Growing up in Voorhees, New Jersey with a mother from Boston and a father from Cameroon, Africa; Ako seldom found a place for himself, being viewed by some as not "African enough" and others as not "American enough." At the age of 17, he found his place in music. It was the discovery of a beat-making program on a computer in the school lab that led Ako to fall in love with making music. Growing up, much of his inspiration was due largely to that fact that he began finding less and less music that he wanted to buy.
Drawing on the skill of taking a story apart and piecing it back together like Quentin Tarantino in his films, Isaac Hayes in his lyrics and The Roots in their music arrangement; he put together his first project My Point of Hue in 2008. The album produced a recollection of memories from his life over beats sampled from the cartoon series "Peanuts." When Ako produced the beat for the song "Gave You" for Amir Taron, they vibed immediately. They started making music together. Some tracks went to Ako's album; some went to Amir Taron's album. Amir Taron dropped watercoloroncanvas the same year. That was the beginning of Chemistry Music Collective. Chemistry Music Collective is now made up of several artists including producers, Deleon, Mute and J the Audiophile.
"My Point of Hue" was met with praise on the underground Hip-Hop circuit in Philadelphia and throughout New Jersey. He is back in the studio working on his second project, Stained Glass Shattered Thoughts and Broken Syllables.
