Adam Narkiewicz (born: May 16, 1980),[2] better known online as Akira The Don (also known as Meaningwave), is an American musician, DJ, former rapper, YouTuber, and the creator of the genre "Meaningwave" on YouTube, SoundCloud and Spotify.[3]
He is most known for making songs such as Hypocrite and CLONES, two songs that are well known in Newgrounds in the 2000s, with collaboration to his little brother (Zef on Newgrounds) and Wonchop, animator for TomSka.[citation needed]
Music Career[]
He first started with his first extended play in 2004 titled Akira the Don's first EP, supposedly with his first song The Drinking Song, which got known in Newgrounds in that year.[4] In 2005, he released his second EP titled AAA, featuring three songs.[5] One of them being Patrick, which Akira The Don himself said in his livestream during the power outage in Texas, was about someone who he had known in 1997, before Patrick took his own life.[citation needed] The music video was up in Real Player before it became unavailable to access it again. The music video however was uploaded to YouTube in 2006.
It was later in 2006 where he made his first album, which being When We Were Young, which was his first album released. He would later gain more attention with his song Oh! What a Glorious Thing, Hypocrite and Clones, as those songs helped his recognition on the internet.[citation needed]
As of 2017, and now, he's been making songs with his own genre, Meaningwave, a mixture of Vaporwave, and soundbites, with some of the videos including people such as Jordan B Peterson, Alan Watts, and Elon Musk, which is aimed at inspiring people to find wholesomeness in their lives.[citation needed]