Astro
Brian Vaughn Bradley Jr. (born September 27, 1996), known professionally as Stro (formerly Astro and The Astronomical Kid), is an American rapper, producer, and actor. He is known for being a contestant on the first season of The X Factor USA in 2011. Stro took the judges with his original song shot at Simon Cowell, for looking at his mom. His mentor was producer and label executive L.A. Reid. Stro was the seventh contestant eliminated in the competition. After his appearance on The X Factor, he starred in an episode of Person of Interest. In 2014, he co-starred in the major films Earth to Echo and A Walk Among the Tombstones, and the Fox series Red Band Society.
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Top Tracks
Albums (6)
- Awake Or Dreaming (2010-01-02)
- All We See Is Sound (2012-11-28)
- Flippin' (2017-02-05)
- Paranormal (2017-03-09)
- Paranormal (2017-03-09)
- Always (2018-01-01)
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Popularity-0 recordings of Astro in everplay, described from supplier metadata.