Hardy Caprio

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Hardy Caprio in 2021
Background information
Birth nameHardy Tayyib-Bah
Also known asHardy (2013–2015)
Profitz (2010–2013)
Born (1996-05-23) 23 May 1996 (age 27)
Sierra Leone
Origin Croydon, London, England
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
Years active2010–present
Labels Virgin EMI

Hardy Tayyib-Bah (born 23 May 1996), known professionally as Hardy Caprio, [1] [2] is a Sierra Leonean-born British rapper and singer. [3]

Contents

By 2020, Hardy has released a string of successful releases, broken into The Official UK Top 20, and amassed over 270 million streams online. [4]

Career

2010–2016: Early career

Hardy began his music career in 2010, debuting his career under the rap name Profitz. [1] At the age of 14, Profitz introduced himself to the music scene with his '#KNWME freestyle'. [5] Hardy also featured on a few freestyles alongside South London rapper Novelist (MC). [6] In 2010 Profitz went on to release his first project titled 'A New Page'. He later went on to release his first mixtape 'Indecisive' in 2013 under a new rap name, Hardy. [1]

2017–2018: Rise to popularity, Hardy Season and The Hollywood EP

Under the new name Hardy Caprio, he was inspired by Croydon artists such as Krept and Konan and Stormzy receiving a widespread success across the UK, which motivated him to pursue music more seriously. [4] [7] Hardy went on to release over 20 videos in 2017, going from 10,000 views to 100,000 in a year. [4] One notable freestyle he dropped was on the SB.TV platform, which helped raise his profile. Hardy rapped over Flukes instrumental "Wifey", a Rhythm & Grime song originally released and made famous by Tinie Tempah in 2006. [8] [9] [4] In 2017, Hardy released "Unsigned" and "Super Soaker" alongside One Acen. "Unsigned" became a platinum single, garnered over 14 million views on YouTube, over 30 million streams, and reached number 2 on the UK Independent Chart. [10] [11] [4]

Discography

Mixtapes

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
[13]
"Unsigned"
(featuring One Acen) [14]
201745Non-album singles
"Super Soaker"
"Rapper" [16] 201834
"Best Life"
(featuring One Acen) [17]
26
"Sponsored" [18] 201970
"Guten Tag"
(featuring DigDat) [19]
18
"Juicy"
(with Darkoo)
202062
"XYZ"
(with SL)
62
"See Nobody"
(with Wes Nelson)
3BPI: Platinum [15] TBA
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[13]
"EIO"
(One Acen featuring Hardy Caprio) [20]
201890Non-album singles
"Droptop"

(T Mulla featuring Hardy Caprio) [21]

201978

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