Skepta

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Skepta
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Skepta
Background information
Birth name Joseph Junior Adenuga
Also known as Skeps
Born September 19, 1982
Origin Meridian Walk, London
Genre(s) Grime/Hip-Hop/Funky House
Years active 2000-present
Label(s) Boy Better Know
Associated acts Meridian

JME

Roll Deep

Boy Better Know

Shadow Demon Coalition


Contents

Biography

Born Joseph Junior Adenuga in 1982 September 19 in Tottenham, north London. Skepta is a British grime MC, producer and DJ commonly associated with the North London grime scene. Has proved himself to be one of the smarter and more diligent entrepreneurs in the UK Music industry and is commonly known as the king of grime. He began his career as DJ Off key although he soon took his hand to the production side of music where he received much attention for 'DTI'. That wasn't enough for Skepta as he soon jumped on the microphone along with his brother JME (Jamie Adenuga) and became renowned throughout Greater London for his hit single (he also produced), "Private Caller" which featured many of his Meridian crew from Meridian Walk in Tottenham. And he has been critiziced through the years,he's sexuality and this has caused him a few problems in the music scene, reports where said that he was acting homo with Wiley?

Skepta as a rapper/mc has performed all over the world: New York, Italy, Russia, Israel, Czech Rep, Sweden, Germany, Cyprus, Switzerland, Belgium, France and Amsterdam along with many other countries whilst also making the bill of UK festivals Glastonbury and V. Skepta has achieved all of this without even having an album in the shops. Having already featured on MTV BaseAbout to Blow’, graced the pages of magazines from i-D, One Week to Live to Dummy to RWD to Blues & Soul.

His main target is to make grime music 'mainstream' in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States. So far, alongside accomplices like Wiley, Roll Deep, JME, President T, Trim, Frisco, Bossman and Big H, he has helped to increase the levels of 'spitting', and has produced and created grime hits such as “Duppy”, “Stupid”, “R U Dumb”, “Fuckin' Widda Team” and “The Large Way”. This attempt at trying to make Grime mainstream has lead Skepta to receive some criticism from fans who beleieve that Adenuga is "selling grime out" in order to make music.

Boy Better Know

Skepta (Managing Director) along with brother JME (CEO) and grime godfather Wiley began their grime label Boy Better Know in late 2005. Unknown to many, the phrase "Boy Better Know" originated as a catchphrase from fellow Meridian Crew member Big H and was later adopted by the trio. Early 2006 saw the release of 'Shut Yuh Mut' - Boy Better Know edition 1 which features all 3 artists and throughout the years has contributed and aided many other artists such as Frisco and Wiley to put out mixtapes along with JME (4 mixtapes) and Skepta's September 2007 release 'Greatest Hits', which was distributed nationwide.

Lyrics

  • They Ain’t Ready For This Combination \ We’re Something Like Freddy And Jason \ Better Still He’s Kano, So Today I’m Radant \ You Can Never Clash Me With A Brain The Same Size As A Raisin \ And If You Can’t MC, Produce And Mix \ Then I Don’t Wonna Hear Your Name In The King Of Grime Conversation \ You Can’t Catch Me I’m Too Quick Off The Mark \ Think I’m Speaking For Both Of Us \ When I Say Lord Of The Mics Was A Walk In The Park \ Performing Used To Be A Skill Now I Call It An Art \ Yer, We Run London Town \ When I Pick Up The Mic I Bun London Down \ Promoters Pay Me Half Of The Door Money \ Them Man Are Getting Booked For A Hundred Pound
  • Guess Who It Is Its Skepta \ Never Will I Sing To The Inspector \ Eventually I Will Chart Top This \ Two Years Back This All Started Off With I’m \ I’m Doing It Again 2010 \ I Asked Tulisa If Its OK To Feature \ & I Was Like Braap Braap Let Me Go For It \ Pass The Key To The Door Let Me Open It \ Your Never Gonna Blow With It Get Over It \ Too Many Many Man Have Been Doing This For Years \ & They Ain’t Got Nothing To Show For It \ Back In 05 My Line Was So Dead \ I Was Taking £16.40 \ Nowadays I Rep BBK All Day \ Monday To Sunday Like Shorty

If You Dont Like It Come Out The Country \ Boy Better Know Any Violations Get Dealt With Abruptly \ The Last Time I Drawed My Machine Out Tony Blair Started Phoning My Mumsy \ I Told Mumsy To Hang Up

Crews

Skepta is a member of the following crews:


Albums

Mixtapes

Singles

Forecoming Projects

Production Credits

Features