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-based Zone 2 collective. He released his debut solo mixtape, ''YPB: Tha Come Up'', in 2021.

Career

Kwengface began rapping in 2015 as a member of the Zone 2 collective, based in

. In 2020, Kwengface released "Auntie", which peaked at number 49 on the UK singles chart. In 2021, Kwengface released "Petrol Station" with PS Hitsquad, which peaked at number 19 on the UK singles chart.Peaks in the UK: *For "Auntie": *For "Lucious": *For "Petrol Station": Later that same year, he released a ''Plugged In'' freestyle with

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in 2021 – which was viewed over 7.5 million times according to ''

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'' – and his debut solo mixtape, ''YPB: Tha Come Up'', which included features from Big Ryde, Berna, and PS Hitsquad. In 2022, Kwengface released his second mixtape, ''YPB: The Archive'', with features from

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, Dusty Locane, 26AR, and CB. He also released "Lucious" with Knucks, which peaked at number 44 on the UK singles chart. In 2023, Kwengface released ''The Memoir'', a mixtape that included features from Giggs, Knucks, ShaSimone and SL. In 2024, Kwengface released ''A Gangster's Holiday''. The mixtape included features from

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, Marnz Malone, and Booter Bee. The mixtape was named on ''

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s top best albums of 2024, with the magazine stating, "''A Gangster’s Holiday'' is more old-school – it’s all clicking snares and sinister talk of gang violence."

Discography

Mixtapes

Charted singles

References

{{Reflist Living people UK drill musicians British drill musicians Black British male rappers British male rappers 21st-century British rappers Rappers from London Rappers from the London Borough of Southwark 1998 births