Cro is a rapper from Aalen, Germany who creates a brand of rap music that he describes as "raop"-- a combination of rap and pop. He began recording his music at age 13 and took up piano and guitar before releasing his debut mixtape Trash, in 2009. During his first large-scale tour with the Norwegian hip-hop duo Madcon in 2011, he appeared on stage in the panda mask that has since become his signature.
