Ever since getting hooked on HipHop in the mid 90ies, Retainer Hitokiri has had nothing but love for the music and the culture of HipHop. Since his first shows beginning around 2004, the half-Austrian, half-Irish rapper has performed in all major locations in Styria (Austria) as well as a dozen different festivals.
Based in Graz, the second largest city in the country, he has tantalized audiences for over a decade, thanks to his energetic shows, smart rhymes and powerful voice and has worked with artists and producers from Austria, France, Sweden, the USA and Canada.
As a member of the rap crews audio.matic and RAF Entertainment, he has opened shows for the likes of notable artists such as RA The Rugged Man, Masta Ace, Akil The MC of Jurassic 5, Louis Logic, Delinquent Habits, DJ Marco Polo, Snowgoons, Reef the Lost Cauze, Block McLoud and Olli Banjo, to name a few.
An underground artist, whose high-energy showmanship always needed the adrenaline-kick only fans and the stage could provide him, delighted in the knowing that tracks like “El Presidente”, “War”, “Klassick”, “Hammer It Down” and, most notably, “Roadkill” have excited listeners of all ages.