There are at least two artists that use the name cero.

cero - an ind… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least two artists that use the name cero.

cero - an indie band from Japan whose debut album was released in 2011.

Cero - a hip hop artist from the United States (bio below).

INTRODUCTION
Cero a Washington DC native of South American Descent is no rookie to the "Latin Urban" genre. Cero brings an original, grimey, radical spanglish flow. Whether delivering a positive message to empower people or reflecting on the negativity from his environments from Latin America to the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) area. He is strong vocaly in his music and the movement behind it.

THE TRAFIKANTEZ ERA
His grind started in Cali, Colombia just like a coffee bean waiting to get exported for the US. Influenced by Mobb Deep, Wu Tang Clan, Cypress Hill, Outkast, and numerous others he developed a butchered like Spanglish flow giving him the name "Carnicero-007." In 1997 He smuggled his raw style back to the states where he connected with Tragiko, a Colombian MC from Chicago and began the group "Trafikantez”. They successfully released an independent album “De Calidad Por Cantidad”, and a video which was directed by Niche Studios from the Big Pun Documentarys. They also budgeted and independently toured not to mention they created an extensive network. The group later disbanded due to creative differences. There music still gets radio play and fans request that the band reunites again

SACRIFICIO
His debut album “Sacrificio” was released under Ceromundo Music and is availble in stores and online (itunes). The album is Hip Hop Latino in its purest form with creative controversial Spanglish lyrics that take you on a ride from the 1st track to the last. Its subliminal message translates through a collection of party songs, battle lyrics, street anthems, and story tales. One of the songs “Nadie Sabe Nada” debuted in the top 10 Hip Hop en Espanol charts on Batanga.com. The single “Ponete Pilas” had a campaign which inspired Latinos to wake up and smell the café. The album includes production from Crooks Brothers, Tony Vinyl, Golden Chyld, Stretch and guest spots from artists like Calle Cardona, 4Esquinas, Dshon, amongst others. The album continues to move units in through out the states (MD, DC, VA, NY, FL, TX, CA, MA) and has even reached fans from Colombia all the way to Mexico City, Europe and Japan.

CEROMUNDO BEGINS
Fast-forward to 2005, Carnicero dropped the beef from his name and decided to start from scratch under the name Parcero or "Cero" for short. After attending the Art Institute of Washington D.C. he studied Multimedia and Graphic design. He also attended the Omega School of recording for Music Business. In 2006 he established Cero Mundo LLC which specializes in graphic design, promotion, music publishing, and marketing. His company helped pushed the careers of “Dj Dee Cash” by hosting partys in the upscale neighborhood of Bethesda and he is developing “Lainez” and artist that has got featured in the Washington Post.

PROJECTS
His second campaign and single was “Esto Ta Pesado” which was inspired by the imigration rallys in Washington DC after hearing local djs play reggeton. The song was so motivational that the Washington Post created an article about local DC Latin rap artists. Cero has collaborated with Mellow Man Ace (The Godfather of Latin Rap) and recorded “Recognize” released under Latin Thug / Koch records. He recently dropped a succesful mixtape “For Spanglish Marka Cero” hosted by Dj Cabezon, a well known Hip Hop Latino Mixtape Dj. Cero is currently in the lab working on his next sophmore album which is being recorded at Listen Vision (D.C.’s number one recording studio). On this new album he promises to deliver music to a wider audience with hotter production and a fusion of Hip Hop, salsa, cumbia, and gogo that the listener will enjoy listening to. With his consistency and dedication it will only take zero seconds for the masses to know who Cero is

DRIFTIN'
Cero Lyrics

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茜の照りつける
サングラス越しの街が
モノトーンに染めあげられていく
TVが退屈だ
ザルソバも美味くないし
だけどその空虚が笑えるだろう
この星のうえ漂う
かたちなきものを吸いこんで

子どもたちはまたいくつかの
言葉を手に入れている
なにかを忘れなにかを思い出す
それを繰り返しつづける
Driftin'...

友達の顔とか 2ヶ月先のこととか
憶えておくべきことの多さよ...
生き物たちのうえ
見降ろす誰かの影がおちて
みな眠りに就いてしまうのさ
そして
この星のうえ漂う
かたちなきものを吸いこんで
大人たちはまたいくつかの
思い出を捨て去っている
この街のうえにおちる
巨大で優しいまなざしに
子どもたちは気づいている
それが誰なのかにも
なにかを忘れなにかを思い出す

それを繰り返しつづける
Driftin'...

Overall Meaning

The song "Driftin'" by Cero is a melancholic and introspective piece that explores boredom and emptiness. The singer describes a monochromatic city seen through sunglasses under the scorching sun. He finds that everything around him is dull, including TV programs and even his meal (ザルソバ, a type of Japanese noodles served in a basket). Nevertheless, he believes that his emptiness can be laughed off. He feels like he is drifting on this planet, vacuuming shapeless entities. Meanwhile, children are gaining new words, yet he keeps forgetting and remembering something over and over again.

The lyrics suggest that the singer is overwhelmed by the amount of things he should remember in his life. He feels like he is on top of living creatures, and someone's shadow is casting over them. He watches everything and everyone sleeping and falling into oblivion. Once again, he feels like he is floating and collecting formless objects above the planet while adults discard their memories. The giant and kind gaze in the sky catches the children's attention, but they wonder who it belongs to. Everything is about forgetting and remembering simultaneously, and the singer keeps drifting through it all.

Line by Line Meaning

茜の照りつける
Under the red-hot sun

サングラス越しの街が
The city through my sunglasses

モノトーンに染めあげられていく
Is being dyed in monotones

TVが退屈だ
TV is boring

ザルソバも美味くないし
Zarusoba isn't tasty either

だけどその空虚が笑えるだろう
But that emptiness can be laughed off

この星のうえ漂う
Drifting above this planet

かたちなきものを吸いこんで
Breathing in shapeless things

子どもたちはまたいくつかの
Children obtain

言葉を手に入れている
A few more words in their hands

なにかを忘れなにかを思い出す
Forgetting something, remembering something