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Nines (rapper)
Courtney Freckleton (born 17 January 1990), known professionally as Nines, is a British former rapper. After releasing a string of mixtapes between 2012 and 2015, Nines signed to XL Recordings and released his debut album '' One Foot Out'' (2017), which charted at number 4 on the UK Albums Chart. In 2018, his second album ''Crop Circle'' charted at number 5, and he topped the chart with his third album '' Crabs in a Bucket'' in 2020. In 2023 he released '' Crop Circle 2'' and '' Crop Circle 3'', which both charted at number 2, while '' Quit While You're Ahead'' reached number 4 in 2024. Personal life Hailing from Harlesden, he grew up on Church End Estate in North-West London. His older siblings are Tyrone and Wayne Freckleton. In April 2008, Nines' brother Wayne was killed by gunfire in an alleged gangland attack. In 2011, Nines hosted a charity event where he bought a variety of expensive clothing from JD Sports and handed the items to children that were invited to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Twitter
Twitter, officially known as X since 2023, is an American microblogging and social networking service. It is one of the world's largest social media platforms and one of the most-visited websites. Users can share short text messages, images, and videos in Microblogging, short posts commonly known as "Tweet (social media), tweets" (officially "posts") and Like button, like other users' content. The platform also includes direct message, direct messaging, video and audio calling, bookmarks, lists, communities, a chatbot (Grok (chatbot), Grok), job search, and Spaces, a social audio feature. Users can vote on context added by approved users using the Community Notes feature. Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams (Internet entrepreneur), Evan Williams, and was launched in July of that year. Twitter grew quickly; by 2012 more than 100 million users produced 340 million daily tweets. Twitter, Inc., was based in San Francisco, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
JD Sports
JD Sports Fashion plc, commonly known as JD Sports, JD or JD Group is a British multinational sports-fashion retail company based in Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. The Pentland Group owns 55% of the company. History The company was established by John Wardle and David Makin (hence the name ''JD''), trading from a single shop in Bury, Greater Manchester, in 1981. The company opened a store in the Arndale Centre in Manchester in 1983. Pentland Group bought Wardle's and Makin's shares for £44.6M in May 2005, so acquiring 45% of the business. Acquisitions Early acquisitions of stores included 209 stores with the acquisition of First Sport from Blacks Leisure Group in December 2001 and 70 stores from the administrators of Allsports in October 2005. Subsequent acquisitions of businesses included: *Bank Stores, which sold fashion clothing, for around £19M in December 2007 *Champion Sports for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
NorthSideBenji
Jaiden Anthony Watson (born January 25, 1998), better known by his stage name NorthSideBenji, is a Canadian rapper and musician from Brampton, Ontario. Benji gained recognition from his Certified Gold single " Levels", which featured Toronto rapper Houdini. The single was released in December 2018, and was the only supporting single of his debut extended play, '' Caviar Dreams'', which was released on January 18, 2019. He released his second EP ''Frienemy'' on September 6, 2019. Career NorthSideBenji began rapping in 2016 where he released numerous freestyles and songs. He released several singles and built a digital following of over 33,000 fans. He is independently signed to Music 4 Life. He released the single "Again" on October 31, 2017, and "Confessions" on December 11, 2017. He released a '' Fire In The Booth'' freestyle session with Charlie Sloth on January 6, 2018. In early 2018, he announced that he is working on his debut EP, titled '' Caviar Dreams'', which was due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nafe Smallz
Nathan Adams (born 16 July 1996), known professionally as Nafe Smallz, is a British rapper, singer and songwriter from Luton, Bedfordshire. He took the UK trap scene by storm with his song "WDYM" on Link Up TV. He's has since released mixtapes such as ''Goat World'' and ''DNA'' with rapper M Huncho. He has worked with artists like Chip, Skepta and Lil Tjay. Discography Mixtapes Extended plays Singles As lead artist As featured artist Other certified songs Other guest appearances Personal life He is a supporter of Arsenal F.C. The Arsenal Football Club, commonly known as simply Arsenal, is a professional football club based in Islington, North London, England. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. In domestic football, Arsenal h ... References Living people Musicians from Luton English male rappers British trap musicians 1996 births Long stubs with short prose {{UK-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Headie One
Irving Ampofo Adjei (born 6 October 1994), known professionally as Headie One (formerly Headz), is a British rapper and singer. In 2018 he released his second solo mixtape, titled ''The One'', which included the single "Know Better" featuring rapper Rv (rapper), RV, which became an "underground hit". He is best known for his tracks "18hunna" featuring rapper Dave (rapper), Dave, "Only You Freestyle" featuring rapper Drake (musician), Drake, "Ain't It Different" featuring rappers AJ Tracey and Stormzy and his solo single "Both". The track "18hunna" peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart, while "Only You Freestyle" peaked at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart and "Ain't It Different" peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. Headie One has released a series of mixtapes. In 2019, he released his seventh and first mainstream mixtape titled ''Music x Road'', which peaked at number 5 on the UK Albums Chart. In 2020, he released the critically-acclaimed joint project 'GANG' with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Krept And Konan
Krept and Konan is a British hip hop duo from London, consisting of Casyo Valentine "Krept" Johnson BEM (born 4 February 1990, Gipsy Hill) and Karl Dominic "Konan" Wilson BEM (born 3 September 1989, Thornton Heath), the son of Delroy Wilson otherwise known as 'Jamaica's first child star'. Their first major release was the mixtape '' Young Kingz'', released on 2 September 2013. As of 3 May 2013, Krept and Konan signed a record deal with Virgin EMI Records. Their debut album '' The Long Way Home'' was released on 5 July 2015 and entered the UK Albums Chart at number 2. The duo's highest-charting single is " Freak of the Week" featuring Jeremih, which charted at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart. Krept and Konan have both starred together in the film '' The Intent'' (2016) and reprised their roles in the prequel '' The Intent 2: The Come Up'' (2018). Early life Krept is one of two siblings. His father was in prison for drug offences and his older brother was "a lot of tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Giggs (rapper)
Nathaniel Thompson (born 11 May 1981), better known professionally as Giggs, is a British rapper and songwriter from Peckham, London. He released his debut studio album '' Walk in da Park'' in 2008 and released a follow-up album '' Let Em Ave It'' the following year. Giggs released his third studio album ''When Will It Stop'' in October 2013. In 2016, Giggs released his fourth album ''Landlord'', which entered and peaked at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart – becoming the highest-charting album of his career. His mixtape '' Wamp 2 Dem'' was released in 2017 and also debuted at No. 2. His latest album ''Now or Never'' was released in 2020. Giggs is also the frontman and founder of record label and rap collective SN1 (Spare No 1), which includes Gunna Dee, Joe Grind, Kyze and Tiny Boost. While sometimes referred to as a grime MC, Giggs has repeatedly stated the music he makes is not grime, but rather falls under the UK rap umbrella. Personal life Growing up as a teenager, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Skepta
Joseph Olaitan Adenuga Jr. (born 19 September 1982), known professionally as Skepta, is a British grime MC, rapper, record producer and DJ. Alongside his younger brother Jme, he briefly joined Roll Deep before they became founding members of Boy Better Know in 2005. With Boy Better Know, Skepta clashed with fellow MC Devilman for the video release '' Lord of the Mics 2'', in what is remembered as one of the biggest clashes in grime history. Skepta released his debut studio album '' Greatest Hits'' in 2007 and his second album, '' Microphone Champion'' in 2009, both independently; while his third studio album '' Doin' It Again'' was released in 2011 by AATW. He made his acting debut in the 2015 film '' Anti-Social''. Skepta's fourth studio album, '' Konnichiwa'' (2016), featured the hit singles " That's Not Me" and " Shutdown". The album, which was widely acclaimed, won the Mercury Prize. In 2018, he produced and was featured on American rapper ASAP Rocky's single " Prai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Skrapz
Christopher David Kyei (born 11 November 1986) is known professionally as Skrapz, is a British rapper. Skrapz was originally known as UK grime MC called Skrapsta, where "he was part of the collective SLK with human soundboard Flirta D and the likes of Van Damage and Lady Envy. SLK ended in 2007 and so he started the transition into rap." Career In an interview with DJ Dubl on YouTube channel "DJDUBLTV", Skrapz explains that he enjoyed listening to Giggs before he went to prison, and then he met Giggs in prison. To his surprise, Giggs had asked him "I swear you rap?" to which Skrapz explained that he did. Skrapz explains to DJ Dubl that Giggs knew of Skrapz because Skrapz done a song with one of Giggs's friends Killa Ki called "Thug Life", and Killa Ki played the song to Giggs. After hearing the song, Giggs would check for Skrapz' music because he enjoyed it. Skrapz has also collaborated with artists such as Blade Brown, D-Block Europe, Kano, Nines and Potter Payper. Skrapz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
