Octavian is a rapper, lyricist, musician. He is called the brightest young urban artist from England. A “delicious” chanting style, a recognizable voice with a hoarseness - this is what the artist is adored for. He also has cool lyrics and an interesting style of presenting musical material.
In 2019, he became the most promising performer in the world, and already in 2021 he said that he was “tied up” with a creative career. In 2020, the rap artist's ex-girlfriend accused him of violence, and the label refused to release the artist's debut LP. Since he lives in a mega-tolerant society, such a turn of events was, if not predictable, then quite expected. After the statement about violence, the rapper's career went down sharply. The rap artist comments on his choice as follows:
“I am devastated by all the negativity around this story. In the place where I live, it doesn't matter if I'm guilty or not. Obviously, I'm not in the best condition right now. Thank you to everyone who supported me psychologically, thank you for all your love…”.
Octavian's childhood and youth
The artist's date of birth is January 22, 1996. He was born in France, in a family of immigrants from Angola. From an early age he had a hard time. When he was very young, his father passed away.
The mother fell on the chores not only of raising, but also of providing for Oliver Goji (the real name of the rap artist). After the sudden death of her father, her mother decided to move to the UK.
The ate family made ends meet. Mother and Oliver did not have enough for the most elementary. In one of the interviews, he admitted that he even wandered. Despite poverty, the guy did not lose heart. He grew up as a musical child. As a teenager, Goji wiped out the tracks of top American rappers to "holes".
As a teenager, he won a scholarship to BRIT School. Alas, it so happened that the last thing that worried him in life at that time was precisely his studies. After a year and a half, he dropped out of school and went into free swimming.
The creative path of the rapper Octavian
The presentation of the first track of the rap artist took place in 2016. The piece of music was called Octavian OG. A year later, he presented a track that really made him famous. We are talking about the piece of music Party Here.
Octavian found himself under the scrutiny of music lovers when Drake sang along to his songs Party Here live. With the light hand of Drake, Oliver's musical career was “launched”.
In August 2018, he signed with Sony/ATV Records. In the same year, the premiere of the composition Hands (with the participation of Mura Masa) took place. At the end of October 2018, the Here Is Not Safe video premiered, which received high marks not only from fans, but also from music critics.
While talking to fans, the rapper revealed that they will be able to enjoy another video soon. In December, the English talent released a "delicious" novelty. The work was called Move Faster. Some critics noted that this video is not the most original work of the musician. But, in any case, the clip was interesting to watch. Especially, while watching the video, the younger generation “turned on”.
2019 has become even more interesting and no less productive for the rap artist. First, he released an unrealistic amount of decent work. And secondly, he became the most promising musician in the world.
Finally, he held in his hands, something else, not a microphone. Note that the BBC Music's Sound award is awarded every year to the most promising young performer.
Fans could not get enough of the news about the new "title" of the artist. And he, in turn, sat down in a recording studio to please the audience with new material.
In early February 2019, together with Michael Phantom, he released a video for the music piece Bet. But, most importantly, he finally pleased the "fans" with information about the work on a new mixtape.
Endorphins mixtape premiere
In 2019, the premiere of the second mixtape took place. The collection was called Endorphins. On the release, the rapper was assisted by Skepta, Jessie Ware, A$AP Ferg, Smokepurrp and other stars.
December was marked by the release of a bright video for the song Sleep. Krimbo took part in the creation of the video. The work received the highest marks from music experts. At the beginning of the next year, the premiere of the Death of a Traitor Freestyle video clip took place, which also gained tens of thousands of views on the top video hosting.
March 2020 was marked by the release of the Papi Chulo music video (featuring Skepta). "Fans" noted for themselves a chic trap with Latin American guitar melodies. The track about love went with a bang to music lovers.
In 2020, Gorillaz and Octavian presented the clip Friday 13th, which was created as part of the The Song Machine project. The video ended with the words of black rights activist James Baldwin:
“Not everything you face can be changed. But nothing can be changed until you face it. Ignorance, in alliance with power, is the most cruel enemy that justice can have.”
On the wave of popularity, the premiere of the bright summer novelty of the rapper took place, in the recording of which the group Future took part. Clip Rari confirmed the high status of the musician.
Octavian: details of his personal life
He was in a relationship with a girl named Hana, aka Emo Baby. There was a really warm relationship between them. Fans were sure that feelings would result in something serious. But, on November 11, 2020, Hana published an interesting post.
A post appeared on Hana's social networks, which was supplemented with photos of beatings, screenshots of correspondence and videos of attacks by the rap artist. According to the girl, the rapper repeatedly beat her, forced her to have an abortion, attacked a pregnant woman with a hammer, changed and morally destroyed her.
She also said that Octavian frequently took cocaine and used the addiction as "an excuse for his actions."
The response was almost instantaneous. On November 13, the label refused to release the debut full-length album of the rap artist. The debut album of the British rapper Alpha was supposed to be released on November 13, but Black Butter Records did not risk its own reputation.
Interestingly, the rap artist himself does not admit his guilt. According to him, the girl is lying only because he decided to part with her. Octavian also promised to look into the situation. He does not intend to put up with the attacks of the "haters" and the ex-girlfriend.
Octavian: our days
He did not go out for a long time, but in 2021 the silence was broken by the presentation of a new track. We are talking about the composition Time After Time. He also did not interrupt the planned concerts.
It seemed to fans that the reputation of the rap artist was beginning to “clean up” after the scandal, but on October 20, 2021, it became known that he was leaving music. It is likely that this is not a final decision, but today, we quote: "he is tired of fighting the negativity that hit him."
