The son of Eritrean and Ethiopian, Aminé

Eugene Muzinga
Aug 24, 2017 · 3 min read

immigrants who emigrated to the US in the early 1990s, Aminé’s mother worked at a post office and his father was teacher and a translator part-time. Aminé was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He grew up wanting to play basketball, but was cut from Benson Polytechnic’s basketball team freshman and sophomore year. His rap career then began to come into fruition when he would make diss tracks about rival high schools, Grant High School and Lincoln High School.

Aminé attended Portland State University and studied Marketing

2014 — 15: Career beginnings Edit

On January 17, 2014, Aminé released his debut mixtape, Odyssey to Me. On September 4, 2014, Aminé released his debut extended play (EP), En Vogue. On August 31, 2015, Aminé released his second mixtape, Calling Brío.

2016 — present: Good for You Edit

On March 9, 2016, Aminé released his debut single, called “Caroline”. The song peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100. On June 1, 2016, he released his self-directed music video for “Caroline” through his Vevo channel on YouTube and has since been viewed over 178 million times. On June 5, 2017, “Caroline” was certified as triple platinum by the RIAA.

In August 2016, Aminé partnered with Republic Records. On November 4, 2016, he released his second single, called “Baba”, following the success of “Caroline”. On November 15, 2016, he performed “Caroline” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

On March 9, 2017, Aminé released “REDMERCEDES”. It has been praised for supposedly being influenced by early 2000s rap, such as songs by Missy Elliott. Following its original release, the official music video for the song was released on April 7, 2017 via his Vevo channel on YouTube, and has amassed over 9 million views.

On June 13, 2017, Aminé was named as one of the ten members of XXL’s “2017 Freshman Class”

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