[2][3][4] Duran grew up in the Dominican Republic before moving to the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City in 1989,[5] residing there from the ages of 5 to 19.
[6] After attending CalArts, Duran moved to Los Angeles, where he became a fixture in RAIL UP,[5] a series of recurring dance parties in the underground Afro-Caribbean night scene.
[7] In 2017, Duran released debut project 1804 Kids, which is a reference to the Haitian Revolution and "dedicated to Afro-Caribbean sounds.
"[8] Duran was recognized as "an artist you need to know" by music publication Rolling Stone in January 2019, before releasing his second full-length project 13th Month, inspired by the Sioux calendar as well as time Duran spent on the Pine Ridge Reservation amid the Lakota Tribe making a long-form video piece To The North P.I & P.II about the lives of the Native Americans on the reservations.
[10] Duran released his third full-length project Night In Tijuana in 2021, inspired by his migration to the United States in the 1980s, and is described as traversing "spiritual jazz, electronic, and ambient [sounds]".