Born Achi Avelino on 4 June 1993 in Tottenham London, UK, the British hip-hop
heavyweight known professionally as Avelino—who is of Congolese and Angolan
descent—first stepped out in the early 2010s, sharing videos of himself
freestyling under the alias AA, and dropped his debut mixtape, Underdog Music,
via More Music Records in 2013. He staked his claim as one of UK rap's hottest
new talents with the follow-up mixtape, 2014's Iconic Ambition, which helped to
grow his reputation on home soil, particularly in London, thanks to the support
of BBC Radio 1Xtra mainstay DJ Semtex. The...