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From SoundCloud to the cover of Billboard.

Kaytranada did make a few stops in between, with Grammy wins and Grammy losses (to Beyoncé), his 2016 debut album 99.9%, and the Wiz-inspired Coachella show a few weeks ago.

But before he was a magazine cover story, most of us found out about “Kaytradamus” from his SoundCloud remixes.

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