Buffalo, New York-based rapper ElCamino pays heed to his East Coast hip-hop roots, sticking to the boom bap sound and his association with Griselda Records.

Although born in Buffalo, he moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he recorded his first forays into music. Shortly after, he moved back to Buffalo to pursue music more seriously, originally under the name Meechy Camino and by attaching himself to rap crew Local Residents. His debut solo recordings dropped in 2015, including "Doxa," "The Natural," and "1996." The following year he met Westside Gunn and became associated with Griselda Records. They planned their first proper tour in the summer of 2017, but ElCamino couldn't join them because he was on probation and wearing an ankle monitor. He used the time to write and begin recording his debut album, 2018's ElCamino, at which point he dropped Meechy from his name. A further nine projects were released over the next two years, including standout release Lott Abraham in 2019. The releases kept on coming, with four full-length projects in 2022, including Let There Be Light and ElCamino 3. ~ Liam Martin, Rovi