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Kano

English rapper, songwriter and actor
Person human Q444224

Facts

24 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
May 21, 1985
Place of birth
East Ham
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[8]
Occupation
rapper, association football player, record producer, recording artist, musician, songwriter, actor[9][10]
Educated at
Langdon School, Newham, Barking and Dagenham College[11][12]
Genre
UK rap, rhythm and blues, grime, UK garage[16][17][18][19]
Official website
www.ka-no.com[30]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[32]
Birth name
Kane Brett Robinson[33]
Different from
Kano[36]
Discography
Kano discography[23]
Family name
Robinson[25]
Given name
Kane, Brett[26][27]
Instrument
voice[31]
Member of sports team
Chelsea F.C., West Ham United F.C.[14][15]
Name in native language
Kane Robinson, Kano[34][35]
P14750
70EA-F16B-F22C-4BC7-1FDA
Pseudonym
Kano, KA[28][29]
Record label
679 Artists, Bigger Picture Music Group, Parlophone[20][21][22]
Social media followers
185k (144k–327k, n=8)[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]
Sport
association football[24]
Start of work period
2000[37]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 36
ISNI
000000007850260X
VIAF cluster ID
85573258
GND ID
13550399X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Kano (Rapper).jpg ↗
Acharts.co artist ID
kano
AllMusic artist ID
mn0001900173
Apple Music artist ID
7293994
BBC Things ID
9e226aa4-020e-4d67-b8e4-3218a438c2b6
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
156042232
CineMagia person ID
383366
Companies House officer ID
vDaSI4drLPiZZJcQ6uhqrppKK8Y
Deezer artist ID
3539
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
13550399X
Discogs artist ID
193236
Facebook username
TheRealKano
Famous Birthdays ID
people/kano
Film.ru person ID
kano
Freebase ID
/m/01wggcp
IMDb ID
nm1872945
Instagram username
therealkano
Kinobox person ID
949891
MusicBrainz artist ID
2bf3971e-8595-4bd2-aace-8a71c42afb66, 682a01f8-5edf-4b74-b776-911de0a20d78
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
66732
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000214047
Myspace ID
kanorecordings
NME artist ID
kano
Podchaser creator ID
107a4TBC6M
Rate Your Music artist ID
kano
Shazam artist ID
7293994
SoundCloud ID
therealkano
Spotify artist ID
50nN8IFD4xA67fI4jYbLV4
TMDB person ID
1216121
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJq6Vtk763mDDbvYKYQ6rq
X (Twitter) username
therealkano, TheRealKano
YouTube channel ID
UCX0eAghP7jrWHWfYBAhrnVw
ČSFD person ID
499309

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🔗 Connections
Mb:performer of 7
140 Grime St, Home Sweet Home, Hoodies All Summer, London Town, Made in the Manor, Method to the Maadness, Pow 2011
Occupation 7
actor, musician, record producer, songwriter, association football player, rapper, recording artist
Genre 4
rhythm and blues, grime, UK garage, UK rap
Mb:lyricist 2
Against All Odds, Against All Odds
Mb:writer 2
This Is the Girl, This Is the Girl
Member of sports team 2
Chelsea F.C., West Ham United F.C.
Record label 2
Parlophone, 679 Artists
← Cast member 2
Top Boy, The Kitchen
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Different from 1
Kano
Family name 1
Robinson
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
voice
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Mb:member of band 1
Nasty Crew
Place of birth 1
East Ham
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
association football
← Different from 1
Kano
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Summary

Kano was born on May 21, 1985[1], in East Ham[2]. He has worked as a rapper[3], association football player[4], record producer[5], recording artist[6], and musician[7].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[46]

  • Country: GB[47]

  • Began / founded: 1985-05-21[48]

  • Genre(s): battle rap, freestyle, grime, hip hop, r&b[49]

  • Community tags: battle rap, british, freestyle, grime, hip hop, london, r&b, uk[50]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 2bf3971e-8595-4bd2-aace-8a71c42afb66[51]

FAQs

Where was Kano born?

Kano's place of birth was East Ham[2].

What did Kano do for work?

Kano worked as a rapper[3], association football player[4], record producer[5], recording artist[6], and musician[7].

Where did Kano go to school?

Kano was educated at Langdon School, Newham[11] and Barking and Dagenham College[12].

Related Entities

Parlophone United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [5] ↑ . bbc.co.uk. bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  12. [7] ↑ . Companies House. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  44. [44] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  45. [45] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [46] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [49] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [50] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [51] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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  1. 26w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    NME artist ID → kano
    Genre → —
    Record label → 679 Artists, Bigger Picture Music Group, Parlophone
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+323892'}, {'amount': '+318204'}, {'amount': '+144000'} +5
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ NME artist ID: kano, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214802852|kano (#214802852)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7190|NME artist]] #mix'n'match"
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