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Meridian Dan (born Daniel Lawrence London) is a
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MC from
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, North London. He is best known for his 2014 single "
German Whip "German Whip" is the debut single by grime artist Meridian Dan, released as the lead single from his forthcoming debut album, ''I Am London''. The song features vocals from rappers Big H and JME, and was produced by The HeavyTrackerz, who have ...
", and is a former member of seminal grime crews Meridian and Bloodline.


Background

Lawrence, who is of Guyanese descent, first started MCing at age 10, having had music around him throughout his childhood and being inspired by hip-hop and reggae. Jme and Big H, who both feature on "German Whip", were both childhood friends. Meridian Dan was a peripheral member of Meridian Crew along with President T, Skepta, Jme,
Big H Adrian Harris, better known by his stage name Big H, is an English grime artist and rapper from Tottenham, London, United Kingdom. Biography Known for his distinctive style, H spent much of his life creating new music and "perfecting the flow" ...
, Bossman Birdie and Paper Pabs in the early noughties. During his time in the group he made regular appearances on the crew's show on pirate radio station Heat FM show and later on Déjà Vu FM. He featured on Skepta's "Private Caller" single in 2005. In 2005, Meridian Dan took a hiatus from music after Meridian Crew disbanded - with other crew members going on to form
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and Bloodline Family - to pursue other interests and careers. During this time, he worked as a boxer, a plasterer, an electrician, a steel erector, and a welder. Having formerly been a steward at the club, he is a supporter of
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. In a 2014 interview, Meridian Dan said that his hiatus was because he wasn't getting paid for his music and had outside stresses to attend to. He returned to making music in 2010 recording songs and making pirate radio appearances with other members of Bloodline Family. In 2013 he recorded
German Whip "German Whip" is the debut single by grime artist Meridian Dan, released as the lead single from his forthcoming debut album, ''I Am London''. The song features vocals from rappers Big H and JME, and was produced by The HeavyTrackerz, who have ...
featuring
Big H Adrian Harris, better known by his stage name Big H, is an English grime artist and rapper from Tottenham, London, United Kingdom. Biography Known for his distinctive style, H spent much of his life creating new music and "perfecting the flow" ...
of Bloodline and Jme of Boy Better Know, after the song achieved underground success Meridian Dan was signed to PMR who gave the song a commercial release in 2014. German Whip charted at #13 on the
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. This led the
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to quip that his jump to stardom must have been "one of the slowest breakthroughs in music".


Music

In August 2014, the song "One Two Drinks" was announced as the next single from his forthcoming debut album ''I Am London'' which is set to be released on PMR. In mid 2015, he also released single "The Bits" which was also released under PMR.


Awards

In September 2014, Meridian Dan received three nominations for awards in 'Mobo Best Grime', 'Best Song' and 'Best Newcomer'.


Discography


Singles


As lead artist


References

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