An offspring of Southern California’s multi-cultural diversity, hip hop vocalist and visual artist, Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas) was spawned on a wide spectrum of suburban and urban influences, both personally and artistically.

As a teenager, Los Angeles provided him constant contact with people from different countries, cultures and wide ranges of economic classes who often had little or nothing in common. But this motivated “Ith” to bridge the gaps. He found he related to people from all over, from multitudes of social realities, often making friends with foreigners and scouring their brains for information about the ‘outside’.

This eventually inspired his own life-long ambition of travel and adventure…becoming the fundamental fuel for his seven ground-breaking hip hop albums, numerous photography and sculpture exhibits and short stories.

In addition to Los Angeles and SantaAna in California, he has resided in Lisbon, Tokyo, Athens, Rio, AkahtiLândia (Brazil) and Mexico City.

ALBUMS: So Get Up & The Lost Acapellas (2017), Voiceless Blue Raven (2013), Fishdaddy Flashbacks: Volume One (2011), SaltwaterNomad (2007), Fuse With Me-Ithaka vs cartell 70 (2005), Recorded In Rio (2004), Somewhere South Of Somalia (2001), Stellafly (1997), Flowers And The Color Of Paint (1995).

His old school hip hop classic, Escape From The City Of Angels, was featured in the soundtrack for Columbia Films, “The Replacement Killers” (directed by Antoine Fuqua & starring Oscar winning actors, Chow Yung Fat & Mira Sorvino. And Clifton Davis Jr.) In the mid-‘90s while living in Europe, he wrote lyrics and vocalized one of the biggest export dance hits in Portuguese history; Underground Sound of Lisbon’s, “So Get Up” (reaching # 8 on the UK Billboard dance charts).

In addition to contributing to soundtracks of several surf films, his music has also appeared on the highly-rated xbox-360 basketball game, NBA 2K7.

Albums: Voiceless Blue Raven (2013), Fishdaddy Flashbacks: Volume One (2011), SaltwaterNomad (2007), Fuse With Me-Ithaka vs cartell 70 (2005), Recorded In Rio (2004), Somewhere South Of Somalia (2001), Stellafly (1997), Flowers And The Color Of Paint (1995).