She was signed by their record label, The Ultimate Group that same year and was marketed as the "cousin" of B2K member Lil' Fizz to cultivate her own following, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] although they are not related. In March , Aiko made her return to music with the release of her first full-length project, a mixtape titled Sailing Soul s. In December of that year, she signed a recording contract with producer No I. Aiko released her debut studio album, Souled Out to critical and commercial success.
Aiko was born on March 16, , in Los Angeles , California. She calls her home neighborhood "Slauson Hills". Her parents are divorced. So that is what i was referencing in the tweet. Ok now im done explaining, promise i am human and i see you all as family regardless of how u view me.
Aiko embarked on her musical career contributing vocals to several B2K releases, as well as a song on The Master of Disguise soundtrack in , while signed to The Ultimate Group and managed by Chris Stokes.
In , she made a return to music, in an interview she spoke on the choice saying "Shortly before I conceived my daughter, I stepped back into the field and took a meeting with a label head. In this meeting, I was innocently told, to 'sell' myself when walking into these meetings. All the songs on the mixtape were written by her, except "July". In , Aiko met with No I. The EP debuted at number eight on the US Billboard chart, with first-week sales of 34, copies.
After three years of recording Aiko released her debut album Souled Out on September 8, Cole on his tour entitled, Forest Hills Drive Tour. In March , Aiko announced a collaboration album with rapper Big Sean , under the name Twenty88 , their self-titled debut album was made available to stream exclusively on TIDAL for four days, and was made available for download on April 1.
