Aron Can
{{Short description|Icelandic rapper|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| birth_date = 18 November 1999
| birth_place = Reykjavík, Iceland
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Aron Can{{efn|Pronounced {{IPA|tr|dʒan|}} in Turkish, or {{IPA|is|kʰaːn|}} in Icelandic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.visir.is/g/2016160518722|title=Svona berðu fram nafnið Aron Can|date=19 May 2016|website=|publisher=Rapp í Reykjavík|language=is|url-status=live|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128013949/https://www.visir.is/g/2016160518722 |archive-date=2020-11-28 }}|name=|group=}} (born 18 November 1999){{Cite web|url=https://www.visir.is/g/2016160439988|title=Heldur hlustunarpartí og frumsýnir myndband sama kvöldið|date=30 April 2016|website=Vísir.is|url-status=live|archive-date=2020-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128015426/https://www.visir.is/g/2016160439988 }} is an Icelandic hip hop artist.
Biography
Aron was born and raised in Grafarvogur, Reykjavík.{{Cite web|url=https://www.visir.is/g/2017170429751|title=Reif sig upp úr ruglinu|last=Snærós Sindradóttir|date=22 April 2017|website=Vísir.is|url-status=live|access-date=2019-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425001755/http://www.visir.is:80/g/2017170429751 |archive-date=2017-04-25 }} His father is a Turkish restaurateur and Aron has worked in one of his kebab restaurants.
In 2016, at the age of 16, he released the mixtape Þekkir stráginn,{{Cite web|url=https://www.visir.is/g/2017170419054|title=Það er aldrei frí|website=Vísir.is|access-date=2019-09-12}} with the song "Enginn mórall" becoming a hit.{{Cite web|url=https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/mbv39p/this-lot-are-killing-the-icelandic-music-scene|title=This lot are killing the Icelandic music scene|last=Dunn|first=Frankie|date=22 February 2017|website=i-D|url-status=live|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123210927/https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/mbv39p/this-lot-are-killing-the-icelandic-music-scene |archive-date=2017-11-23 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.visir.is/g/2017170209148|title=Aron Can flutti ofursmellinn í beinni|last=Stefán Ó. Jónsson|date=7 February 2017|website=Vísir.is|url-status=live|access-date=2019-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128021319/https://www.visir.is/g/2017170209148 |archive-date=2020-11-28 }} He was the most popular local artist on Spotify in Iceland in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.visir.is/g/2017171209310|title=Ed Sheeran og Aron Can vinsælastir á Íslandi|date=6 December 2017|website=Vísir.is|url-status=live|access-date=2019-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206135841/http://www.visir.is/g/2017171209310 |archive-date=2017-12-06 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nutiminn.is/aron-can-og-emmsje-gauti-einu-islendingarnir-a-lista-spotify-yfir-mest-streymdu-log-arsins-a-islandi/|title=Aron Can og Emmsjé Gauti einu Íslendingarnir á lista Spotify yfir mest streymdu lög ársins á Íslandi|date=9 January 2017|website=Nútíminn|access-date=2019-09-12}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
His style has been described as emo rap influenced by Drake, Future, and Young Thug,{{Cite web|url=http://www.visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=64626|title=Hvenær varð íslenskt rapp til og hver er saga þess?|last=Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen|date=28 September 2018|website=Vísindavefurinn|language=is|url-status=live|access-date=2019-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808124646/https://www.visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=64626 |archive-date=2020-08-08 }} and he is credited with popularizing the style in Iceland.
In 2018, he signed with Sony Music.{{Cite web|url=https://www.visir.is/g/2018180209666|title=Aron Can semur við Sony|website=Vísir.is|access-date=2019-09-12}}
Albums
- 2016 – Þekkir stráginn.{{Cite web|url=https://www.visir.is/g/2016160509712|title=Sprengdi netþjóninn við fyrstu útgáfu|website=Vísir.is|access-date=2019-09-12}}
- 2017 – Ínótt.
- 2018 – Trúpíter.{{Cite web|url=https://www.visir.is/g/2018180529508|title=Glæný plata frá plánetunni Trúpíter|website=Vísir.is|access-date=2019-09-12}} Charted as the number one album in Iceland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ruv.is/frett/aron-can-beint-i-efsta-saeti-tonlistans|title=Aron Can beint í efsta sæti tónlistans|last=Davíð Roach Gunnarsson|date=2018-06-07|website=RÚV|language=is|url-status=live|access-date=2019-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128074724/https://www.ruv.is/frett/aron-can-beint-i-efsta-saeti-tonlistans |archive-date=2020-11-28 }}
- 2021 – ANDI, LÍF, HJARTA, SÁL.{{Cite web|url= https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/07/19/aron-can-andi-lif-hjarta-sal|title=Aron Can - Andi, líf, hjarta, sál|website=ruv.is|access-date=2021-12-12}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dv.is/fokus/menning/2017/02/16/emmsje-gauti-faer-flestar-tilnefningar/|title=Emmsjé Gauti fær flestar tilnefningar|date=2017-02-16|website=DV|language=is|access-date=2019-09-12}} The song "Silfurskotta" by Emmsjé Gauti and Aron Can won as the hip hop song of the year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.visir.is/g/2016160729235|title=Aron Can undirbýr framkomu á Mýraboltanum|website=Vísir.is|access-date=2019-09-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.visir.is/g/2016160728958|title=Frumsýning: Emmsjé Gauti og Aron Can krúsa um á Silfurskottu|website=Vísir.is|access-date=2019-09-12}} He was again nominated in 2018 for hip hop album of the year and hip hop song of the year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mbl.is/folk/frettir/2018/02/23/tilnefningar_til_islensku_tonlistarverdlaunanna/|title=Tilnefningar til íslensku tónlistarverðlaunanna|website=Morgunblaðið|access-date=2019-09-12}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.visir.is/g/2019190209756|title=Sjáðu sigurvegarana og það besta frá Hlustendaverðlaununum|website=Vísir.is|access-date=2019-09-12}}
Festivals
Aron performed at the Reykjavík music festival Secret Solstice in 2016–2019,{{Cite web|url=https://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/1600010/|title=Mest með sínum hómís í hverfinu|website=Morgunblaðið|access-date=2019-09-12}}{{Cite news|url=https://grapevine.is/wp-content/uploads/Gpv11_timaritis.pdf|title=Yes, Aron Can|last=Cohen|first=Hannah Jane|date=30 June 2017|work=Reykjavík Grapevine|issue=11|pages=32–33}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dv.is/fokus/menning/2018/03/27/dagskra-secret-solstice-klar-george-clinton-gus-gus-gisli-palmi-og-reykjavikurdaetur-baetast-vid/|title=Dagskrá Secret Solstice klár: George Clinton, Gísli Pálmi og Reykjavíkurdætur bætast við|date=2018-03-27|website=DV|language=is|access-date=2019-09-12}} in the last of which he performed with the Black Eyed Peas.{{Cite web|url=https://www.frettabladid.is/lifid/william-bad-aron-can-um-ad-spila-med-ser/|title=Will.i.am bað Aron Can um að spila með sér|website=Fréttablaðið|url-status=live|access-date=2019-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130193025/https://www.frettabladid.is/lifid/william-bad-aron-can-um-ad-spila-med-ser/ |archive-date=2020-11-30 }}
He performed at Þjóðhátíð in Vestmannaeyjar in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.visir.is/g/2017170429800|title=Aron Can spilar á Þjóðhátíð|website=Vísir.is|access-date=2019-09-12}}
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Category:Musicians from Reykjavík