Rolo / Waka-Trouble

Much love to my family and crew Bluezonemusica.ent and my crew back home in Panama Waka Fundation.



My struggles fuel my progress, says ROLO also known as Waka-Trouble, the music industrys answer to the mundane sounds that leave even new artists lost in the sea of homogenous sounds. ROLO masters a myriad of music and defies genre classifications by creating his own hodgepodge of Hip Hop, R&B, Reggae and Reggaeton that works well with his vocal range. ROLO has joined the Reggaeton movement and mastered this style while blending urban sounds of Hip Hop. Exuding charismatic energy, ROLO is an extraordinary performer whose name represents the dualism of his small frame, and grand presence in his voice and stature.



ROLO brings pure innovation to the music industry with his multifaceted abilities. The skillful artist spews rhymes and writes lyrics in both English and Spanish, and has the capacity to penetrate both markets in both Hip Hop & R&B. With so many styles under his belt, ROLO pleases his listeners by seamlessly switching between his sounds without losing his style. Born in Panama and raised in Brooklyn, New York, the relentlessly versatile ROLO performs as though hes married to his music and confident that the love affair will not only last, but will stand the test of rhyme or time. Destined to be the first internationally recognized Panamanian artist, ROLO pulls original lyrics and sounds from his own creative archives, drawing inspiration from Hip Hop icons like Biggie Smalls and Jay-Z, R&B legends such as Al Green and Earth Wind & Fire, and Reggae artists like Kafu Banton and Bounty Killer, and infuses the rhythmic flavor from his native Panama.



ROLO riles the crowd on his crunk sounding Act Up, where the Lil Wayne-type club joint gives permission for everyone to act a fool. On Mi Pais (my country) ROLO brings us much further south on this ode to his native Panama where his smooth transitions from English to Spanish produce meticulous visuals of all his country has to offer, and display his vocal range over his melodious Spanish hook. Blowing listeners away with his diverse styles, ROLO serves up a more conscious take on what it means to be a man on Love iz Blind. Relaying real life events, ROLO offers trying accounts of how men battle with their pride.



ROLOs musical performances span Panama, Colorado, Atlanta, California and across New York, including a Yankee Stadium performance for hit radio station WBLS-FM and a special performance for New York City Councilmember James Sanders Jr. ROLO recently incorporated his performance talents into acting and starred in Toyland and an Off Broadway run of Mamas Crazy Horse a Rockin Again, where he played a young musician faced with lifes struggles.



With a diverse menu of tracks, and a chameleon-like style, ROLOs talents will navigate him toward a territory all his own, where musicianship runs rampant and styles are endless.



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