Energetic SoundCloud rapper UnoTheActivist has carved a unique place in hip-hop next to his cousin and collaborator Playboi Carti.
• Inspired by Andre 3000 and Lil Wayne, UnoTheActivist started experimenting with rap in 2011 under the name Johnny Ace. He created the group TFZ, featuring Playboi Carti. • Though he changed his rap name to A$3 CliChe in 2012, he didn’t release his first official solo song, “I Doubt It,” until 2014, when he was a senior in high school. • UnoTheActivist dropped out of the Art Institute of Atlanta, where he spent a semester studying audio engineering, to focus on creating music. In 2015, he released the single “Parkin’ Lot Pimpin’," which gained some serious traction. • The rapper dropped his debut project, No More Thotties, in 2015. He followed it up with Gift of Gab a few months later. • He broke through to the mainstream with 2016’s “What,” a collaboration with Playboi Carti. The following year, he released his anticipated Live.Shyne.Die mixtape. • After three years of delays, UnoTheActivist released his debut studio album, 8, in 2020.