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On April 1, 2010, a remix with a verse by Rick Ross released on the internet. Via his twitter account, Diddy announced that he'll do the official remix of "Hello Good Morning" with a grime artist and asked his followers who to select. After some days, Diddy announced that even though he personally wanted Wiley to do the Grime remix, the artist that the majority of his followers selected was Skepta and that in a few days he'll record the remix with him. |
On April 1, 2010, a remix with a verse by Rick Ross released on the internet. Via his twitter account, Diddy announced that he'll do the official remix of "Hello Good Morning" with a grime artist and asked his followers who to select. After some days, Diddy announced that even though he personally wanted Wiley to do the Grime remix, the artist that the majority of his followers selected was Skepta and that in a few days he'll record the remix with him.has no penis |
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On 15 April 2010, Skepta tweeted "Aarrgghh I swear my new Album "DOIN IT AGAIN" is a Straight #FaintingTing", implying that his new album will be called "Doin It Again". On the 27th of June 2010 Skepta released his single Rescue Me on the record label [[All_Around_the_World_(record_label)|All Around The World]]. |
On 15 April 2010, Skepta tweeted "Aarrgghh I swear my new Album "DOIN IT AGAIN" is a Straight #FaintingTing", implying that his new album will be called "Doin It Again". On the 27th of June 2010 Skepta released his single Rescue Me on the record label [[All_Around_the_World_(record_label)|All Around The World]]. |
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Joseph Junior Adenuga, better known as Skepta, is a British MC from Tottenham, London. Originally from and born to Nigerian parents he moved to London aged three. He is a producer and DJ commonly associated with the North London grime scene, including Roll Deep and Boy Better Know.
He began his career as the driver for Grime legend Big H. He also DJ'ed for Big H and President T under the name of DJ ToneDeaf although he soon took his hand to the production side of music where he received much attention for 'DTI'. He started his music career with his brother JME (Jamie Adenuga) and became renowned throughout Greater London for his hit single (he also produced), "Private Caller" which featured many of his Meridian Crew from Meridian Walk in Tottenham.
Life & career
Skepta as a rapper/mc has performed all over the world: United States, Italy, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Czech Rep, Sweden, Germany, Cyprus, Switzerland, Belgium, France and Holland along with many other countries whilst also making the bill of UK festivals Glastonbury and V. Having already featured on MTV Base ‘About to Blow’, graced the pages of magazines from i-D, One Week to Live to Dummy to RWD to Blues & Soul. Skepta was also chosen to perform in the Radio 1's Big Weekend in 2008, 2009 and 2010 which was very successful.
His main target is to make grime music 'mainstream' in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States. So far, alongside accomplices like JME, Frisco, Shorty, Wiley, Giggs, Jay Sean, Jammer And C Gritz , he has helped to increase the levels of 'spitting', and has produced and created grime hits such as “Duppy”, “Stupid”, “R U Dumb” and “The Large Way”.
On April 1, 2010, a remix with a verse by Rick Ross released on the internet. Via his twitter account, Diddy announced that he'll do the official remix of "Hello Good Morning" with a grime artist and asked his followers who to select. After some days, Diddy announced that even though he personally wanted Wiley to do the Grime remix, the artist that the majority of his followers selected was Skepta and that in a few days he'll record the remix with him.has no penis
On 15 April 2010, Skepta tweeted "Aarrgghh I swear my new Album "DOIN IT AGAIN" is a Straight #FaintingTing", implying that his new album will be called "Doin It Again". On the 27th of June 2010 Skepta released his single Rescue Me on the record label All Around The World.
Boy Better Know
Skepta (Managing Director) along with brother JME (CEO)& Grime Veteran Wiley began their grime label Boy Better Know in late 2005. The phrase "Boy Better Know" was originated by Big H the artist. This phrase was then taken by Skepta and JME. Early 2006 saw the release of 'Shut Yuh Mut' - Boy Better Know Edition 1 which features all 3 artists and throughout the years has contributed and aided many other artists such as Frisco and Wiley to put out mixtapes, along with JME (4 mixtapes) and Skepta's September 2007 release 'Greatest Hits', which was distributed nationwide.
Discography
Studio albums
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Mixtapes
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Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | Album | ||
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| UK [1] |
UK R&B [2] |
UK IND | |||
| 2008 | "Rolex Sweep" | 86 | — | — | Microphone Champion |
| 2009 | "Sunglasses At Night" | 64 | 17 | — | |
| "Too Many Man" (feat Boy Better Know) | 79 | — | — | ||
| "Lush" (feat Jay Sean) | — | — | 17 | ||
| 2010 | "Bad Boy" | 26 | 8 | 1 | Doin' It Again |
| "Rescue Me" | 14 | 6 | — | ||
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Other singles
| Year | Single | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "Sweet Mother" | Greatest Hits |
| 2007 | "Doin' It Again" (Ft. Wiley, JME, Jammer, Footise, Boss Man, Bearman & Trim) | Greatest Hits |
| 2007 | "In A Corner" | Greatest Hits |
| 2008 | "Over The Top" | Mircophone Champion |
| 2008 | "Look Out (Ft. Giggs)" | Mircophone Champion |
| 2008 | "Dark (Ft. Trigga)" | Mircophone Champion |
Crew Discography
- Boy Better Know
- V.I.P (2010/2011)
- Roll Deep
- Rules and Regulations (2007)
- Return of the Big Money Sound (2008)
- Street Anthems (2009)
References
External links
- 'Rescue Me' Music Video.
- 'Rescue Me' Music Video directed by Shane Davey @ Davey Inc.
- "Grime / Dubstep" - Pitchfork
- "MC finds it's good to Chalk" - Barking and Dagenham Recorder
- "The Month in Grime / Dubstep" - Pitchfork
- "Grime collective, Boy Better Know, team up with Timmy Mallett" - The London Paper
- "How electro sent grime up the charts" - The Guardian
- "The right circles" - Sky Sports
- "Team Shadetek" - Pop Matters
- "Movers and Shakers" - Voice Online
- "Various - Rinse Mix CD04 mixed by Skepta" - The List