1key, primarily referred to as a Hip Hop Poet, is an independent artist experimenting with words, sounds, music, visuals, installation, acting and live performance among others. He mainly writes in Englishm French and Kinyarwanda though he fluently speaks three other languages that he learned throughout his life on the move since he was a child. His music influences are a mix of Rwandan traditional folk, Hip Hop, Congolese Rhumba, RnB, Soul, Pop and a few others. He currently lives in East Africa and occasionally touring across Europe, mainly Germany, France and Belgium.
1key has collaborated with great talents such as Saul Williams on Nepfune Frost- an afro-futuristic film that premiered at Cannes Festival 2021 and landed on New York Times Best Movies of 2022 list.
In 2022, 1key was defacto Grammy-nomitated for featuring on three-times Grammy Winner Poet and author J Ivy's album Catching Dreams;
Gael Faye has shown love and appreciation for 1key's lyricism and skill on a number of his sets including this performance in Toulouse, France ;
1key considers himself a citizen of the world so there's a chance you might see him soon.
Here you can check out 1key's 2023 album Ki.
