AUGUST

An upcoming rapper and CEO of Private Beach Entertainment, AUGUST grew up listening to a wide variety of musical genres, which sparked his passion for the art of music. Growing up in the church, he became well versed in the piano as well as in hand bells and, by the age of 10, had written his first song.

Under the pseudonym “AJ”, his first commercial release in 2017 dubbed “Appearances” did well among fans and tastemakers nearly racking 1,000 plays upon release. However, his follow up single “Anthrax & AppleJuice” (2017) exploded garnering over 6,000 plays within its first two weeks of release.

Following the success of “Anthrax & AppleJuice”, AUGUST released his debut mixtape, “The Pursuit of Something” in the spring of 2017 amassing over 4,000+ views with the stand out track, “Medulla Oblongata”.

Gaining traction in Oregon, AUGUST was invited to perform in the 2018 Willamette Valley Music Festival alongside names like Mr. Carmack and STRFKR. Spring boarding off the high of his performance, AUGUST released his second mixtape “Black Halo” in May 2018, which was well received by local bloggers, tastemakers, and generated over 1500 streams within the first month of release on Soundcloud. On fan favorite tracks like “Cornbread”, blog site The Word is Bond wrote that AUGUST had an “ interesting flow and song premise” as well as being “well crafted for sure”.  Similarly, blog site, LA On Lock, commented that AUGUST’s “talent is in his flow”.

In August 2019, AUGUST released his single “Haunter” seemed divisive amongst blog sites and influencers.  Sites like EARMILK, The Stock Exchange, and MonsterHitsMusic claimed “the lyrics are dense and somewhat insightful”, “the vocal performance [being] sick”, and that the track had “excellent vocal tone…nice flow to it…[and the] music production is done.” While others like LA On Lock wrote “…[While] the hook here never grabbed me…. I hear talent”. The track was also picked up by popular Spotify curator, Chill Select, and ranked #20 in their Pure Hip Hop Mixtape for 2020 playlist.

Determined to prove himself, he rebranded himself to AUGUST. His track “Haunter” caught the ears of Sean Healy Presents, which lead to AUGUST performing alongside Old Man Saxon from Netflix’s hit Hip Hop show “Rhythm & Flow” in December of 2019.

Currently, AUGUST is collaborating with LA producer/engineer, Sergio Cortez, who has worked alongside Young Thug, Prodigy, Lil B and whose work has been featured on VH1, MTV, and the NFL Network.

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