Kalado
{{short description|Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay (born 1984)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use Jamaican English|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_name = Eaton Gordon
| alias = Kalado
| birth_date = Unknown
| origin = Kingston, Jamaica
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| occupation = Recording Artist
| years_active = 2008–present
| label = (KOG) Knock Out Gang
| website = https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCZFhCpTuGBKLGYvdmQ4TwSQ
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Kalado{{Cite web|url=https://urbanislandz.com/2012/09/21/ang-artist-calado-now-spells-name-kalado/|title=ANG Artist Calado Now Spells Name "Kalado"|date=21 September 2012|website=Urban Islandz}} is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay. He is a member of the Bounty Killer founded collective Alliance and the founder of KOG Records.{{Cite web|url=http://www.iambena.com/kalado.html|title=Bena Productions Bio|website=Iambena.com|access-date=11 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911202845/http://www.iambena.com/kalado.html|archive-date=11 September 2014|url-status=dead}} In April 2018, Gordon signed an executive booking agreement with New York-based Donsome Booking Agency which is operated by Adrian "Donsome" Hanson.{{Cite news|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/kalado-takes-on-europe_130670?profile=13738?profile=13738|title=Jamaica Observer Limited|newspaper=Jamaica Observer}}
Early life and career
Gordon was born in the Maxfield Park area of Kingston but moved to Clarendon Parish, Jamaica at the age of four, along with his mother and siblings.{{Cite web |url=http://ultramodernmedia.net/kalado-biography-2013.html#.U_-FLvldVfg |title=KALADO BIOGRAPHY 2013 - Ultra Modern Reggae & Dancehall Magazine |access-date=11 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911200331/http://ultramodernmedia.net/kalado-biography-2013.html#.U_-FLvldVfg |archive-date=11 September 2014 |url-status=dead }} At the age of 16, he graduated from Edwin Allen High School with a Caribbean Examinations Council Distinction for Art & Craft. After graduation, Gordon returned to Kingston began recording.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dancehallreggaeworld.com/kalado.html|title=Kalado aka Calado "Fast Rising Dancehall Artiste"|website=Dancehall Reggae World}}
Kalado has cited Lil Wayne, Bounty Killer, Assassin, Drake, and Shabba Ranks as influences.
In 2008, Gordon caught the eye and ear of a judge on the Magnum Kings and Queens of Dancehall show, and was invited to compete.
In 2009, Kalado's released "Badmind a Kill Dem", on his own G-Law Records, but it was his single "Sad Streets" that yielded a #1 video on HYPE TV, as well as a mixtape of the same name. In 2011, Kalado also released another single that created a buzz on the airways titled "Provide" produced by the young and talented dancehall producer Bena Di Senior.
In 2011, Gordon was invited by Bounty Killer to become a member of his latest crew of rising dancehall artists, Alliance Next Generation.{{Cite web|url=http://jamaica-star.com/thestar/20110620/ent/ent1.html|title=A.N.G Roster|website=Jamaica-star.com|access-date=11 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602033717/http://jamaica-star.com/thestar/20110620/ent/ent1.html|archive-date=2 June 2013|url-status=dead}}