Enitan Adepitan (born 9 December 1994), known professionally as Enny (stylized in

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), is an English rapper, singer and songwriter. She is best known for her 2020 single "Peng Black Girls" which gained popularity following a remix version with

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which was performed live on

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Early life

Coming from Nigerian heritage, Enny was born and raised in

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, South East London. She lives with her parents and was one of six siblings. During her early childhood, Enny’s interest in music started from young. This led to her experimenting with music influenced by her family and was taught to play instruments from her father such as the keyboard. Enny would also participate in a local street dance group where they would play and dance to American hip-hop. Through the influence of music genres such as jazz, gospel music and hip-hop, these music tastes she would inherit from her friend and family would have a later musical impact on her career. After high school she attempted the film industry for two years. However, after being unsuccessful and unsatisfied with her career path, she continued to focus on music and freestyling.

Career

Enny got her career off the ground when she was creating freestyle videos on

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. These videos lead to her self-released debut single, "He's Not Into You", in April 2020, which features life lessons on dream relationships. With this hit single, Enny was recognized and introduced to the studio program, Root 73, by her certain manager, Pascal. She would later be scouted by English singer-songwriter

who signed her to her own label FAMM. This is what sparked her career to have more popular song releases such as "Peng Black Girls" which was produced in 2021. Being the most popular with fans, the song's initial release had over a million views. With the collaboration with

, the song's remix gained over 5 million more views. Enny is becoming a part of the golden age of UK rappers and continues to create music.

Discography

Extended plays

* ''Under Twenty Five'' (2021)

Singles

Promotional singles

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Official website

MusicBrainz

SoundCloud
{{Authority control Living people 1994 births Black British women rappers 21st-century Black British women singers British hip hop singers English people of Nigerian descent People from Thamesmead 21st-century women rappers Women songwriters English songwriters