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Omar Apollo

Omar Apollo, born Omar Velasco and the youngest of three siblings, is a Mexican-American singer/songwriter from Hobart, Indiana.

He released his EP, titled Friends, on April 10, 2019. The same day, Fader also premiered its documentary about Omar Apollo at the Chelsea Music Hall.

Pitchfork described his music as having "underlying themes of longing and sweet defeat, and he cites James Blake’s haunted minimalism, the internet’s modern R&B, and Sly and the Family Stone’s vintage funk as musical guideposts."

In April 2019, YouTube Music named him, along with others, to its Foundry international artist development program.