Hi-Lo Jack is a collaboration between three longtime friends from different musical worlds: Clyde Lawrence (of soul-pop band Lawrence), Cody Fitzgerald (of indie-rock band Stolen Jars), and Dolapo Akinkugbe (aka rapper/producer DAP The Contract). The trio met in college and quickly bonded over a shared love of genre-defying music, eventually merging their distinct sounds into one project. With influences ranging from Outkast to Randy Newman, Bon Iver to Stevie Wonder, and Dirty Projectors to Chance the Rapper, Hi-Lo Jack challenges genre boundaries while crafting a cohesive sound all its own. Clyde’s keyboard-driven soulful chord progressions and catchy melodies, Cody’s intricate guitar lines and rich textures, and Dolapo’s dynamic, high-energy verses weave together into a complex yet accessible musical tapestry.
While Clyde, Cody, and Dolapo have collaborated on numerous projects—including songwriting and scoring for film and TV—their only official Hi-Lo Jack release to date is the 2017 EP Old New Clothes. That will change this year with the release of their first full-length album.
About the Members:
Clyde Lawrence is the co-leader of the soul-pop band Lawrence, alongside his sister Gracie. The band has released four albums, including their latest, Family Business (2024). Lawrence has performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and The Kelly Clarkson Show, with two songs breaking into the Top 40 Pop Radio charts—an extremely rare feat for an independent band. Their dynamic live performances have earned them a devoted fan base, with sold-out headline shows at venues like Radio City Music Hall (NYC), The Wiltern (LA), and MGM Music Hall (Boston), as well as appearances at major festivals such as Coachella, Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, Bottlerock and North Sea Jazz. They’ve also opened for artists like The Rolling Stones, Jonas Brothers, Lake Street Dive, Jon Bellion, Jacob Collier, and AJR, among many others.
Cody Fitzgerald is a producer, composer, and singer-songwriter living in Brooklyn, NY known for music that is both complex and emotionally gripping. After releasing his first album under the name Stolen Jars at the age of 18, Cody’s career was suddenly pushed forward when his music was picked up by Apple as the soundtrack for their "Do It All" iPad campaign. Since then, his band has become a fixture of the Brooklyn indie rock scene, having been featured in The New York Times, NPR, and Pitchfork, and lauded by David Byrne of The Talking Heads, all while touring across the US. Fitzgerald has also become a sought after producer having done work with bands like Tim Atlas, Pom Pom Squad, Molly Grace, and more, as well as having top-lined for a number of artists, including The Glitch Mob and Dabin.
In addition to their band projects, Clyde and Cody are accomplished film composers. Together, they’ve scored films such as The Rewrite (starring Hugh Grant and Marisa Tomei), Disney’s Noelle, which made them the youngest composers to ever score a Disney movie, and the Sundance pick Hal & Harper (featuring Mark Ruffalo, Lili Reinhart, and Cooper Raiff).
DAP The Contract is a producer/rapper and classically trained pianist from Lagos, Nigeria. The Source magazine labelled his 2014 mixtape GoodBye For Never “the best mixtape of 2014”. A Columbia Law School graduate and licensed intellectual property lawyer, DAP has recorded with Mark Ronson in the world-renowned Abbey Road Studios and performed across continents, most notably in Lagos, London, and New York at venues in each such as Muri Okunola Park, The Saatchi Gallery, and Irving Plaza. DAP has released 9 solo self-produced projects, including the Powers series, visual album “EVERYBODY FALLS IN THE SUMMER”, and single Fàájì most recently on October 25th, 2024.