Marlon Fung (Issa Gold) and Akeem Joseph (AK) grew up just a few blocks from each other in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

[1][2] AK began rapping at the age of eleven, later on in high school he would work under the stage name The Underachiever.

The duo then began making music together under the name "The Underachievers" after a producer pushed them to work together, which resulted in them forming the group.

[8] Around the same time they signed they released their third music video for "Herb Shuttles", which has gotten over seventeen million views on YouTube.

[9][10] Around mid-2012, The Underachievers, Pro Era and Flatbush Zombies formed the New York hip hop supergroup Beast Coast.

[11] The duo released their first official mixtape Indigoism on February 1, 2013, via Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder record label.

[15] Following the release of Indigoism they toured North America and Australia with Joey Badass, Pro Era and Flatbush Zombies from March 21 until April 20, 2013.

All the lyrical conscious expanding knowledge filled magical triple optic shit will have to wait for the upcoming album.

[25] XXL gave the mixtape a 4 out of 5 saying, "This project from The Underachievers may not be as deep and reflective as Indigoism, but it has its high points and serves as a step forward with the group.

With a captivating performance in the final half of the tape, the Lords of Flatbush will surely have fans on the edge of their seat for their upcoming album.

[28] On November 19, 2013, Issa Gold confirmed that The Underachievers would be releasing their debut album The Cellar Door in early 2014.

[29] Then in December 2013, The Underachievers were featured on Talib Kweli's sixth studio album Gravitas, on the song "New Leaders".

[30] On January 28, 2014, Issa Gold updated saying that the album would be released by April 2014,[31] however, it was eventually pushed back to August 12, 2014 now retitled Cellar Door: Terminus Ut Exordium.

Shortly after the album dropped, The Underachievers announced a two-month tour with fellow "Beast Coast" members The Flatbush Zombies, as Clockwork Indigo.

On February 23, 2016, the line up for hip hop artists at the 2016 Osheaga Music Festival were announced; the Underachievers were one of the acts.