Kari Faux
From Little Rock to Los Angeles, from slinging fast food to spitting clever rhymes, Kari Faux brought the complex flow of old-school '90s rap and updated it with poignant, oftentimes irreverent lyrics for the Internet age. She issued her official debut full-length, Lost en Los Angeles, in 2015, attracting attention from contemporaries like Childish Gambino. In 2020, she released her breakthrough effort, Lowkey Superstar.
Raised with Southern gospel and classical tradition by her parents (a factory worker and minister), Kari Rose Johnson started rapping for fun as an in-joke with her friends. Multiple mixtapes later, she had developed a hypnotic flow, a knack for clever wordplay, and a witty deadpan that befit her self-proclaimed nickname "Rap Game Daria" (after the popular late-'90s/early-aughts MTV cartoon). Jokes aside, her aggressive boasts and hard stance conveyed an unflappable confidence befitting a veteran emcee, not an L.A. transplant in her early twenties. Her first song, 2011's "Fauxty Miles Per Hour," was followed by a series of lost mixtapes in 2012. It wasn't until 2014, however, that she increased her exposure and fan base with the Laugh Now, Cry Later EP, which featured "No Small Talk" and the troll-baiting "On the Internet" (which ironically helped her via the very vehicle she prodded on the track). She caught the attention of Childish Gambino (he had a cameo in her "Gahdamn" video) and eventually became part of his management team. In 2015, she performed in Mexico and Hong Kong to promote her debut full-length. That album -- Lost en Los Angeles -- included the single "Nada," which was produced by longtime friend Malik "Black Party" Flint. The following year, she continued her collaborations with Childish Gambino, appearing on his releases STN MTN and "Awaken, My Love!" She also joined R&B duo Chloe x Halle on "Fake" and the Internet on "On My Mind/Charge It to the Game." On the solo front, she issued EPs Primary (2017) and CRY 4 HELP (2019).
In 2020, Faux released the Lowkey Superstar mixtape, which was later expanded to include guests JID, Jazz Cartier, Smino, and more.
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Discography
17 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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REAL B*TCHES DON'T DIE!
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by drink sum wtr on May 26, 2023
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Lost En Los Angeles
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Wolf + Rothstein on Jul 17, 2023
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ME FIRST - A COLORS SHOW
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by COLORSxSTUDIOS on Aug 25, 2022
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Lowkey Superstar (Deluxe)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Don Giovanni Records - Lowkey Superstar Records on Sep 24, 2021
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Freeze (feat. Ymtk & Amal Marie)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Raedio, LLC on Oct 31, 2021
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Color Theory
R&B - Released by CHANGE MINDS LLC. on Jun 15, 2018
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Primary
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Kari Faux DBA Change Minds, LLC on Sep 15, 2017
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CRY 4 HELP
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Kari Faux DBA Change Minds, LLC on Mar 8, 2019
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Chattin' Shit
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Don Giovanni Records - Lowkey Superstar Records on Sep 20, 2021
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LEAVE ME ALONE
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Kari Faux DBA Change Minds, LLC on Feb 15, 2019
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Lowkey
Film Soundtracks - Released by RCA Records Label on Aug 18, 2017
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Too Much, Too Fast
Alternative & Indie - Released by Don Giovanni Records - Lowkey Superstar Records on Aug 17, 2021
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Lets Just Be Friends
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Kitsune Musique Singles on Oct 26, 2016
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Outta Sight
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by MAD Dragon Music on Jun 11, 2021
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