Sugi Dakks is the brainchild of Kyle Donald, originally from Lakeport, CA and now based in Los Angeles. A college graduate in Jazz Piano and Cuspi National Slam Poetry finalist, his dual interests in poetry and music merged into the jazz-tinged hip-hop sound that is Sugi Dakks. His first singles have reached over 1 Million plays on Spotify, Soundcloud & Youtube, and have been showcased on the hit TV series “Power”. Sugi Dakks has been performing live shows around Los Angeles, including The Avalon, The Echo, The Mint, multiple SoFar Sounds shows, The Viper Room, Whiskey-A-Go-Go, The Hi Hat, The Study, and multiple protest oriented events. The live show includes real instrumentation combined with a dynamic blend of piano playing and rapping from Sugi Dakks. Also a prolific producer, Sugi Dakks was a producer on Grammy Nominated Artist Wale’s latest album, “Wow, That’s Crazy”, and Grammy Nominated major label artist Chika’s Debut EP “Industry Games”. Vocals/ Keys / Producer / Writer Kyle Donald @sugidakks Drums / Jarren Heidelberg @theyungdrumma Guitar / Michael Plasencia @mikei.p Bass / Josh Howard @jhow275
