Tago
Aaron Owuor Tago (born August 5, 1997), professionally known as Tago (also known as Yung Tago), is an American record producer, songwriter and Artist. Gaining recognition in the hip hop industry for producing songs for artists across the American hip hop scene. In 2015 “Yung” Tago started uploading his production on to the platform YouTube and started gaining traction overtime building a name in the music industry.[1]
Early life
Aaron Owuor Tago was born August 5th 1997 in Arlington, Tx, when Tago was only 5 years old they moved to Africa “When we went to Kenya, I was young and just thought we were on a trip,” Tago said. “Then we kept livin’ there, and I enrolled in school, and six months turned to three years. It was a crazy experience cause everything is so different. It helped me and my siblings become more self-sufficient, and when we moved back to the states I was way ahead in school. That time over there taught me to be happy with what you have, and learn what life has to offer.”
Career
Tago used to sell beats on SoundCloud and YouTube, he started selling beats going to studios, just to see how it all worked, he stated “I quickly learned that I need to create a sound of my own and mesh it with the sounds that inspired me”[2]
African culture
The African culture would make a huge impact on his life and the music he would create in the future. To this day, listeners of Tago’s work remark on the distinct sounds and rhythms of the drums. “Over there, it’s all drum-based,” he said. “It’s what keeps people moving. They call it an Afro style and you hear the tribal drum bring a completely different element to the music. Over time, I’ve meshed it with my sound and made it my own.” When people ask Tago how his music career started, he says “pure curiosity.”
Did you know…
- In 2018 Tago scored his first Major placement with Rod Wave “Heart 4 Sale” His Hunger Games 3 Tape, afterwards 2019 Rod Wave Cuban Links ft Kevin Gates on Rod Wave Album Ghetto Gospel Album and so on.
- Tago Later went on to produce YG “Stop Snitchin” on YG Album 4Real 4 Real with the Ft DaBaby on the remix.
- In 2021 He released his first record as an artist called “So Far Gone”
- And In 2022 Tago then went on later to release his record with artist Sheff G, DoeBoy & Eli Fross called “I’m Him”
- He Also Founded his own Label Called “Goat Musik”
