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Krept
Krept and Konan is a British hip hop duo from London, consisting of Casyo Valentine "Krept" Johnson BEM (born 4 February 1990, Gipsy Hill) and Karl Dominic "Konan" Wilson BEM (born 3 September 1989, Thornton Heath), the son of Delroy Wilson otherwise known as 'Jamaica's first child star'. Their first major release was the mixtape ''Young Kingz'', released on 2 September 2013. As of 3 May 2013, Krept and Konan signed a record deal with Virgin EMI Records. Their debut album '' The Long Way Home'' was released on 5 July 2015 and entered the UK Albums Chart at number 2. The duo's highest-charting single is " Freak of the Week" featuring Jeremih, which charted at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart. Krept and Konan have both starred together in the film '' The Intent'' (2016) and reprised their roles in the prequel '' The Intent 2: The Come Up'' (2018). Early life Krept is one of two siblings. His father was in prison for drug offences and his older brother was "a lot of trouble ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cadet (rapper)
Blaine Cameron Johnson (2 March 1990 – 9 February 2019), known professionally as Cadet, was a British rapper. The younger cousin of Krept, Johnson began pursuing a solo career as a rapper in 2011, releasing a number of freestyles through YouTube outlets such as OSM Vision and Link Up TV. His debut project, '' The Commitment'', was released in 2016, followed by '' The Commitment 2'' the following year. He is perhaps best known for his single "Advice" featuring Deno, which peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. Johnson died in a car accident on 9 February 2019 on his way to a gig at Keele University in Staffordshire, three weeks before what would have been his 29th birthday. Career Gipset and underground career (2006–2009) Cadet first became known for his association with Krept and Konan's Gipset crew in 2006, frequently appearing in music videos for the group's freestyles. Cadet released his first commercial mixtape, ''Are You Ready'', on 4 April 2008. The Gipset ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Kingz
''Young Kingz'' is the third mixtape by the British hip hop duo Krept and Konan. The mixtape was released on 2 September 2013 on Play Dirty. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number 19 and the UK R&B Chart at number three. Background and release ADP of London Boy Entertainment was the executive producer. Production also included Maestro, Scholar & Stix, Steel Banglez, Adot, Rymez, EY. The mixtape featured rappers such as Fekky, Tinie Tempah, Giggs, Chip, Yungen, and G FrSH, and was accompanied by spoken word artist George the Poet and singer Yana Toma. The first visual from the project was "My Story" published via YouTube on 4 August 2013. It received 550,000 YouTube hits in less than 24 hours. The record explains Konan’s loss of his stepfather and the duo’s reason of why they pursued their music career in a poetic storytelling type of rap. "Don’t Waste My Time" was the second visual released also published on YouTube directed by Javier. The video was based in thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Long Way Home (Krept And Konan Album)
''The Long Way Home'' is the debut studio album by British hip hop duo Krept and Konan. Originally scheduled for release on 6 July 2015, the album was released a day early on 5 July 2015 by Play Dirty, Virgin EMI and Def Jam. The album features guest appearances from British singers Emeli Sandé, Rebecca Garton and Ed Sheeran, American singer Jeremih, American rappers Rick Ross, YG and Wiz Khalifa, British rapper Skepta and Derrick Morgan. The title, artwork and release date was published on 23 March 2015 via Twitter. The lead single "Freak of the Week" featuring Jeremih became a top ten hit and also became Krept and Konan's first top 40 entry. ''The Long Way Home'' received positive reviews from critics and entered the UK Albums Chart at number 2 while topping the UK R&B Chart. Singles "Certified" featuring American rapper Rick Ross was released as a promotional single on 27 March 2015, along with a lyrics video. The first official single "Freak of the Week" featurin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freak Of The Week
"Freak of the Week" is a song by British rappers Krept and Konan, featuring vocals from American singer Jeremih. The song was released for digital download in the United Kingdom on 28 June 2015 as the first single from their debut album '' The Long Way Home'' (2015). The single peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart. It is a hip hop song that contains a sample of " Who Am I (Sim Simma)" by Beenie Man. Music video The music video was uploaded to Vevo Vevo ( , an abbreviation for "Video Evolution", stylized as VEVO until 2013) is an American multinational video hosting service, best known for providing music videos to YouTube. The service is also available as an app on selected smart TVs, di ... on 5 May 2015. The video depicts the men rapping in a dim lit room while female dancers are behind them. Track listing ; Digital single ; ''The Remixes'' EP Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Release history References 2015 singles 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Portsmouth
The University of Portsmouth is a public university in Portsmouth, England. It is one of only four universities in the South East England, South East of England rated as Gold in the Government's Teaching Excellence Framework. With approximately 28,280 Undergraduate education, undergraduate and Postgraduate education, postgraduate students, the university is the 25th largest in the United Kingdom by higher education student enrolments. Comprising five Faculty (division), faculties, 24 schools and several other services, the university employs approximately 3,500 staff. In the 2023 edition of the Good University Guide – compiled by The Times and The Sunday Times, Sunday Times – the university ranked 62nd out of the 132 universities in the United Kingdom. In the Times Higher Education REF ranking, the university was ranked third in research power for modern post-1992 universities. Research conducted by the university has a significant global impact; in the latest edition of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Intent
''The Intent'' is a 2016 British crime thriller film directed by, written by and starring Femi Oyeniran Femi Oyeniran is a Nigerian-British actor and director who started his career in the cult classic ''Kidulthood'', playing the role of "Moony" in 2006. It was followed by the 2008 sequel ''Adulthood''. His first feature film as a director "It's .... Plot A small-time criminal called Hoodz finds success robbing stores and small businesses, finally catches the jackpot by attacking a big drug dealer for his stash of money and drugs. Gunz, an undercover police officer posing as a member in his squad, is failing to make regular contact to his commanding officers and is increasingly becoming extremely content with the idea of being one of the members in Hoodz' crew. The police begin to view him as a suspect like all the rest. Cast Prequel A prequel titled '' The Intent 2: The Come Up'' was released in 2018. References External links * 2016 films 2016 crime thriller fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harris Academy South Norwood
Harris Academy South Norwood is a city academy in South Norwood, London, for students of both sexes aged 11–18. The school was designated as a Business and Enterprise College by the Department for Education and Skills when it was formerly called ''Stanley Technical High School''. The re-development of the school was finished in November 2007 as part of the renaming. The school belongs to a federation of schools in South London called the Harris Federation named after Philip Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham, the chairman of Carpetright plc. The school is co-educational, changing its status from boys-only which it had been since the school was founded in 1907. In September 2014, the school amalgamated with Harris Academy Upper Norwood, sharing teachers and a sixth form campus. Location The school is located in South Norwood on both the High Street and South Norwood Hill. History Harris Academy South Norwood is on the site formerly occupied by The Stanley Technical School fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gipsy Hill
Gipsy Hill in south London is a hilly neighbourhood spanning the southern parts of the London Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark characterised for its great views of the City of London and Dulwich. Historically, north of its traditional Westow-Central Hill southern limit, it was split between the southern projections of the West Norwood daughter parish of Lambeth and the St Giles church daughter parish of Camberwell in Surrey until urban reforms of 1889 created the County of London. It takes in, due to a diagonal, slightly weaving border, somewhat less of the London Borough of Southwark, and it has a ridge-top border along the retail/services/leisure street Westow Hill and residential street Central Hill with Upper Norwood in the London Borough of Croydon. History and Geography Gipsy Hill is the name of the central road that runs south upwards from Gipsy Road, where it becomes Alleyn Park near the southern end of Croxted Road, up to Central Hill and Westow Hill (a brief eastern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delroy Wilson
Delroy George Wilson CD (5 October 1948 – 6 March 1995) Greene, Jo-Ann, " Delroy Wilson Biography, allmusic.com, Macrovision Corporation was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer. Wilson is often regarded as Jamaica's first child star, having first found success as a teenager. His youngest son, Karl "Konan" Wilson, has found success as part of British duo Krept and Konan. Biography Delroy Wilson began his recording career at the age of thirteen, while still a pupil at Boys Town Primary School.Wilson Finally Gets His Due – Posthumous National Honour To Follow 65th Anniversary , '' Jamaica Gleaner'', 6 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013 Wilson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Def Jam Recordings
Def Jam Recordings (also simply known as Def Jam) is an American multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It is based in Manhattan, New York City, specializing predominantly in hip hop, contemporary R&B, soul and pop. The label has a London-based, UK arm known as 0207 Def Jam (formerly Def Jam UK in the 1990s until the mid-2000s) and is currently operated through EMI Records. It has a Johannesburg, South Africa and Lagos, Nigeria-based arm known as Def Jam Africa. Def Jam distributes releases of various label imprints, including Dave East's From the Dirt Records. Current artists include Justin Bieber, Toya Johnson, Nasty C, 2 Chainz, Dave East, Jeezy, Jeremih, Jhené Aiko, Fredo Bang and YK Osiris, among others. Company history Founding and CBS Records Group era (1983–1994) Def Jam was co-founded by Rick Rubin in his dormitory in Weinstein Hall at New York University, and its first release was a single by his punk-rock group Hose. Russell Simmons jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgin EMI Records
Virgin EMI Records was a British record label owned by the Universal Music Group that was formed in 2013. In June 2020, the label was rebranded as EMI Records, and operates Virgin Records as an imprint of the new EMI Records. History Virgin EMI Records was founded in March 2013 through the merger of Mercury Records UK and Virgin Records. It operated two distinct A&R and marketing streams—Virgin and EMI Records. Virgin EMI became one of Universal Music UK's front-line labels, alongside Polydor Records, Island Records, Decca Records, and a newly established Capitol Records UK. Mercury Records UK, which traditionally released International Island and Def Jam artists in the UK will now operate as an imprint under Virgin EMI along with Universal Island, which also released Republic Records artists in that country The new label will replace Mercury and Virgin as the releasing label in the UK, for Def Jam and Island US's international roster as well as Virgin Records America arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scorcher (rapper)
Tayo Jarrett (born 5 April 1986), better known as Scorcher, is a British grime MC, songwriter and actor from Enfield, London. He was previously a member of the grime collective The Movement and is signed to Blue Colla Music. Career 2005–08: Early career He began his career in Cold Blooded where he became known for his "shank" bars, and would regularly attend pirate radio and work his way up through the North London grime circuit. Scorcher served a short prison sentence in 2006 for driving offences, and while in jail his mixtape ''Simply the Best'' was released and was greeted with good reviews from the grime scene. After an incident with fellow Cold Blooded member Cookie, Scorcher left Cold Blooded to concentrate on a new collective known as The Movement, which featured Scorcher alongside Wretch 32, Devlin, Mercston, and Ghetts. At this point he was involved in a momentous clash that saw him and fellow movement members go up against rival grime collective Boy Better Know. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
