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An MC who was lifted to the majors thanks to a groundswell of support,
Washington, D.C.'s GoldLink mixes forward-looking hip-hop, jittery indie
rhythms, and heavy danceable beats that hark all the way back to the
'80s and D.C.'s go-go movement. Born D'Anthony Carlos, he launched his
career as Gold Link James. Sharing his vibrant, busy tracks online earned
him a following that steadily grew, then he paused for a bit, and
reappeared in 2013 as simply GoldLink. Every upload gained more
attention, while producers like Kaytranada and the Danish crew
Galimatias & Joppe collaborated with the MC. When he dropped the
street release The God Complex in 2014, he was contacted by legendary
producer Rick Rubin, but tours with SBTRKT and Flume, plus work with
Chet Faker on the track "On You," kept him from completing his official
debut. Rubin earned a "mentor" credit on GoldLink's 2015 LP And After
That, We Didn't Talk, which was released by Sony's Soulection imprint. A
year later, he signed a deal with RCA and released a new single "Fall in
Love" which featured rapper Ciscero and co-production from Canadian
hip-hop fusion band BadBadNotGood and DJ Kaytranada. Additional
singles "Crew" and "Mediation" preceded RCA's release of his second
album, At What Cost, which dropped in March 2017.