Singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Zacari Pacaldo was raised by a musically oriented family in Bakersfield, CA. By age eight he was enrolled in a school for performing arts and began learning guitar, drums, saxophone, and keyboards. After finishing high school, he worked seasonally for three years as a fishing guide in an Alaskan national park, exploring his passion for nature and earning money to enroll in music school in Los Angeles.

Upon his arrival to LA, Pacaldo began posting songs online which caught the attention of established acts such as Isaiah Rashad, SiR, Larry June, and others. After various collaborations, his breakthrough came when he pitched "Lovely," an original song of his own, to rap superpower Kendrick Lamar. The song would be reworked as "LOVE." on Lamar's Pulitzer Prize winning 2017 album, DAMN.

After the success of DAMN., Pacaldo continued to work with record label Top Dawg Entertainment, including appearances on the soundtrack to the 2018 feature film Black Panther, and eventually signed to the label. In 2021 he released his EP SOL, followed by a string of singles in 2022 with features from Ab-Soul on “Do Better '', Isaiah Rashad on “Bliss”, and Blxst on “Sometimes”. His latest single “Restless” dropped this near the new year. Zacari is set to release an album in 2023.