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Ko Kapches (born c. 1986), better known by the stage name KO ( ), is a Canadian musician whose music is a mix of folk, hip hop, reggae, rock and R&B〔〔〔(Adams, Bill, "REVIEWS: KO", ''Ground Control Magazine'', Sep 14, 2009 ) Last retrieved Oct 11, 2010〕 —a sound which KO refers to as "urban-funk and urban-folk".〔(Skinner, Jesse, "Meet Ko", ''Toro Magazine'', Sep 4, 2010 ) Last retrieved Oct 11, 2010〕〔(KO's bio from his official website ) Last retrieved Oct 11, 2010〕 ==Early life and musical career== KO was born into a middle class Greek family in Toronto;〔(Infantry, Ashante, "Music lovers, meet Ko: Short name, long story", ''Toronto Store'', Aug 23, 2009 ) Last retrieved Oct 11, 2010〕〔(Schneider, Jason, "KO comes up swinging", ''The Waterloo Record'', Oct 6, 2010 ) Last retrieved Oct 11, 2010〕 his mother was a curator for the Royal Ontario Museum and his father a real estate lawyer.〔 Raised in the Toronto neighbourhood of Riverdale,〔〔 KO grew-up in a musical environment; "we always had guitars around," KO said in an interview. "I even went for guitar lessons, but after two or three lessons my teacher told me that my hands were too small and that I would never be a guitar player. I never went back."〔〔(Grainger, Lia "Toronto's KO turns troubles into tracks", ''Canwest News Source'', Aug 28, 2009 ) Last retrieved Oct 11, 2010〕 While staying with friends involved in hip hop, he began to experiment with recording guitar over drum beats and eventually laid some tracks in a recording studio.〔〔 His parents recognized that KO was becoming serious about his music and helped to connect him with someone in the music business.〔 By 2006 he was signed by Atlantic Records New York, along with their Canadian affiliate Warner Music Canada later that same year.〔〔(Flanagan, Marty, "Interview: KO", ''Showcase'', Aug 28, 2009 ) Last retrieved Oct 11, 2010〕
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