Hypno Carlito

Hypno Carlito
Born
Robert Roger Amparan

(1989-05-21) May 21, 1989 (age 37)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
GenreHip hop
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
InstrumentVocals
Years active2015–present
LabelForever Legend Records
Member of

Robert Roger Amparan (born May 21, 1989), known professionally as Hypno Carlito, is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois. He was the first artist signed to fellow Chicago rapper Lil Durk through his Only the Family label in 2015. That same year, he guest appeared on the deluxe edition of Durk's debut album Remember My Name, on the song "Ghetto (Grew Up)". The following year, he released his debut album, Never Say Never (2016). He also served as a ghostwriter for American actor Nick Cannon, having wrote his single "Pray for My City" for Spike Lee's film Chi-raq.

After a hiatus, he released his second album, Good Karma (2020), which contained guest appearances from Durk, as well as Mozzy, Almighty Jay, and Twista. That same year, he served as executive producer for Cannon's album The Miseducation Of The Negro You Love To Hate and produced the film Primary Position the following year.

Early life

Robert Roger Amparan was born on May 21, 1989, in Chicago.[citation needed]

Career

Hypno Carlito released his first single, "Forever", featuring Lil Varney along with its accompanying music video in 2015. Later in 2015, Carlito was signed to fellow Chicago rapper Lil Durk's record label, Only the Family. In 2017, he was featured on Lil Durk and YFN Lucci's single, "Watch Out". Later in 2017, he received local attention for his critically acclaimed mixtape Sorry 4 The Hate. In early 2019, he again received local attention for his mixtape Never Cared featuring Lil Durk. Following the release of Never Cared, Hypno Carlito released Good Karma in December 2019.

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums & eps, with selected details
Title Details
Never Say Never
  • Released: June 12, 2016
  • Label: La Familia Records
  • Formats: Digital download
Never Cared
  • Released: February 21, 2019
  • Label: Forever Legends Records
  • Formats: Digital download
Good Karma
  • Released: December 6, 2019
  • Label: Forever Legends Records
  • Formats: Digital download
Almost Perfect
  • Released: September 6, 2021
  • Label: Forever Legends Records
  • Formats: Digital download
2AM in Humboldt Park
  • Released: November 10, 2024
  • Label: Forever Legends Records / Only The Family
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles

List of singles, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"Forever" featuring Lil Varney 2015 Non-album single
"Want From Me" featuring Lil Durk
"These Niggas Ain't Shit" 2017
"Down Low"
"Pull Up" 2018
"Where I'm At" featuring Waka Flocka Flame
"Fuckin It Up" featuring Sfera Ebbasta
"My Nigga"
"It Is What It Is" featuring Elvy the God
"Remember Me" featuring Laioung 2019
"Our Year” featuring Lil Durk
"Mobster" featuring Smokepurpp
"New Chicago" Good Karma
"Havin No Motion" 2023 Non-album single
"Venom" 2024 2AM in Humboldt Park

References

  1. ↑ "Never Say Never by Hypno Carlito". Itunes.apple.com. July 12, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  2. ↑ Allah, Sha Be (May 9, 2017). "OTF'S HYPNO CARLITO RELEASES "NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN"". The Source. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  3. ↑ Barber, Andrew (May 3, 2017). "Listen Hypno Carlito's new project 'Never Say Never Again'". Fake Shore Drive. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  4. ↑ Staff, Kollegekidd (April 26, 2015). "Hypno Carlito and Lil Varney Drop 'Forever" Music Video". KollegeKidd. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  5. ↑ Crates, Online (September 20, 2017). "Lil Durk's OTF Artist Hypno Carlito Talks Songwriting With Nick Cannon, 'Chiraq' Movie". AllHipHop. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  6. ↑ Staff, Kollegekidd (April 28, 2015). "Lil Durk Signs Chiraq Artist Hypno Carlito to OTF". KollegeKidd. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  7. ↑ Emmanuel, C.M. (January 10, 2017). "Lil Durk, YFN Lucci, Johnny Cinco, Hypno Carlito and YFN Traepound Warn Others to "Watch Out"". XXL. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  8. ↑ Barber, Andrew (August 28, 2017). "Stream Hypno Carlito's new project 'Sorry 4 The Hate'". Fake Shore Drive. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  9. ↑ Sadler, Armon (March 7, 2019). "Hypno Carlito shows star potential on new project". Elevator. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  10. ↑ Fields, J.W. (December 10, 2019). "Hypno Carlito releases new mixtape 'Good Karma'". Medium. Retrieved December 10, 2019.

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