Cro is an independent german artist, singer, songwriter and producer.

Only a few know the person behind the mask, but almost everyone from 5 to 50 knows the guy with the panda mask. Cro is one of the most successful and famous artists in Germany. He is setting records, only to break them himself. He created a unique genre with „Raop” and calls multiple gold and platinum awards his own, as well as a Bambi, multiple 1LIVE crowns, a GQ award and several Echos. Sold-out tours, full stadiums and an incredible live show set up... Cro is here to stay. Rapper, singer, artist, designer, producer: an entrepreneur by heart. Carlo is the creative mind behind the panda mask. The maxim of his philosophy is to explore and intensively feel oneself when creating. In this respect, his aim is to inspire his audience to do the same.Cro came out of the gate strong in 2011 when his first official single „Easy“ became a massive hit, making the Top Ten for eight weeks straight and accumulating over 50 million clicks on Youtube. His official second album „Melodie“ was an immediate number one hit in Germany. After that he was the youngest artist ever to record an MTV Unplugged album. „tru.“ was released in September 2017 and became straight away #1 in German and Austrian charts and #2 in Switzerland. It sounds reflective, honest, thoughtful, grown-up and personal. With this album Cro allows his fans and others to step more into his world by displaying the world behind the mask... just the way he sees it. With his latest double album „trip“ which was released on April 30th 2021, CRO continued to flesh out his prevailing status as an artist re-presenting good music without accepting any borders of genres.

Cro came out of the gate strong in 2011 when his first official single „Easy“ became a massive hit, making the Top Ten for eight weeks straight and accumulating over 50 million clicks on Youtube. His official second album „Melodie“ was an immediate number one hit in Germany. After that he was the youngest artist ever to record an MTV Unplugged album. „tru.“ was released in September 2017 and became straight away #1 in German and Austrian charts and #2 in Switzerland. It sounds reflective, honest, thoughtful, grown-up and personal. With this album Cro allows his fans and others to step more into his world by displaying the world behind the mask... just the way he sees it. With his latest double album „trip“ which was released on April 30th 2021, CRO continued to flesh out his prevailing status as an artist re-presenting good music without accepting any borders of genres.

Cro is a true amalgamation of a variety of creative journeys: art, design, fashion, entrepreneurship, film and many more. Besides the music he creates art in all kind of forms - from painting to tailoring.