KGoon
Artist
KGoon, born Brandon Buissereth, grew up in Montreal’s Little Burgundy neighbourhood with a keen sense of musical capability from an early age. “I started with my cousin, Seven LC. I’d say we were about 10 years old. We started at his crib, in his basement. At one point, we were just like, ‘Yo, let’s make some music.’ We went and bought a little microphone at the dollar store and started fucking around with his computer.
Although KGoon admits that this material and an early mixtape were “Not good at all,” the 21-year-old has since developed into one of the city’s most beloved hip hop figures. This was in part due to his breakout hit “100 Bandz.” Sitting at a healthy 340,000 views on YouTube, the single has received the attention of industry greats such as Boi-1da, Metro Boomin (both of whom played the track during Montreal tour stops), A-Trak (who brought the rapper onstage as a surprise guest during his Fool’s Gold Day Off concerts, two years in a row) and, most notably, New York veteran N.O.R.E., who had KGoon perform the track not one but six times during his Montreal show this past May.
