Allan Kingdom

Allan Kyariga (born January 6, 1994),^[2] better known by his stage name Allan Kingdom, is a Canadian rapper and record producer based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.^[4] He was a member of Thestand4rd along with Bobby Raps, Corbin, and Psymun.^[7] He guest featured alongside Theophilus London and Paul McCartney on Kanye West's 2015 single "All Day", which received two Grammy Award nominations.^[8]

Allan Kingdom
Birth name	Allan Kyariga[1]
Born	(1994-01-06) January 6, 1994 (age 31)[2] Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada[3]
Origin	Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.[4]
Genres	Hip hop
Occupations	Rapper record producer
Years active	2011–present
Labels	So Cold[5] Empire[6]

Early life

Allan Kyariga was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to a South African father and a Tanzanian mother.^[9] In his youth, he moved to the United States to Wisconsin, and eventually to Saint Paul, Minnesota.^[10] He studied at Woodbury High School,^[11] Creative Arts High School, and Minneapolis Institute of Production and Recording.^[12]

Career

In earlier releases, Kyariga used various aliases, including King Kyariga, The Northern Gentleman, and Peanut Butter Prince.^[13]

Allan Kingdom's official debut mixtape, Trucker Music, was released in 2011.^[14] He was named "Best Hip Hop Artist of 2014" by City Pages.^[15] He was listed on Complex's "25 New Rappers to Watch Out For in 2014".^[16]

In 2016, he released Northern Lights, which featured guest appearances from Chronixx, Jared Evan, DRAM, and Gloss Gang.^[17] In 2017, he released Lines.^[18]

Influences

In a 2015 interview with Green Label, Allan Kingdom cited Kid Cudi, Kanye West, and Pharrell Williams as his biggest influences.^[19]

Discography

Studio albums

• Thestand4rd (2014) (with Bobby Raps, Corbin, and Psymun, as Thestand4rd)
• Lines (2017)
• Allanstein (2023)

Mixtapes

• Trucker Music (2011)
• Talk to Strangers (2013)
• Future Memoirs (2014)
• Northern Lights (2016)

EPs

• Pinkspire Lane (2012)
• Peanut Butter Prince (2018)
• I Don't Do This for Money (2020)
• FR3NZ (2023)
• A Laboratory Moment (2024)

Guest appearances

• Finding Novyon - "Lots" from #TheFoodNetwork (2015)
• Cœur de pirate - "I Don't Want to Break Your Heart" from Roses (2015)
• Jay Prince - "Juice" from Beautiful Mercy (2015)
• Kanye West - "All Day" (2015)
• SolomonDaGod - "ICEGAF" (2015)
• Flume - "You Know" from Skin (2016)
• Jared Evan - "The End Game" from The Blanket Truth (2016)
• No Wyld - "Tomorrow" from Nomads (2016)
• P.O.S - "Sleepdrone/Superposition" from Chill, Dummy (2017)
• Kweku Collins - "Aya" from Grey (2017)
• Finding Novyon - "Tall Hills" from That's My Dawg (2017)
• Nightmares on Wax - "Citizen Kane (Rap Version)" (2017)
• Getter - "Numb" from Visceral (2018)
• SebastiAn - "Yebo" from Thirst (2019)
• 1982 - "Does It All Even Matter" from The Quarantine (2020)