Kaytranada


Louis Kevin Celestin, known by his stage name Kaytranada,, is a Haitian-Canadian DJ and record producer. Celestin began his career under the alias Kaytradamus in 2010. He is one half of the hip hop duo The Celestics, along with his brother Lou Phelps.

Early life

Kaytranada was born Louis Kevin Celestin on August 25, 1992 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Shortly after he was born, his family relocated to Montreal where he was raised. Kaytranada began to DJ at the age of 14. The following year, at the age of 15, Kaytranada began to produce after his brother introduced him to FL Studio.

Career

Celestin began his career under the name Kaytradamus in 2010. He released two projects as Kaytradamus before changing his name to Kaytranada in 2012. Kaytranada has released 13 projects and 41 remixes. He has toured more than 50 Canadian, American, European and Australian cities.
During 2015, Kaytranada opened for two nights of Madonna's Rebel Heart Tour, one in Canada and one in the United States.
In December 2014, he signed an exclusive recording agreement with XL Recordings. His debut album, 99.9%, was released on May 6, 2016. The album includes features from GoldLink, AlunaGeorge, Syd tha Kyd, Anderson Paak, and Vic Mensa, among others. He also collaborated with Craig David on the song "Got It Good", which is on David's sixth studio album, Following My Intuition.
Speculation arose that Kaytranada and producer Rick Rubin had started working together when a photo of them surfaced online around February 2015. It was later confirmed that they had formed a partnership backed by Pulse Recordings.
Kaytranada won the 2016 Polaris Music Prize for his album 99.9%. The album received a score of 8.0 from Pitchfork. On December 13, 2019, his second album, Bubba, was released on RCA Records. It received a score of 8.1 from Pitchfork.
Kaytranada is on the roster for HW&W Recordings, an independent label based in Los Angeles and Toronto with other artists such as Mike Gao, Gravez, and Tek.Lun.

Personal life

Kaytranada revealed he is gay in an interview with The Fader in April 2016.

Discography

As Kaytranada

Studio albums

Awards and nominations