Brandon Scott (born 11 September 1996), known professionally as Swarmz, is a British rapper, singer and boxer.

Early and personal life

Brandon Scott was born in the borough of

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, London. He is of Barbadian and Jamaican descent. During his childhood, Scott was heavily inspired by the music his family was listening to, including a variety of Jamaican artists. By the time he was attending school, he and his friends had started rapping. On 24 May 2020, Scott was involved in a car crash near

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. A

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rented for a music video shoot crashed into a

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. After the crash, he posted videos of the smashed car onto his Instagram account. No injuries were sustained and no arrests were made.

Football career

Scott is a lifelong Arsenal supporter. During his teenage years, Scott was a talented

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and played for the youth academies of Fulham,

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and

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. While at Southend, he had a short loan spell at National League South club East Thurrock United. He was then released by Southend in 2016. After being released, Scott signed for Isthmian League side

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. In 2017, Scott signed for National League South club

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. In 2018, he quit football to pursue his music career.

Music career

Scott started making music as a hobby alongside his youth football career. He originally started making freestyles on

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, where he went by the name Swarmzy-B, which he later shortened to Swarmz when he started making music professionally. He released his first video, titled ''"Money"'' in 2017 which picked up over 200k views on

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. He then released another single, titled ''"Murda"'' in early 2018. His breakthrough single, ''"Lyca"'', was released later that year. After the single went viral, he was signed to

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. The artist then proceeded to become a well-known name after releasing tracks such as Bally and Motorola which were brought to light after encouragement from friend Red Jackson. In 2020, Scott featured alongside

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KSI Olajide Olayinka Williams "JJ" Olatunji (born 19 June 1993), known professionally as KSI, is an English YouTuber and rapper. He is a co-founder and member of the British YouTube group known as the Sidemen. He is the CEO of Misfits Boxing and ...

's single ''

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'', which reached number 6 in the

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Boxing career

KSI vs Swarmz

Scott started his boxing career in a professional crossover bout against

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on 27 August 2022 at

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, England. Originally, KSI was scheduled to face Alex Wassabi, however, due to a concussion, Wassabi was replaced by Scott whom had previously called out KSI on a

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live. KSI, trained by old friend Wren Lawson-Foley, defeated Scott via 2nd round KO and won the ICB World cruiserweight title. Scott was scheduled to face British singer Kristen Hanby as the co-feature bout on 15 October 2022, but pulled out of the fight on 28 September as Scott requires "more time to prepare."

Taylor vs Swarmz

On 5 December it was announced that Scott would be facing British YouTuber Ryan Taylor on 14 January 2023. Swarmz won the fight by TKO in under a minute, after Taylor suffered an eye injury.

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Guest appearances

Boxing record

Pay-per-view bouts

Notes

References

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