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Away from his larger projects, West London-born rapper Fredo has spent much of the last few years in and out of the charts with tracks such as “Ay Carumba” with Young T & Bugsey, “Funky Friday” with Dave, and “So High” with Mist. It was a formula that seemed to be working well for him: draw them in […]
After officially announcing the title of his upcoming album, Conflict Of Interest, Ghetts is kicking off 2021 with one of the album’s key singles, “Skengman” with Stormzy. The new track is actually the third single to be taken from the album, following “Mozambique” with Jaykae and Moonchild Sanelly and “IC3” with Skepta—both of which were widely […]
At the top of last year, we predicted that 2020 would bring a raft of experimentation from the UK drill scene, and what followed was one of the most exciting years in British music that saw all our expectations surpassed. It wasn’t just UK drill that dominated either—a glut of British rappers and MCs came […]
Last year, we opened this feature with the words “2019 has been strongly mixed”, and given the thunderstorm of horror that has been 2020—a dreadful cocktail of a globe-trotting deadly virus, worldwide economic devastation and worsening race relations—we’d do just about anything to go back to those halcyon days. However! Music, as always, has been an […]
Rimzee is living his Upper Clapton dream. Released in 2012, Upper Clapton Dream—the rapper’s debut project—saw him capture the UK streets in a major way, but with its recent follow-up, his outlook has changed. “It feels like I’m starting from scratch again,” Rimzee tells Complex. “Obviously, I was away for a long time and now there’s a whole new […]
South London rapper SL has dropped off his new mixtape, Different Dude, which sees him stand out from the crowd once more across ten expertly-executed tracks. After going viral in 2017 with the songs “Gentleman” and “Tropical” while still doing his GCSEs, SL unleashed the EPs Everything Good Is Bad and Selhurst SE25, where he further illustrated his precocious talent […]
The Banksy-designed stab-proof vest that Stormzy famously donned at Glastonbury Festival last year has been nominated for a major design award. The vest was worn by the Croydon rapper to highlight structural racism in the UK after he made history by becoming the first-ever Black British solo act to headline the festival in 2019. The eye-catching piece, […]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the UK’s 1600-plus nightclubs and live music venues were facing indefinite closure before the government stepped in with a grant to keep them open. The pandemic hit the industry hard, and it may take months—years even—for normality to fully resume. For West London’s Tape London, however, their plan to merge nightlife […]
Here come the girls! Rising London rappers Br3nya and Ivorian Doll have joined Bad B forces for new single “Bezerk”. Keeping us on their toes over Who-Else’s twinkly drill production—as well as some stylishly sexy visuals—the ladies show us that 1) two women in rap can get along, and 2) they can rock the mic just as hard as the […]
After putting out a handful of singles over the past month —”Ain’t It Different” with Stormzy and AJ Tracey, the “Only You Fresstyle” with Drake and then this week’s “Breathing”—Headie One fans were on tenterhooks, waiting to see what the new album would sound like. What would the balance of rap and drill be like? Were there […]
