As a part of these groups, and as a solo act, Know One has had the pleasure of playing with, and opening for such acts as Dr. John, Galactic, Jusrassic Five, Murs, The Dekah Hip-Hop Orchestra, P.M. Dawn, RJD2, Lyrics Born, Gift Of Gab, Dose One, Gel, Sage Francis, and many more. After an LP from each of his three groups, an award winning compilation, touring, a life changing car accident, and a city crushing hurricane, Know One felt it was time to put his solo project together. With 2007 came the release of Know One's Home. A tribute to New Orleans that fuses the many musical genre's heard regularly on the streets of his adopted city
