Hailing from Bakersfield, California, Zacari Pacaldo is an up and coming R&B/Pop singer.

Notable songs of his include “Foggy Windows” and his various collaborations with TDE artists such as Isaiah Rashad, Ab-Soul, and Kendrick Lamar.

His breakout feature came on 2017’s “LOVE.” from Kendrick Lamar’s album DAMN.—a song he pitched to Kendrick himself.

In an interview with Pitchfork, he recounts how he got into music:

My parents had me in a performing arts school when I was like 8 years old, so I’ve been singing. I used to do like Elvis and James Brown stuff as a kid. And then I really got into like writing and singing when I joined the worship team for my youth group at the church. I learned how to play guitar, so I was initially just playing guitar. And then I started singing while playing guitar. And then I ended up leading the whole church’s band, all through high school, and I played saxophone through high school too, jazz band and stuff like that.

On January 25, 2019, Zacari was announced as TDE’s newest signee along with the release of his debut single, “Don’t Trip.”