Ignacio Lopez Jr. aka “DELACiiO” was born and raised in Oakland, CA. While he still resides in the Bay Area, his parents’ pueblos and his Mexican culture have never left him. As a kid, he watched telenovelas with his mom who herself was a singer.  His dad also aspired to be a singer and was responsible for turning DELACiiO onto old school Mexican bands such as the Mexican Grupera band, Los Bukis.

Melding the influences of his parents, local rappers and MTV, DELACiiO began to view his life as a suspense drama in which his musical influences became its soundtrack and provided a path out of the danger that surrounded him growing up.

At 14 he started making music with a friend from school that had a recording studio at home. He was excited to check it out and imagined it to be like the home studios he'd seen on MTV’s “Cribs”. He began to rap referencing other rappers and by highschool he was putting out his own music via a youth program that saved him from getting pulled into the nefarious pursuits of some of his peers. As word got out about his rapping skills, he linked up with local Panamanian rappers, Los Rakas. After touring, performing  and writing with them (Raka IGGI), he met their producer Frederick Melendez, aka Stylolive.

Although music was his passion, his professional pursuits veered outside of entertainment as he learned new, more lucrative business skills.  Despite his newfound professional success, he missed being creative.  After a particularly painful romantic breakup, he realized true happiness could only be achieved if he started to make music again.  

After reassessing his musical style, he decided to reinvent himself from an artist who rapped in English to a singer who sang in Spanish.  After playing a new song to Stylolive, who immediately vibed to it, he knew that moving to a more “Urbano Regional'' sound was the right path forward sonically for newly incarnated, DELACiiO.

By blending intricate stories of everyday life with all of his musical influences- Musica Mexicana, Reggaeton, Hip-hop- DELACiiO has created both a unique visual and musical language that pulses through all of his songs. He tells stories that conjure the drama of pueblo life as seen through the lens of a 21st century Mexican-American desperado.

Music and Art are my Life. Doing Tattoos bring me joy, but Music is my passion. I do this because I love this. Take a listen and I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed making them! 

The classic; Everybody loves ice cream..
I like to rhyme over dope instrumentals made by Jai Swift
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jus a young man tryna make sum classic music

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