Kane Brett Robinson, better known as Kano, is a British rapper. His grandparents came to the United Kingdom as immigrants from Jamaica. In his early teens, Kano attended Langdon Comprehensive School in East Ham, Newham. Kano was a promising footballer, representing Chelsea F.C., Junior Hammers and Norwich City by the age of thirteen, but in the end he abandoned his sporting ambitions in favour of a musical career. Kano first became known on the UK grime scene for his work with his original group, N.A.S.T.Y Crew, which included such members as Ghetto. From this springboard he was signed as a solo artist and began work on his debut solo album.

Rap on the underground scene on Flava F.M as a youth after a couple of years he was scooped up by N.A.S.T.Y. Crew (Natural Artistic Sounds Touching You) who are an East London-based Grime crew once considered as pioneers of the grime scene, but are now considered extremely weak compared to the talented individuals they once boasted. N.A.S.T.Y Crew was founded by Marcus Nasty with the original and most popular line up consisting of Kano, Jammer, D Double E, Ghetto, Stormin , Mak 10, Sharky Major r & Hyper . N.A.S.T.Y Crew had one of the most popular shows on pirate radio station Deja Vu on Monday nights from 8pm to 10pm, the sets featuring established and upcoming special guests such as Dizzee Rascal, Durrty Goodz, Wiley etc. Kano used the crew’s underground popularity as a springboard and left N.A.S.T.Y. From this springboard he was signed as a solo artist and began to work on his debut solo album Home Sweet Home. In 2004, Kano released his debut solo single, "P's & Q's", on a 12" vinyl only release, which was a massive underground hit, marking Kano out as a rising star. He went up against Wiley on Lord of the Mics 1 in one of the most recognized grime clashes, despite only being 17 at the time and after being persuaded by Jammer.

In March 2008, Kano parted ways with record label '679' and is currently unsigned. Kano has now stated that he wishes to go back to his "grimier roots" and resume making the music that made him well known. Such a claim seems apparent in the title of his next album project, which will be called '140 Grime Street'. In early May 2008, he released a mix-tape entitled 'Mc. No 1'.

In 2005, Kano was nominated for 4 MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards, winning the award for Best Newcomer. He also won an award at the first Channel U "Best of British" Awards. On New Year’s Eve 2005, Kano was announced as one of "London's Heroes of 2005" by Mayor of London Ken Livingstone. He was also nominated for a BRIT Award for Best Urban Act in January 2006.