Malibu Ken (also known as Aesop Rock & TOBACCO are Malibu Ken) is an American hip hop duo composed of rapper Aesop Rock and multi-instrumentalist Tobacco.
The duo released their eponymous debut album on January 18, 2019, through Rhymesayers Entertainment.
In 2007, Tobacco's band Black Moth Super Rainbow opened for part of a North American tour headlined by Aesop Rock.
[2] The following year, Aesop featured on the track "Dirt" from Tobacco's debut album Fucked Up Friends.
[3] In November 2018, the pair announced that they were releasing their debut album under the moniker Malibu Ken in January 2019, and released the album's first single "Acid King" and its accompanying music video at the same time.