Kortnee Simmons, also known as Kaito, is an American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor from New York with African, Dominican, Brazilian, Jamaican, and Native American roots. He is the nephew of Joseph Simmons, also known as Rev Run of the hip-hop group, Run DMC, and the nephew of entrepreneur, producer and author Russell Simmons. Since signing a distribution deal with Empire (Ghazi Shami, CEO/Founder), Kortnee has amassed over 15 million streams for his singles: "Secrets", "The Real", and "Don't Take It Personal". The singer has shared the stage with artists such as Betty Wright, Chris Brown, J. Holiday, Mya, August Alsina, Leikeli-47 and Baauer. He's also appeared in 'The Get Down' with Jaden Smith and Giancarlo Esposito, TeenNick Top 10 with Nick Cannon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and at the 2015 Nickelodeon HALO Awards.