He first gained notability for his commercial debut single, "Caroline", which peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

[8] Aminé graduated from Benson Polytechnic High School, and attended Portland State University to study marketing before dropping out to focus on his music career full time.

Aminé went on to release his self-directed music video for "Caroline" through his Vevo channel on YouTube on June 1, 2016.

Aminé went on to release his second single under Republic Records, titled "Baba" on November 4, 2016, following the success of "Caroline".

[22] Aminé was named as one of the ten members of XXL's "2017 Freshman Class" on June 13, 2017, alongside rappers A Boogie wit da Hoodie, PnB Rock, Playboi Carti, Ugly God, Kyle, MadeinTYO, Kamaiyah, Kap G, and XXXTentacion.

[41] On November 3, Aminé announced on Instagram and Twitter that his mixtape, titled TwoPointFive, would release the following day on Friday.

[42] The following day Aminé would reveal the tracklist and cover art for the mixtape[43] On November 5, TwoPointFive was released.

[44] On April 7, 2023, Aminé and Kaytranada released "4eva" featuring Pharrell Williams, the first single from their joint album.

[45] In October 2023, Aminé was featured in the track "C'mon" by South Korean singer Jini from the EP An Iron Hand in a Velvet Glove.

[7] Aminé has listed Quentin Tarantino as his favorite director;[47] he wants to branch out into film directing and fashion.

I'm black, and I'm proud my skin is brown and I'm loud, everybody love it when a rapper tells some lies well that ain't me, homie, I guess that's a surprise America wanna act all happy and holy but deep down inside they're like Brad and Jolie, Caroline divine and I won't get specific, Club Banana the illest and it's too terrific, You can never make America great again, all you ever did was make this country hate again.