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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Kevin Georgiou |
| Born | 22 May 1985 Stonebridge, London, England |
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| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | U.S.G. (2005-present) Roc Nation (2011–2013) Universal Music (2015–present) |
Kevin Georgiou (born 22 May 1985), known professionally as K Koke, is an English-Irish-Cypriot rapper. His Fire in the Booth freestyle on Charlie Sloth's show on BBC Radio 1Xtra has over 20 million YouTube views. [1] [2]
His first mixtape, Pure Koke Volume One, was available free on various online outlets. Following radio play, he signed a deal with Roc Nation. [3] [4] [5]
At the time of signing to Roc Nation, Georgiou was preparing to release Pure Koke Volume Two. He released visuals for singles "Nobody But Us" featuring Abel Miller, "Lord Knows" featuring Don Jaga and "Streets Are Cold" which features Birmingham's UK rap veteran Malik MD7. However, his music career was stopped abruptly when he was arrested for attempted murder in 2011.
Georgiou was later dropped from Roc Nation and in 2015 signed with Universal Music.
Georgiou was charged with the attempted murder of an unidentified 27-year-old football player at Harlesden station on 9 March 2011 along with associate named Levi who was remanded in custody pending trial in October 2011. [6] [7] The victim was shot in the back. [6] Georgiou stood trial on 4 October 2011 and was acquitted of all charges on 3 November 2011 after seven months on remand. [8]
| Title | Album details |
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| I Ain't Perfect |
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| Koke, Vol II |
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| FFF Prison |
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| Title | Mixtape details |
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| Pure Koke: Volume 1 |
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| Pure Koke: Volume 2 |
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| Pure Koke: Volume 3 |
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| Pure Koke: Volume 4 UK: 60 |
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| UK [9] | SCO [10] | ||||||||||||
| 2012 | "Turn Back" (featuring Maverick Sabre) | 70 | — | I Ain't Perfect | |||||||||
| 2013 | "Lay Down Your Weapons" (featuring Rita Ora) | 18 | 19 | ||||||||||
| 2013 | "My Time" (featuring Bridget Kelly) | 52 | — | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||
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