Aron Can

Aron Can[lower-alpha 1] (born 1999)[2] is an Icelandic rapper. He released his hit song "Enginn mórall" in 2016[8][9][10] and was the most popular local artist on Spotify in Iceland in 2017.[11][12]

Aron Can
Birth nameAron Can Gultekin[1]
Born1999[2]
Reykjavík, Iceland[3]
Genres
Years active2016–present
LabelsSony Music[6]

Biography

Aron was born and raised in Grafarvogur, Reykjavík.[3] His father is a Turkish restaurateur[3] and Aron has worked in one of his kebab restaurants.[7]

In 2016, at the age of 16, he released the mixtape Þekkir stráginn.[10] His style has been described as emo rap influenced by Drake, Future, and Young Thug,[4] and he is credited with popularizing the style in Iceland.[4]

In 2018, he signed with Sony Music.[6]

Albums
  • 2016 – Þekkir stráginn.[13]
  • 2017 – Ínótt.[10]
  • 2018 – Trúpíter.[14] Charted as the number one album in Iceland.[15]

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.[16] The song "Silfurskotta" by Emmsjé Gauti and Aron Can won as the hip hop song of the year.[17][18] He was again nominated in 2018 for hip hop album of the year and hip hop song of the year.[19]

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.[20]

Festivals

Aron performed at the Reykjavík music festival Secret Solstice in 2016–2019,[21][22][23] in the last of which he performed with the Black Eyed Peas.[24]

He performed at Þjóðhátíð in Vestmannaeyjar in 2017.[25]

Notes
  1. Pronounced [dʒan] in Turkish, or [kʰaːn] in Icelandic.[7]

References
  1. "Tónlistin best samin seint um nótt og í myrkri. – Aron Can". Ske.is. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  2. "Heldur hlustunarpartí og frumsýnir myndband sama kvöldið". Vísir.is. 30 April 2016.
  3. Snærós Sindradóttir (22 April 2017). "Reif sig upp úr ruglinu". Vísir.is. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  4. Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen (28 September 2018). "Hvenær varð íslenskt rapp til og hver er saga þess?". Vísindavefurinn (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  5. "Nýjabrumið í Laugardalnum". DV (in Icelandic). 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  6. "Aron Can semur við Sony". Vísir.is. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  7. "Svona berðu fram nafnið Aron Can" (in Icelandic). Rapp í Reykjavík. 19 May 2016.
  8. Dunn, Frankie (22 February 2017). "This lot are killing the Icelandic music scene". i-D.
  9. Stefán Ó. Jónsson (7 February 2017). "Aron Can flutti ofursmellinn í beinni". Vísir.is. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  10. "Það er aldrei frí". Vísir.is. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  11. "Ed Sheeran og Aron Can vinsælastir á Íslandi". Vísir.is. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  12. "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.
  13. "Sprengdi netþjóninn við fyrstu útgáfu". Vísir.is. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  14. "Glæný plata frá plánetunni Trúpíter". Vísir.is. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  15. Davíð Roach Gunnarsson (2018-06-07). "Aron Can beint í efsta sæti tónlistans". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  16. "Emmsjé Gauti fær flestar tilnefningar". DV (in Icelandic). 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  17. "Aron Can undirbýr framkomu á Mýraboltanum". Vísir.is. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  18. "Frumsýning: Emmsjé Gauti og Aron Can krúsa um á Silfurskottu". Vísir.is. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  19. "Tilnefningar til íslensku tónlistarverðlaunanna". Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  20. "Sjáðu sigurvegarana og það besta frá Hlustendaverðlaununum". Vísir.is. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  21. "Mest með sínum hómís í hverfinu". Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  22. Cohen, Hannah Jane (30 June 2017). "Yes, Aron Can" (PDF). Reykjavík Grapevine (11). pp. 32–33.
  23. "Dagskrá Secret Solstice klár: George Clinton, Gísli Pálmi og Reykjavíkurdætur bætast við". DV (in Icelandic). 2018-03-27. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  24. "Will.i.am bað Aron Can um að spila með sér". Fréttablaðið. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  25. "Aron Can spilar á Þjóðhátíð". Vísir.is. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
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