West Coast rapper Aminé and Haitian-Canadian producer Kaytranada join forces as Kaytraminé, making beach party-ready hip-hop with R&B and house influences. Setting hedonistic, braggadocious rhymes to summery grooves, the duo's self-titled debut arrived in 2023, sporting guest appearances from Pharrell Williams and Snoop Dogg.

Aminé released an unofficial remix of Kaytranada's "At All" in 2014, and Kaytranada then produced three tracks on Aminé's 2015 mixtape Calling Brio. Aminé later guested on Rejjie Snow's 2018 song "Egyptian Luvr," from the Kaytranada-produced album Dear Annie. In 2021, Kaytranada and Aminé rented a beach house in Malibu and spent two weeks writing and recording music. The first Kaytraminé single, "4eva" (featuring Pharrell Williams), was released in April 2023, and the duo performed the song during Kaytranada's Coachella set that month. Kaytraminé was released the following month, with additional guests including Snoop Dogg, Freddie Gibbs, Big Sean, and Amaarae. It charted in the top half of the Billboard 200. ~ Paul Simpson

Aminé's career took off with the multi-platinum number 11 pop hit "Caroline" (2016), a suitably witty and colorful introduction to the left-of-center rapper's approach to hip-hop. It continued to ascend with Good for You (2017), a gold-certified album, and ONEPOINTFIVE (2018), a stardom-affected mixtape containing "Reel It In," Aminé's second multi-platinum single. His second proper album Limbo (2020) cracked the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 and was followed with another tape, TWOPOINTFIVE (2021). Between the latter two releases, Aminé picked up a Grammy nomination for Best Dance Recording as a featured artist on Disclosure's "My High." A longtime collaborator with producer Kaytranada, the two released the full-length Kaytraminé in 2023.

A native of Portland, Oregon, Adam Aminé Daniel rapped in high school but didn't take it seriously until after he graduated. It took him a while to find his voice, as heard on Odyssey to Me, a 2014 release the artist quickly put behind him. The radically improved Calling Brio followed a year later, boasting input from the likes of Kaytranada, Tek.Lun, and fellow Pacific Northwesterner Pasqué, as well as askew trap and tribal productions of Aminé's making.

Signed to Republic, Aminé made his major-label debut in 2016 with "Caroline," a freaky-flirty Pasqué collaboration that reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 the following January. Six months later -- just after XXL magazine included him in their 2017 Freshman Class feature -- Aminé issued Good for You, on which he was joined by Charlie Wilson, Ty Dolla $ign, Offset, and Kehlani. The album entered the Billboard 200 at number 31 and eventually went gold.

A collaboration with the trio Injury Reserve, "Campfire," was released in April 2018 and was followed four months later by ONEPOINTFIVE. The reluctantly classified follow-up featured the multi-platinum lead single "Reel It In," which was among the project's songs informed by the downsides of Aminé's newfound fame. Aminé closed out the decade with the contemplative single "Places + Faces."

"Shimmy" arrived in early 2020 as a prelude to Aminé's second album. Limbo was issued that August with appearances from Charlie Wilson, Vince Staples, and Young Thug, and pushed the headliner to his highest showing yet at number 16 on the Billboard 200. Around the same time, Disclosure featured Aminé on their single "My High," which was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Dance Recording. The TWOPOINTFIVE mixtape, previewed with "Charmander" -- a single on which Aminé flirted with hyperpop -- landed in November 2021. A full collaboration with Kaytranada, the eponymous Kaytraminé, arrived in 2023. ~ Andy Kellman

Kaytranada produces an array of sounds that veer from J Dilla-inspired hip-hop beats to distinctly woozy house grooves. He emerged during the early 2010s with ear-perking remixes and original tracks. Numerous commissioned works and short-form solo releases led to the Haitian-Canadian's full-length debut, 99.9%, the winner of 2016's Polaris Music Prize and 2017's Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year. After signing to major-label RCA, he released his second LP, Bubba, which won both a Juno Award and a Grammy Award in the Dance category. He followed up with the 2021 EP Intimidated. Kaytraminé, a full-length with longtime collaborator Aminé, landed in 2023, and songs with Rochelle Jordan and Channel Tres followed.

Born Louis Kevin Celestin in Haiti, the Montreal, Quebec-raised Kaytranada, a voracious listener, got hooked on DJing and production during his teen years. Early on, as Kaytradamus, he issued a series of digital EPs, albums, and remix compilations. Around 2013, he began to operate as Kaytranada with the EP Todo and three-track 10" At All. In 2014, he remixed Disclosure's "January," produced "My Block" for personal heroes Mobb Deep, and made his XL label debut that August with "Leave Me Alone," a collaboration with vocalist and fellow Montreal native Shay Lia.

During the next two years, Kaytranada's profile steadily rose with additional XL material ("Drive Me Crazy" featuring Vic Mensa) and outside productions highlighted by "Girl" (from the Internet's Grammy-nominated Ego Death), "Lite Weight" (Anderson .Paak), "Love" (Rome Fortune), and "Honey" (Katy B). 99.9%, his proper debut album, was released in 2016 with guest appearances from Phonte, Little Dragon, and a few of his previous collaborators. It won that year's Polaris Music Prize, and in 2017 won the Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year. Various remixes, edits, and productions -- including work for Gorillaz, Snoop Dogg, and Kendrick Lamar -- followed through 2018, the year Kaytranada returned on major-label RCA with Nothin Like U/Chances, an EP co-starring Ty Dolla $ign and Shay Lia. Bubba, his second album, was released the following December with Teedra Moses, Kali Uchis, and Masego among the contributors. A stand-alone track, "Look Easy," featuring Lucky Daye, arrived in July 2020.

After his song "10%" won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording, and Bubba swept the Dance category at both the Grammy and Juno Awards, Kaytranada returned with the 2021 EP Intimidated, featuring collaborations with H.E.R., Thundercat, and Mach-Hommy. "Twin Flame," with Anderson .Paak, appeared in 2022. The producer collaborated with rapper Aminé for the 2023 full-length Kaytraminé, which featured Pharrell Williams, Snoop Dogg, Freddie Gibbs, Big Sean, and Amaarae as guests. Later in the year, Kaytranada released a double single featuring Rochelle Jordan ("Lover/Friend") and Channel Tres ("Stuntin"). ~ Andy Kellman