Growing up in Cypress, about 25 miles northwest of Houston, EJ and AK Odjighoro felt like any other boys in Texas. They went to Whataburger, drove into the city when their parents would permit it, and spent Friday nights at high school football games. It was only after the duo—who record music under the name Kairo—began college at the University of Houston that their experience as twins and immigrants from Nigeria was contextualized in a new way.As soon as the brothers, who are now 23 years old, arrived on campus, they realized just how homogeneous their suburban community had been, despite the fact that they’d run with what they call a “diverse” friend group. It was this eye-opening realization that informed Kairo’s origin. Blending pop, R&B,…
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