Aloe Blacc

Aloe Blacc, born Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III, is a singer whose warmth I find genuinely disarming. A University of Southern California graduate who chose music, he turned his guest vocal on Avicii's Wake Me Up into a global moment, topping charts in twenty-two countries with a voice that feels like open sky. What I appreciate most is that he's no one-hit novelty: he writes, raps, and plays multiple instruments, a true craftsman rather than a passing trend. I rate that depth highly.

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Name (English)

Aloe Blacc

Name (Japanese)

アロー・ブラック

Reading

あろー・ぶらっく

Born

January 7, 1979 (age 47)

Origin

Newport Beach, California, United States

Occupation

singer / composer / rapper / multi-instrumentalist / musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Goat

High school

Laguna Hills High School

University

University of Southern California

• Official sitehttps://www.aloeblacc.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/aloeblacc/
• Xhttps://x.com/aloeblacc
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloe%20Blacc
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49319

Tags

• California
• singer
• composer
• rapper

Last updated

September 25, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.