After collaborating on dozens of songs with Tech N9ne and touring the world together, Tech N9ne confidant and collaborator Krizz Kaliko is set to unleash his blockbuster debut album, TECH N9NE Presents: Krizz Kaliko Vitiligo.  Boasting an innovative music style Krizz Kaliko has dubbed funkra (a mélange of funk, rap, rock, R&B and opera), TECH N9NE Presents: Krizz Kaliko Vitiligo features songs that stimulate the mind, body and soul.
 
The album title reflects Krizz Kaliko’s life with vitiligo, a skin disorder caused by the loss of natural pigment and characterized by smooth, white patches on various parts of the body.  Krizz Kaliko documents his experiences with the disorder on “Anxiety” and the title track.  “It’s my life,” Krizz Kaliko says.  “When you grow up having vitiligo like me, that’s what you’re about.  It consumes your whole life.  You’re constantly reminded of it every time you look in the mirror, any time you’re out in public and everybody’s staring at you.  It’s descriptive of who I am, and it boosted me to talk more about my life.  Any time I think about that word, it was like another story about my life that I could tell on my album.”
 
Elsewhere on the album, Krizz Kaliko sparks the party with “Do It Like I Do It” and teams with platinum rapper E-40 on “The Bidness.”  He also shows off his singing chops on an ode to his wife (“Beautiful You Are”) and a cautionary tale (“Slow Down”).
 
In March, Krizz Kaliko embarked upon the Fire And Ice 2008 tour with Tech N9ne and platinum recording artist Paul Wall.  The outing opened March 28 at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, Colorado, and concludes May 31 at the Event Center in Casper, Wyoming.  Below is the remaining itinerary for the Fire And Ice 2008 Tour.

Tour Dates

 

Date	City	State	Venue
Thurs April 3	Seattle	WA	Moore Theatre
Fri April 4	Portland	OR	Roseland Theatre
Sat April 5	Eugene	OR	McDonald Theatre
Sun April 6	Salem	OR	Armory
Mon April 7th	Bend	OR	Midtown Music Hall
Tues April 8
Wed April 9	Medford	OR	Armory
Thru April 10	Chico	CA	Senator Theatre
Fri April 11	Reno	CA	Stony
Sat April 12	Petaluma	CA	Phoenix
Sun April 13	Santa Cruz	CA	Catalyst
Mon April 14	San Diego	CA	HOB
Tues April 15	LA	CA	Crash Mansion
Wed April 16
Thurs April 17	Las Vegas	NV
Friday April 18	Tucson	AZ	Rialto
Sat April 19	Tempe	AZ	Marquee
Sun April 20	Albuquerque	NM	Sunshine
Mon April 21	Dallas		HOB
Tue April 22	Houston	TX	Meridian Theatre
Wed April 23	Travel Date	LA	HOB
Thru April 24	Columbia	MO	Blue Note
Fri April 25th	Kansas City	MO	Mammoth
Sat April 26th	Manhattan	KS	KSU
Sun April 27th	Des Moines	IA	Val Air
Mon April 28	Sioux Falls	ID	Brookings /Jade Presents
Tue April 29	Maplewood	NM	Myth /Chan Presents
Wed  April 30	Milwaukee	ND	Rave
Thru May 1	Chicago	IL	Congress Theatre
Friday May 2	Detroit	MI	Emerland   AEG /  Fillmore Live nation
Sat May  3	Cleveland	OH	Peabody
Sun May 4th	Cleveland	OH	Peabody
Mon May 5th	Pittsburg	PA	Mr. Small Theatre
Tues May 6th	Philadelphia	PA	Electric Factory
Wed May 7th	NYC	NY	Irving Plaza
Thru May 8th	Worchester	MA	Palladium
Friday May 9th
Sat May 10th	Wash DC	MD	Recher Theater / 930 Club
Sun May 11th	Columbus	OH
Mon May 12
Tues May 13	St. Louis	MO	Pageant
Wed May 14
Thur May  15	Wichita	KS	Cotillion
Fri  May 16	Tulsa	OK	Cains
Sat May 17	OKC	OK	Brick Town
Sun May 18th	Travel Date
Mon May 19th	Rapid City	SD	Rushmore Hall
Tue May 20	Fargo	ND	The Venue
Wed May 21
Thu May 22	Winnipeg	Manitoba	Blush Ultraclub
Fri May 23	Regina	Saskatchewan	Saskatchewan Centre of Arts
Sat May 24	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan	Oden Events Centre
Sun May 25	Edmonton	Alberta	Edmonton Events Centre
Mon May 26	Calgary	Alberta	Whiskey Nightclub
Tues May 27	Kelowna	British Columbia	Level Night Club
Thru May 29	Great Falls	MT	Expo Park
Fri May 30	Billings	MT	Shrine Aud
Sat May 31	Casper	WY	Event Center