Jesse James, better known by his stage name Dubzy, is an English

grime Grime may refer to: * Dirt, in the form of black, ingrained dust * Grime (music genre), a genre of music * ''Grime'' (album), a 2001 album by Iniquity * ''Grime'' (video game), a 2021 Metroidvania video game * "Grime", a 2022 song by Dallas Woo ...

MC, actor and

entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values t ...

. He is the co-founder of music collective and fashion label Snazz. He is currently signed to

Universal Music Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch– American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its ...

Portugal. He won Red Bull's 2016 Grime-a-Side championship with the Derby team and finished second in ''UK Grime'''s best MC's of 2016. In November 2016, Dubzy signed a publishing deal with Sony ATV and Reprezent for a single alongside fellow grime artists Kannan & Eyez entitled 'Highs & Lows'.

Career

Dubzy started out producing on PlayStation's Music 2000 music creation program at the age of 12 before moving on to music production on FL Studio as well as picking up rapping in his early teens. At 15, he released his first LP entitled 'On Music Daily: Vol. 1'. James released a series of mixtapes between 2012 and 2014 including Apples & Blackberrys and Beat Is My Counsellor, the latter of which spent three consecutive months in Audiomack's top 5 most downloaded mixtapes/albums in 2012. In 2014, he released Gift of the Gab; the CD features collaborations with Bloodline recording artist Paper Pabs as well as tracks with

Roll Deep Roll Deep (formerly Roll Deep Entourage) are a British grime crew. They were founded in 2001 by Wiley shortly before the disbandment of UK garage crew Pay As U Go Cartel. The group have had two UK No. 1 singles, "Good Times" and " Green Lig ...

MC Trim. In 2015,

BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, ...

Charlie Sloth Charlie Ian Paul Rouillon (born 20 August 1981), known professionally as Charlie Sloth, is a British DJ, hype man, producer and TV presenter. Early life Charlie Ian Paul Rouillon was born on 20 August 1981. He was raised in the London Boroug ...

selected Dubzy as one of his three 'MC's to watch in 2016' and praised Snazz headwear in a Fire in the Booth workshop episode of his live prime-time radio show. An invitation from

Tim Westwood Timothy Westwood (born 3 October 1957) is a British DJ and presenter. He is often referred to by other DJs and artists appearing on his shows simply as Westwood. He was described by ''The Guardian'' in 2022 as "a veteran of the hip-hop scene ...

to perform a Crib Session on Capital Xtra alongside fellow Grime artist Eyez followed. The two also performed at every leg of the

MOBO Awards The MOBO Awards (Music of Black Origin, also known as the MOBOs) are an annual British music award presentation honouring achievements in " music of black origin", including hip hop, grime, UK Drill, R&B, soul, reggae, jazz, gospel, and ...

' Unsung tour and released a single ''Let's Play a Game'' in the same period. Dubzy has featured on a number of singles by other artists including ''Hear Me'' which debuted on Sian Anderson's BBC 1xtra show and features him alongside

's Manga, Rukus, Kobi Onyame and Eyez. Dubzy also collaborated with Z Dot, Mez, Snowy, Row-d & Eyez on 'Raise The Bar' single last year. On 1 January 2016, Dubzy released single "Hungry For Dis" alongside Eyez and Kannan. He became the face of high street retailer Footasylum's #WeAreFootasylum campaign. In October 2016, Dubzy signed a publishing deal with Sony ATV and Reprezent for a single entitled 'Highs and Lows'. He won Red Bull's Grime-a-Side 2016 national championship for the Derby team, the smallest team/city in the competition.

Personal life

Dubzy is a supporter of

Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd), or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Premier League, ...

References

{{Reflist Grime music artists Living people People from Tottenham Rappers from London Musicians from Derby Year of birth missing (living people)