Grown Kids

Grown Kids グロウンキッズ Is A Unit Founded In June 2014 In Japan. Their Music Is A Mix Of Pop Hip-Rock And Rock But Also Has Country Influences. They Consist Of Lafa Taylor ラフャー And Jamil Kazumi カズミ . Jamil Kazumi Is From California And Fluent In English Japanese Thai And Spanish.
His Music Career Started When He Was 14 Forming A Unit With A Classmate And They Sold Over 12.000 Copies Of Their Self-Produced Album By Themselves.
Then He Stayed In Thailand For A Year Of Study In Order To Apply To Universities In Japan As A Scholarship Student Being 19 Years Old.
That's Where He Got In Touch With Japanese Culture And Decided To Work With Artists In Japan.
He Made His Major Debut In 2010 And Released One Album And Two Singles By Now. Besides That He Also Collaborated And Produced Music For Naoto Inti Raymi And SCANDAL Among Others. Lafa Taylor Rafa Is From Hawaii But Lives In California Now. He Produced An Album Himself Aged 17 And Started Musical Activities In Costa Rica Then Came To Japan.
He Also Participated In The Tour And Music As Support Of Def Tech And Also Is A Member Of The E.D.O. In Japan. He Is Based On The United States Now And Has Wide-Ranging Activities Etc. Such As Beat Box Producer Graphic Designer Photographer And Designer Of A Brand. In 2014 He Also Participated At Coachella Festival In The USA. Those Two Guys Met Backstage At The Def Tech Tour In 2006. Lafa Taylor Has Also Participated In The Single Of Jamil Kazmi In 2010 Where They Met By Chance. Their Music As A Unit Is Influenced By Jason Mraz Ed Sheeran Travie McCoy Etc. And Is A Mix Of Hip Hop R'n'B Country And Rock Fusing Into A New Mixed Sound. In July 2014 They Released Their First Single "BOTTLE ROCKET" Being Supported By ONE OK ROCK's Vocalist TAKA And Megan Joy Followed By Their First Album "first Words" Released On August 20th 2014. read less