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Kent "Kent M$ney" Aboko was born in Norfolk, VA on August 2nd 1988. In the fourth grade Kent and his family relocated to Southern California's Inland Empire. 

In 2008 Kent M$ney joined the Inland Empire based collective The Surf Club. Members Include: Hit-Boy, Chase N Cashe, Chili Chil, Young Ry, B. Carr, and Stacy Barthe. Two years later in August 2010 under the Surf Club banner Kent M$ney released his debut project entitled Becoming. Becoming featured appearances from noted newcomers: 

TY$, Big K.R.I.T (Def Jam) and Frank Ocean (Def Jam/ OFWGKTA). Boasting production from: Hit-Boy (The Thorne, Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, Justin Bieber), Chase N. Cashe (Lil Wayne, Casey Veggies, Dom Kennedy) and Boi-1da (Drake). Becoming received raved reviews on various tastemakers and online publications.

April 2013, Kent M$ney released his sophomore album Eyes Wide Shut. When asked what listeners can expect from this project, Kent M$ney simply answered; "The truth, not opinion". This album will be truth about self, truth about life, truth about love and truth about hate. I will speak on things most rappers will and will not like; “truth in the best of times and truth in the darkest of times.”

With the premiere of his heavily awaited visual EP, “Crowned,” Kent M$ney and Lions League Cloth rung in this occasion with a private release party.  This private engagement was held in the Reebok Showroom in Los Angeles, and hosted by Reebok Event Producer Katrina Jo.  Complete with assorted gifts, guests were able to enjoy the “Crowned” nine-part EPK series, that Kent M$ney and the All Def Digital team created in preparation for the album release.  

Following up his “Crowned” release engagement, Kent joined Hit-Boy and HS87 on the Made in America, Los Angeles Festival stage. Opening up and setting the tone for the weekend festivities, Kent performed smash anthems “Home Alone” and “Summertime in the City,” featuring Hit-Boy, and hit-single “Grindin’ My Whole Life.”

Kent M$ney, Lions League Cloth, and All Def Digital present a visual series titled ‘Crowned.’ An illustration inside the mind of a king, a poet, and artist Kent M$ney. Presenting his album in an innovative way, M$ney will be releasing nine episodes to present each track of his project ‘Crowned’

The complete “Crowned” nine-part EPK visual series is available for your viewing and listening pleasure at Youtube.com

“Presentation and genuine artistic creativity is scarce these days, especially in an industry feeding the machine. What I decided to do is come up with a genuine idea, an idea that would inspire the culture. Rather than just sharing my music with you, I decided to take you on this journey with me.” Kent M$eny 

FWD.us—a tech policy advocacy group founded by Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and other influential leaders in the tech community—invited Kent and Lion’s League to perform at their #SXSW Happy Hour event, entitled, #InnovationForAmerica, during #SXSW Interactive.  Kent performed in front of a private audience of 300 people—coming together to commemorate the accomplishments FWD.us has achieved, and to continue building momentum for comprehensive immigration reform, which isFWD.us’ current policy reform focus.  Kent performed an 11-song set, hitting every album—playing classics “Gotta Be” and “Make Something,” and new gems “Summertime in the City” and “Patience”.  Kent is accustomed to performing during #SXSW Music, but performing during the Interactive segment of #SXSW was a new and exciting experience.  Kent was able to play in front of a crowd of now, Kent M$ney and Lion’s League fans, and meet with a variety of people in attendance, from Congressman, to White House officials and Venture philanthropists.  The vibe during#SXSW Interactive is much different than the Music portion, in a good way.  It was pleasure and great honor to be invited by FWD.us to perform at their event.


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