Jordan Craig Townsend (born 8 December 1993), known professionally as Rv (formerly Young RV), is a British rapper and songwriter whose mixtape ''Drillers and Trappers 2'' with rapper

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 ...

reached number 21 on the

UK Albums Chart The Official Albums Chart is the United Kingdom's industry-recognised national record chart for album, albums. Entries are ranked by sales and audio streaming. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the O ...

Early life

Townsend grew up in

Tottenham Tottenham (, , , ) is a district in north London, England, within the London Borough of Haringey. It is located in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Greater London. Tottenham is centred north-northeast of Charing Cross, ...

in North London and attended Finchley Catholic High School. Both of his parents are

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

n. He was originally a member of Star Gang, an offshoot of the Tottenham Mandem gang. Rv has stated he converted to Islam after his cousin Fatman, who was Muslim, died in 2007. Rv got his moniker from a friend that died in 2010. His friend went by the name Revenge 24 and had told Rv that if he died or went to jail, Rv had to "carry on the name".

Career

In 2010, he released his first mixtape ''Cruddy on the Streets'', followed in 2011 by ''AntiSocial Behaviour'', a joint mixtape with Supa Capone, and ''Call of Duty: Tottenham Warfare'', a compilation mixtape featuring various Tottenham artists. He and rapper

became frequent collaborators, including co-releasing the mixtapes ''Sticks & Stones'' (2016) and ''Drillers x Trappers'' (2017). Together they formed part of OFB, a

UK drill UK drill is a subgenre of drill music and road rap that originated in the South London district of Brixton from 2012 onwards. While being sonically distinct from Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous ...

group based in the Broadwater Farm estate. While in prison, he and other OFB members had released music videos where they warn their rivals that they will grab and stab them. Rv also released a solo EP, ''Fresh Prince of Tottenham'', on 24 August 2018. Following his release from prison, on 22 March 2019, Rv and Headie One released a third mixtape called ''Drillers x Trappers II''. It entered the

at number 21. "Match Day", the first single from the mixtape, entered the Singles Chart at number 86. He publicly revealed his face for the first time in the music video "Why Always Me". On 1 July 2019, he did a freestyle rap on

Charlie Sloth Charlie Ian Paul Rouillon (born 20 August 1981), known professionally as Charlie Sloth, is a British DJ, hype man, producer and TV presenter. Early life On 2 August 2019, he released the solo EP, ''Savage''. On 14 April 2021, he did a ''Plugged In'' with Fumez the Engineer, a UK rap freestyle series.

Legal issues

In 2012, he and other North London gang members were convicted of wounding with intent to do

grievous bodily harm Assault occasioning grievous bodily harm (often abbreviated to GBH) is a term used in English criminal law to describe the severest forms of battery. It refers to two offences that are created by sections 18 and 20 of the Offences against the ...

and possession of an offensive weapon in a stabbing of a 15-year-old boy at a barber shop in

Wood Green Wood Green is a suburban district of the London Borough of Haringey, London, England. Its postal district is N22, with parts in N8 or N15. The London Plan identifies it as one of the metropolitan centres in Greater London, and today it forms ...

. He received a seven-year sentence.

Discography

Mixtapes

* ''Cruddy on the Streets'' (2010) *''AntiSocial Behaviour'' (2011) *''Call of Duty: Tottenham Warfare'' (2011) *''Sticks & Stones'' (2016) * ''Drillers x Trappers'' (2017) * ''Drillers x Trappers II'' (2019) * ''Rico Vondelle'' (2021) * ''Inconspicuous'' (2023)

EP

* ''Fresh Prince of Tottenham'' (2018) * ''Savage'' (2019)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:RV People from Tottenham Rappers from the London Borough of Haringey Living people English male rappers Black British male rappers UK drill musicians British drill musicians Gangsta rappers English people of Jamaican descent 1993 births 21st-century British rappers