Acito
Acito, (A.K.A Alexander Murphy/Ace) is an artist from Stockton, California. Born and raised in the East Side of town proudly representing “The A”/“1700” to “Oak Park”/“3800” he quickly became one of the city’s top artists, and undoubtably one of the first to put Stockton on the map, just following Haiti Babii, and MBNel.
Acito simply has music in his genes, being cousins and around with Lil1700Adrian, 1700Bubba & Nicky 900.
Acito, only “rapping” for 5 years, has definitely had an impact on the industry and those around him. Having that now-classic “Bay-Area/NorCal” type sound, you can also hear that in some new artist surrounding Ace, such as LilP209, and his cousin Bkandzmb3z, who’s also cousins with MBNel.
His first release “72 Barz” Released on his own platform, shot him to the top, now sitting at 5 million views. After following the hit with multiple singles, one of which being “Deep End”, released on the Thizzler YouTube Page, now sitting at 1.5 million views, and “Wack Jumper Freestyle” sitting at 3.3 million views, he finally released his highly anticipated debut studio Album “Candle Light’s and Calicos” November 12th, 2020. It is a 14-track rap album, featuring artists like Lil1700Adrian, and GB. Garnering a huge success and allegedly pocketing $20,000 from the album, he’s been consistent with putting out music ever since, having released 13 following projects.
“C.R.I.M.E” released September 17th, 2021, is a 16-track album, with songs such as “100k”, “Pivot”, “Larry Bird” and “Neva Slither” it features artists Lil1700Adrian, and the late Lul TYS
“High Tides” a 7-track album dropped on June 30th, 2022, having songs like “Traction”, “Misunderstood”, & “Coming Heavy”. It features artists J. Stalin, Young 6ix, and Weez Gotti.
“Low Tides” a 7-track album, Is the first time Ace stepped out of his comfort zone. Released July 7th, 2022 it brings a slow pace and down to earth vibe, with lyrics allowing you to peek inside the mind of someone experiencing the day-to-day life in the 209. Containing songs like “Letter 2 Avana”, “Against the Odds”, and “Full of Pressure”, this is the first and currently only ALBUM without any features.
“Checkmate” Is a joint E.P with artist K$N Flippa. It introduced him to the Bay Area artist Bla$ta, which he now has multiple collaborations with.
“Undefeated” released on October 13th, 2022, is a more up-pace 16-track album containing songs such as “Undefeated”, “3:38”, and “Dead Man”. It features artists like Young 6ix, Yung Iggz, TwanyMaine3z, and TearItOff Greezy.
“Cartel Crazy” is a 4-track mixtape produced by Armani DePaul, and ProdByIinfinite.
“The Ace of Spades” released September 30th, 2023, is a 20-track Album and the first under the record label “CartelMob Records”. Containing songs like “Monkey in the Middle”, “Far as They Know”, and Morals & Principles" it contains features like J. Stalin, Philthy Rich, Mitchell, and the highly anticipated collaboration with fellow Stockton artist MBNel.
“Cartel Money” Released on November 16th, 2023, is a 7-track Album released with Livewire, featuring artists like J. Stalin, Young Age, & Da Krse.
“Tax SZN” is a 10-track joint album released with Bay Area artist “Bla$ta” on March 25th, 2024, containing songs like “Raisin Canes” & “Uncle Sam”.
In 2022 Acito collaborated with independent artists GB, Babyface Wood, Rico 2 Smoove & Young Iggz to make the first Northern California music group since SOB x RBE, called “Red Alert”.
The group formed from a genuine connection but due to two of the member’s facing time, they were only able to produce one album also titled
“Red Alert”. It released April 28th, 2022, and contained 9 songs such as “Dangerous Town”, “Chalked Up”, and the hit “Another One”.
Having just little over 5 years in the industry he’s cemented himself as one of Northern Californias greats. Accumulating 10+ videos with at least a million views and starting his own record label “CartelMob Records”, with Young 6ix of Washington.