13 Facts About Kaytranada

Kaytranada was born Louis Kevin Celestin on August 25,1992, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Kaytranada's father was employed as a taxi driver and an estate agent, and his mother worked in healthcare.

That same year, Kaytranada began to produce his own music after his brother Lou Phelps introduced him to FL Studio.

Kaytranada ended up dropping out of high school to pursue music full-time to help support his family financially.

Kaytranada released two projects as Kaytradamus before changing his name to Kaytranada in 2012.

In 2013 Kaytranada became an overnight hit on SoundCloud for his rework of "If" by Janet Jackson.

Kaytranada has toured more than 50 Canadian, American, European and Australian cities.

Kaytranada collaborated with Craig David on the song "Got It Good", which is on David's sixth studio album, Following My Intuition.

Kaytranada performed at the 22nd Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2023.

In May 2024, Kaytranada announced that his third solo album, Timeless, would release on June 7,2024.

Kaytranada discussed this in a 2021 interview with Billboard, before the event, "A lot of young kids who aspire to be musicians probably have the same inner struggles as me, being Black and gay just [trying to] fit in".

Since 2010, Kaytranada has released three studio albums, two studio EPs, numerous singles, and at least a dozen beat tapes.

Kaytranada is a prolific remix artist and has released a series of collaborative projects with the Celestics and Robert Glasper, among others.