Sunday, December 9, 2012

The Kid With Talent


You may have remembered him as Zero in the popular movie Holes or his supporting role along side The Rock in Walking Tall, but Khleo Thomas is now spreading his talents into the music industry.

Photo Courtesy of khleothomas.com
The LA based MC’s first major break into the music industry was when he co-wrote and performed the theme song “Dig It” which was featured on the Holes soundtrack. The song even maintained a #1 spot on Radio Disney for 12 consecutive weeks in 2003. Since then he has performed alongside several well known Hip-Hop artists such as Bow Wow, Soulja Boy, and most recently opened for Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg on the ‘How the West was Won’ tour.

In 2010 he released his debut mixtape, “The World is a Cartoon” which was a success having over 200,000 downloads within the first month. He then went on to release his next project, “The Next Episode” mixtape that had similar numbers and viral success.

His online core group of fans called, Team Khleo, fueled his viral success. They download, share, watch, and support all of his material. It’s safe to compare Team Khleo to Lady Gaga’s online fan base, which she calls her little monsters. They all work in the same fashion supporting their particular artist faithfully.

Khleo recently released new music for Team Khleo to get excited about.  His latest project, After Everything Fades, is a joint venture with rising MC Chris Batson. After Everything Fades is a window into the lives of Khleo and Chris so be prepared for what you see. The EP is immersed in deep emotions, passion, and thought provoking material.
Listening to tracks such as Delay and Becoming you will feel the pain that these two have encountered and the severity of their don’t care attitudes about your opinion. They lay down their emotions and expose the real situations in their lives on every track in this EP.

Khleo Thomas is well on his way into turning more heads and raising more eyebrows within the music industry. The actor now turned Hip-Hop artist has a promising career ahead of him.