W.L.A.K. also known as We Live As Kings or WLAK is a

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and

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music group from the United States that started in 2011. It released its eponymously titled debut album in 2013.

Background

W.L.A.K. or We Live As Kings is music group that currently consists of

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, and Ki'shon Furlow. They formed 2011, when they started Collision Records together as a collective. The group was founded by

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, and Swoope, but Gray left in 2015 and was replaced by

. Swoope was later replaced by Ki'shon Furlow.

Music history

The group release their debut album on March 5, 2013, through Collision Records, which it was the

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ously-titled '' W.L.A.K.''. The album charted on numerous ''

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'' charts on March 23, 2013. It was the No. 81 most sold album in the entirety of the United States via the ''Billboard'' 200, which it was the No. 6 most sold on the

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chart, and the No. 1 most sold on the Gospel Albums. In addition, it was the No. 7 most sold on the

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chart, and it was the No. 15 most sold of the Independent Albums.

Discography

;Studio albums

References

External links

* Musical groups established in 2011 Christian hip hop groups Hip hop collectives 2011 establishments in the United States {{US-hiphop-band-stub