Nadia Rose (born 11 June 1993) is a British

rapper Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...

and

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music ...

from

Croydon Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London. It is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensi ...

, London.

Education

Rose studied Music and Music Management at university.

Career

Rose released her debut EP ''Highly Flammable'' on 13 January 2017 following the successful singles "Station", "BOOM", and "D.F.W.T". Rose is represented by Sony Music Group under the subsidiary

Relentless Records Relentless Records is a British boutique and independent record label currently headed by co-founder Shabs Jobanputra. Originally known for UK garage singles such as Artful Dodger's " Re-Rewind" and B-15 Project's " Girls Like Us", Relentle ...

. She came fifth in the BBC's 'Sound of 2017' shortlist. In 2018 she released the track WUT2 and appeared in a Stella McCartney catwalk show in Milan. In 2020, Rose revealed that she had been unable to release new music because of her label. Rose collaborated with Melanie C on the track "Fearless" for Melanie C's self-titled album, Melanie C. The music video had a world premiere on 16 September 2020. Of the collaboration, Rose stated: "“It’s no secret that I’m a super Spice Girls fan so this whole experience has been very surreal."

Personal life

Rose is a cousin of Stormzy. In 2019, Rose took part in an

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campaign to encourage people from ethnic minority communities to register to vote in the 2019 UK General Election. Rose also took part in the 2019 Grime4Corbyn campaign in support of the Labour Party and its leader Jeremy Corbyn. Rose wrote an article for Metro encouraging people to vote Labour in the election.

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, Nadia 1993 births Singers from London Rappers from London Living people Black British women rappers English women rappers People from Croydon Relentless Records artists