Jahrell Bryan, commonly known as Fumez the Engineer, is a British

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from London. Joining Pressplay Media - a

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platform - in 2012, he later moved to

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, where he would stay before moving back to Pressplay Media following the beginning of his ''Plugged In'' freestyle series in 2020. Between his move to Link Up TV and his return to Pressplay, he would release two mixtapes, named ''The Mix-Tape'' and ''The Mix-Tape 2'', with the latter being released in 2018.

Career

In a 2016 interview with ''Trapped'', Fumez said that he began his career at the age of 15 in a youth club; at the time, however, he wouldn't take a career that seriously. In 2012, Fumez helped to launch Pressplay Media, a major

platform, at the age of 18. Later becoming its owner, he would go into debt as a result of the company; he would sell his shares to Daniel Olkhovski, a former director of Pressplay who Fumez used to manage. Following this, Fumez went to

, another UK rap platform. During his time there, he would engineer for Link Up TV's ''Mic Check'' and ''Behind Barz'' freestyle series; he would also begin several series, such as ''Studio with Fumez'' - where he would ask artists questions submitted by the audience - and the ''Plugged In'' series of freestyles, with the first ''Plugged In'' freestyle being released on 29 March 2020. Sometime following this, he was asked to return to Pressplay Media by Olkhovski. By April 2021, the ''Plugged In'' series had over 100 million views and over 100 million streams; by the end of the year, his "Plugged In Freestyle" with A92 and Offica reached number 29 on the

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and number 39 on the UK chart. In 2021, Fumez engineered a remix of "Bad Habits" by

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, which featured

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and

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. The remix was credited with "boosting" the song to 8 weeks at number one. He would also begin the ''In the Mix'' series, which followed his journey in the music industry. In November, his headline show at the Islington O2 Academy was canceled to due a section 60 order being placed over the N1 postcode, where the O2 Academy was located.

Discography

Mixtapes

*''The Mix-Tape'' (2016) *''The Mix-Tape 2'' (2018)

Singles

Awards and nominations

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fumez The Engineer Living people Year of birth missing (living people) English audio engineers English hip hop musicians UK drill musicians Musicians from London