How to Hire SKEPTA For Your Event!
aka: Joseph Olaitan Adenuga Jr., Skeppy, Big Smoke
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Chief Joseph Olaitan Adenuga Jr., known professionally as Skepta, is a British-Nigerian grime MC, rapper and record producer. Alongside his younger brother Jme, he briefly joined Roll Deep before they became founding members of Boy Better Know in 2005.
Skepta released his debut studio album, Greatest Hits, in 2007 and his second album, Microphone Champion, in 2009, both independently, while his third studio album, Doin’ It Again, was released in 2011 by AATW.
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He made his acting debut in the 2015 film, Anti-Social. Skepta‘s fourth studio album, Konnichiwa (2016), featured the hit singles “That’s Not Me” and “Shutdown”. The album, which was widely acclaimed, won the Mercury Prize.
In 2016, Skepta performed at Coachella with artists, including LCD Soundsystem, Ellie Goulding, The Kills, Of Monsters and Men, Guns N’ Roses, Ice Cube, CHVRCHES, Sia, Major Lazer, Flume, The 1975 and Rancid.
In 2018, he produced and was featured on American rapper ASAP Rocky‘s single, “Praise the Lord (Da Shine)”, which became both artists’ highest-charting single and a global hit.
In 2019, Skepta released Ignorance Is Bliss, which charted in fifteen countries. Insomnia (2020), a collaborative album with British rappers Chip and Young Adz, became Skepta‘s third album to reach the top 10 of the UK Albums Chart.
Skepta has been nominated for three Brit Awards, including the Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist. His influence on contemporary British popular culture as a key figure in the grime scene saw him appear on Debrett’s 2017 list of the most influential people in the UK.
He received a Nigerian chieftaincy on 4 April 2018, with his title being “Amuludun of Odo-Aje”.
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