NSG is a British

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from Hackney

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. The group consists of six members: OGD, Kruddz, Mojo, Dope, Papii Abz and Mxjib They released their first Album "AREA BOYZ" (2023) an EP, ''Grown Up''(2016) and mixtape ''Roots''(2020), the latter includes their most successful singles " Options" featuring

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and "Yo Darlin" featuring Geko.They released their second album,"The Big Six" on February 28th 2025.NSG is acronym that has multiple meanings such as: Nipple Sucking Gang, Non-Stop Grinding, Never Stop Growing, Nice Silly Guys, No Sleep Gang, and Nigeria Slash Ghana.

History

NSG are a collective of childhood friends who grew up in

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, attending the same high school at

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. One of the members were students at

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. The group consists of three artists from Nigerian heritage and three artists from Ghanaian heritage. Two of the members, OGD and Kruddz, are the younger brothers of producer

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. OGD is also part of a production team named 4PLAY. NSG released their first single "Whine and Kotch" in December 2013, and collaborated with English rapper

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in 2015. In 2017, NSG released their EP, ''Grown Up''. In 2018, they released the single " Options" featuring

. In 2019, it became their first single to reach the UK Singles Chart at number 7. On 19 June 2020, NSG released their debut mixtape, ''Roots''. On 9 December 2021, they released an EP titled, ''Headliner'', ahead of their Roots Africa Tour.

Members

* OGD (born Dennis Awotwe-Mensah in London – 13 May 1997) * Kruddz (born William Awotwe-Mensah in London – 9 March 1995) * Mojo (born Matthew Temidayo Ojo in London – 31 October 1994) * Dope (born Patrick Jim Brew in Ghana – 15 August 1997) * Papii Abz (born Abdul-Jalaal Adeyinka Arowosaye in Nigeria – 17 August 1995) * Mxjib (born Ayodeji Mujib Shekoni in Nigeria – 7 July 1997)

Discography

Studio albums

Mixtapes

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other charted songs

Guest appearances

References

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