Frankie Dean, known by his

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as Franko Fraize, is an independent British rapper from

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. He is the cousin of popular

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Jack Dean, known as JaackMaate.

Career

Fraize started posting his music on MySpace and

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, eventually being featured on

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, BBC Suffolk and

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before having his single "Treasures" featuring Kamilla Lovett playlisted on

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in January 2014. The video for the track had also been added to

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. In 2012, he supported Mike Skinner on the

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leg of The D.O.T. tour. Prior to having his track "Treasures" playlisted, Fraize had an earlier single – "Watch How I'm Moving" – playlisted as well. He also had his video for "Hand Me Downs" chosen for the BBC Music Video Festival where it was broadcast on big screens across the UK. In December 2013, "Hand Me Downs" was featured on

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' football magazine show ''

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''. In August, Fraize's single "Underdog" was featured on the

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'' and later on ''

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Outside music

Fraize started working for BT aged 19 as an apprentice. As of December 2015, he still works for BT in Ethernet in

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