Anderson .Paak

Brandon Paak Anderson is a nine-time Grammy Award winner who has bent genre boundaries across R&B, hip-hop, and funk for over a decade. Born on February 8, 1986, in Oxnard, California, .Paak carries Korean and Black American heritage that has shaped his creative identity: his mother was born in South Korea during the Korean War and raised by a Black family in Compton, California. He broke through with his 2016 album Malibu, earned his first Grammy for “Bubblin” in 2019, and swept four categories at the 2022 ceremony as one half of Silk Sonic alongside Bruno Mars. Their debut single “Leave the Door Open” hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won both Song of the Year and Record of the Year. His NxWorries project with producer Knxwledge added another Grammy with Why Lawd? (2024), winning Best Progressive R&B Album. He tours with his live band Free Nationals, whose genre-fluid sets have become a concert benchmark. His ties to Korean music run deep. He collaborated with RM on “Still Life,” linked up with G-DRAGON on “TOO BAD,” and teamed with aespa on “KEYCHAIN” for his 2024 feature directorial debut K-Pops! The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival to a standing ovation, centering on a washed-up musician reconnecting with his K-pop-star son. It stars his real son Soul Rasheed alongside Arden Cho and Dumbfoundead.