1. K-os sometimes plays guitar and keyboard both during live performances and in the studio.
21 Facts About K-os
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K-os received his first musical exposure with the single "Musical Essence", released in 1995.
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K-os reappeared briefly in 1999 and released his debut album Exit in 2002.
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K-os released his second album Joyful Rebellion in 2004, which received platinum status in Canada.
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K-os released his sixth album, Can't Fly Without Gravity, in 2015.
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From 1996 to 2016, K-os was the third best-selling Canadian hip hop artist in Canada.
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K-os's father was a minister at two congregations in the Greater Toronto Area.
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K-os returned to Canada with his mother in his teen years, taking up residence in Whitby, Ontario, a town east of Toronto, while attending Anderson Collegiate Vocational Institute.
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K-os's father worked as a computer engineer and became Director of Communications for BWIA, the national Trinidadian airline, while his mother owned a cosmetics company.
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K-os continued to live with his manager Salley in Los Angeles.
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K-os had been invited to contribute to Rascalz' groundbreaking single "Northern Touch", but was unable to participate due to other commitments.
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K-os was nominated four times at the 2004 Canadian Urban Music Awards and won two awards for the single "B-Boy Stance".
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K-os won the "Best Songwriter" and "Fan Choice Award" at the 2005 Canadian Urban Music Awards.
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K-os was very puzzled by Knaan's personal 'public' angle on the lyrics of "B-Boy Stance" especially because his song Revolutionary Avocado came after Knaan's repeated efforts to collaborate with k-os.
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K-os was disillusioned when he remembered he had granted an interview to Richards when he was a teenager, and that they had similar small town Trinidadian upbringings.
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K-os' comments received attention from the lead vocalist of the band Danko Jones, who wrote to NOW magazine saying that k-os "had too much sunshine massaged up his ass".
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K-os remarked again upon Jason Richards, comparing him to the "Arnold Jackson" character played by Gary Coleman on the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes.
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K-os was very disappointed that someone whom he considered a friend spoke out in the press before trying to contact him first.
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K-os went on to mention that a sample from Neil Young was taking longer than expected to clear.
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K-os followed it up with mixtape Views From the Stix which was a surprise released on May 20,2016, ahead of the Victoria Day holiday in Canada.
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K-os is a longtime vegetarian and has promoted animal rights with PETA.