Skepta is a popular British rap artist, musician, lyricist, music producer, MC. Conor McGregor adores his tracks, and Kylian Mbappe adores his sneakers (Skepta collaborates with Nike). The fact that the artist is one of the best performers of grime deserves special attention. Skepta is a big fan of football and martial arts.
Reference: Grime is a musical genre that arose at the beginning of the XNUMXs in East London at the junction of garage and raggamuffin.
In 2021, the fans of the rap artist are a little depressed. And all because Skepta said goodbye to music. British grime artist Skepta has announced that he no longer intends to engage in creativity. He released a couple of clips, emphasizing that these are his last works.
Childhood and adolescence Joseph Junior Adenuga
Joseph Junior Adenuga (real name of the rap artist) was born in Tottenham (England). Nigerian blood flows in his veins. The artist's date of birth is September 19, 1982.
He was raised by immigrants from Nigeria. He was brought up in a large family, and was an older brother. The head of the family worked as a DJ, so Adenug absorbed various musical genres like a “sponge”.
The childhood years of the future idol of millions passed as actively as possible. He loved sports, but most of all he gravitated towards football and boxing. By the way, he loves football punches. But, this is a fact from the adult life of a rap artist.
Skepta is the best rap artist in terms of football references in music. Although he works for the most part for the audience of his native country, which knows only David Beckham, this does not stop him.
Creative path rap artist Skepta
The young artist began his career as a member of the Broughton grime team Meridian Crew. In the same period of time, he released some cool instrumental tracks. The works of DTI (Pirate Station Anthem) and Private Caller deserve special attention.
Shortly before the breakup of the Meridian Crew in 2005, he worked as a DJ for the team. Some time later, together with his brother, who is known to fans under the creative pseudonym JME, Skepta became part of the Roll Deep team.
A year later, the brothers created their own project. The brainchild of the guys was called Boy Better Know. Then Skepta clashed in sound clash with MC Devilman for the Lord of the Mics 2 DVD. On the wave of popularity, the artist delighted fans of his work with the release of the Joseph Junior Adenuga mixtape.
Greatest Hits album release
In 2007, the musician's discography finally opened with a full-length studio album. It was called the Greatest Hits. By the way, the record was mixed on the musician's own label Boy Better Know.
The rap artist released his debut single in 2008. We are talking about the Rolex Sweep track. A year later, his discography was replenished with another "tasty" novelty. In 2009, the premiere of the studio album Microphone Champion took place, and a little later, the single Too Many Man.
Before presenting the third studio LP, Doin' It Again, he released several singles. Fans especially appreciated the tracks Bad Boy, Rescue Me and Cross My Heart with Preeya Kalidas. The above album stayed in the Top 100 Albums for several weeks, debuting at #19 in its first week of release.
In 2011, a cool video for the track All Over the House premiered. By the way, not everyone was satisfied with the novelty from the rap artist. Critics even rode a "tank" at work.
Starting work on a new album
A year later, the rapper releases several more singles from the upcoming album. Hold On and Make Peace Not War are received rather coolly by fans and music experts. They get into the British charts, but they are far from leading places. Before the premiere of the album, the presentation of the bright mixtape Blacklisted took place.
The release date of the studio album The Honeymoon was constantly postponed. As a result, the fans did not wait for the release of the record. As it turned out, the rapper, upon receiving singles, realized that the album would not bring him the desired result.
In 2014, his rap can be heard on the German Whip Meridian Dan remix. In the same year, the premiere of a new single took place. We are talking about the composition Thats Not Me. Note that his brother again took part in the recording of the song. The work was quite warmly received by fans, and the video for the track received a prestigious music award.
2014 was marked by the release of another track. The single It Ain't Safe, in which A$AP Bari took part, greatly increased the interest of music lovers. On the wave of popularity, the release of Shutdown and the appearance on Red Eye to Paris - Flatbush Zombies, Ojuelegba - Wizkid took place.
Presentation of the best grime release Konnichiwa
A few years later, the Ladies Hit Squad track premiered. The composition features the voices of the "cream" of American rap. In the same 2016, he announced the imminent release of the Konnichiwa record.
The rapper did not disappoint the expectations of the "fans". Already this year they enjoyed a "delicious" novelty. By the way, the presented LP became the best grime release, having taken a leading place in the UK music charts.
In 2017, Skepta released the Vicious EP featuring A$AP Rocky and Lil B. The presented EP does not stick strictly to certain musical genres, but this is the main "trick" of the work.
Skepta continued to pump up the intercontinental connection - a couple of weeks later the premiere of the video for a joint track with A$AP Rocky and A$AP Nast took place. Ghost Ride - warmly welcomed by fans.
In 2018, the rapper did not stop holding the bar. This year Stefflon Don and Skepta presented a joint clip Ding-A-Ling. In short, the video is almost 4 minutes of visual sex. In the same year, the premiere of the singer's new track, which was called Pure Water, took place.
2019 has been a year of innovation. Firstly, the artist released the song Bullet From A Gun. And secondly, he said that soon his audience was waiting for the presentation of a full-length album. The album premiered at the end of May 2019. The collection was called Ignorance is Bliss. Fits include J Hus, Nafe Smallz, Cheb Rabi and other British stars. The video for the track Love Me Not was premiered.
Skepta: details of personal life
Since 2018, he has been in a relationship with the charming and world famous black model Naomi Campbell. The 35-year-old grime star and the 47-year-old supermodel appeared on the cover of the April issue of British GQ.
In 2020, it became known that Naomi Campbell broke up with Skepta. According to the model, all this time the rapper cheated on her and conceived a child with another woman. By the way, the topic about the child from another woman was thrown by the rapper himself. It is possible that he simply decided to “hype” on this.
But, this was not the latest news of 2020. The journalists managed to catch Skepta with another famous singer, whose name Adel. The singer was spotted in the company of rapper Skepta at a mall in California. The couple was spotted shopping together. Adele helped a guy who looks suspiciously like a rapper and with the same tattoos to choose things. While the stars do not officially comment on the relationship rumors.
Interesting facts about the rapper
- London-based artist Skepta is the first musician to collaborate with Nike on football boots.
- He is called the main villain of British grime.
- The musical compositions of the rap artist are heard in several sports simulators.
Skepta: our days
In 2020 year Octavian and Skepta presented a bright novelty. We are talking about the clip Papi Chulo. In March of the same year, Waze premiered (featuring Chip, Young Adz).
But fans received a triple blow to the British rap scene when Skepta released a collaborative album with Chip and Young Adz. The record was called Insomnia. On one of the tracks that were included in the LP, the premiere of the clip took place.
In May 2020, Skepta and JME were pleased with the premiere of the Nang video. At the same time, the brothers were seen in collaboration with Frisco (the most popular grime association). On September 2, the presentation of the video Red Card took place. Next, Skepta's fans were waiting for a number of interesting collaborations.
2021 was not left without musical novelties. At the beginning of the year, Skepta and Slowthai were pleased with the release of the song Cancelled on Jimmy Fallon's show. The novelty was warmly welcomed by the "fans".
March 2021 was not so pleasant. Simultaneously with the release of the new single, Skepta announced that he was leaving the stage. He did not please the "fans" with information about the date of return to the music industry.
The British grime veteran announced that he would no longer be making music. At the same time, the premiere of the Jae5 Dimension fit took place, and soon after that he published a confession about his decision in stories.
At the end of July of the same year, he released the EP All In. The guest verses feature Kid Cudi, Colombian reggaeton star J Balvin and Nigerian musician Teezee. In August, the premiere of the video "Nirvana" took place.
On November 2, 2021, the rapper attended Plugged In. Fans called the release the best in the history of the show. The concept of this show is trivial - rap artists come and rap. Skepta just “broke” Plugged In.
