Hip-Hop/Rap
London
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About Giggs
Hometown
Peckham, London
Born
November 24, 1983
Genre
Hip-Hop/Rap
Pioneering UK rapper Giggs endured years of police interference and media censorship before finally scoring five Top 10 UK R&B hits and a powerful Drake cosign.
⢠Before rap, Giggs was a local DJ who ran his own radio station, Spare No One FM. By 2005, he had begun making his own music.
⢠In the years that followed, Giggs scored his earliest underground hits, such as the 2007 British rap classic âTalkinâ da Hardest,â a freestyle over Atlanta rapper Stat Quoâs âHere We Go.â
⢠Giggsâ debut album, Walk in Da Park, arrived in 2008. Although radio and TV refused to play it, the album went Top 10 on the UK R&B charts and helped Giggs win a BET Award for Best UK Act.
⢠His 2010 album Let âEm âAve It yielded two Top 20 UK R&B singles: âLook What the Cat Dragged Inâ and âDonât Go There,â featuring B.o.B.
⢠Giggs reached No. 2 on the UK pop albums chart with 2016âs Landlord, featuring the platinum single âLock Doh.â
⢠He appeared twice on Drakeâs 2017 More Life album. Both songsââNo Long Talkâ and âKMTââwent Top 20 in the UK.
⢠His 2017 Wamp 2 Dem mixtapeâa message to American hip-hop fans who donât take UK rappers seriouslyâpositioned him to win his first MOBO Award for Best Hip-Hop Act.
⢠Featuring guests like Jadakiss, Lil Yachty, and French Montana, 2019âs BIG BAD⌠became Giggsâ second straight album to crack the UK Top 10.
Influenced by GiggsGiggs has influenced the music of Aecee, Brudda Nay, 6IXVI and more.
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