KAZE401

Kaze401 — who identifies himself as Roger Gil in both his SoundCloud bio and his official Spotify bio — was born in 1992 in Rhode Island. By his own account, given in a 2015 interview, he didn't know Latin hip hop at all growing up in the United States; that came later, when around 2005, at about fourteen, he moved to Medellín, Colombia.

In Medellín he joined the "Skuelas," community hip hop schools active across the city's comunas, and that's where he began forming as a rapper. He has built essentially his entire documented career inside Colombia's hip hop scene ever since — his own official Spotify bio sums it up this way: "a Medellín rapper with roots in Providence, RI," naming Medellín as his base and Providence as his origin, never the other way around.

In 2014 he releases "UNA" alongside Pipe Bega — today the most-viewed video on his own YouTube channel, at 489,000 views. A year later, in 2015, "Joven y Loco" follows, featuring Golpe a Golpe, documented both by an mdesigner.co write-up and by the video's own upload-date tag on his channel.

On December 11, 2015, he releases Gordonea, his first album, alongside Esco Soundz — the same name, "Gordonea," he has used ever since as a personal alias, independent of the record. Apple Music credits the album with a 2017 copyright line, two years after its own release date — a discrepancy documented as-is, never reconciled.

On January 22, 2018, he releases Los Gordos, an eight-track album with Ac Black — the first collaborator with whom he would build a recurring working relationship over the following years. It's a self-released project: Apple Music credits it directly to "Kaze401," with no outside label. The track "Chimba de Parche (El Weed)" adds Gelo as a guest.

On October 14, 2022, he releases FRESCO, with Jlla Rabbit, under the label Monopolio Media. Around the same period, "ESO ES TODO," an EP, also circulates — its existence confirmed by a releases shelf on his own YouTube channel ("Ay Dios Mío," "BellaK," "NeaLUV," "PARCE," "JOSEO"), though without an exact date or verified cover art.

On June 2, 2023, he appears as a guest on "Neas Paradise (Remix)," by Jayb Prodigy, Kiño, and Ultrajala, alongside Edi Manrique El Tito, Alias Ramirez, JR Ruiz, and El Piti — all of them, like Kaze401, part of the Colombian hip hop scene, never the Massachusetts scene. It is, to date, his most-viewed appearance on any project, his own or someone else's: 821,000 views.

Starting in late 2024, his catalog moves to the label ABNATION: "Fácil Olvidar" (November 26, 2024, with FL), "GARXON" (January 30, 2025, solo), "DOS REINAS" (April 30, 2025, with Ac Black), "QNQ" (August 28, 2025, with Jeip), and "CLOSE FRIENDS" (October 29, 2025, solo).

"COSAS RARAS" follows on February 14, 2026, with Ac Black and Edi Manrique El Tito, and "TÓXICOS" on May 31, 2026, solo — a title it shares with other, unrelated songs by other artists, including one already documented elsewhere in this archive (Castleurbano/ONIX); Kaze401's version is a different song by a different artist, released on a different date. "Si No Estás," with Liryc Dealer, arrives August 17, 2026.

In October 2026, he launches "Producto Del Ghetto," his own podcast on the history of Colombian hip hop, powered by ABNATION — its first episode, with Pipe Bega as a guest, is his most recent documented activity. His Spotify bio adds that he is today also behind "En La Juega," a platform dedicated to Colombian hip hop whose exact nature couldn't be independently confirmed beyond that same bio.