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 Lancey Foux in 2022 | |
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| Birth name | Lance O. Omal |
| Born | 30 November 1995 Stratford, London, England |
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| Years active | 2015–present |
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| Partner(s) | Leomie Anderson (2016–2023) |
| Website | www |
Lance O. Omal [1] (born 30 November 1995 [2] ), known professionally as Lancey Foux, also known simply as Lancey, is a British rapper and singer from Stratford, London. [3] [4]
Lance O. Omal was born in London to parents of Ugandan descent. [3]
Lancey Foux began his music career in 2015 by freestyling over YouTube beats from his bedroom. In the same year, he released his debut studio album Pink. [5] Two weeks later, he released a single titled "About It". [6] Later that year, he released his sophomore studio album TEEN SKUM. [7] After two years of releasing singles on SoundCloud, he released a collaborative studio album with English producer Nyge titled First Day at Nursery. [8]
By early 2018, Foux started using a different style which he utilized on his album Too Far Alive. [9] Three months later, he released Pink II, [10] [11] the sequel to his debut album, which contained a feature from British rapper Skepta on Dyed 2WICE. [12] He soon joined Skepta's SK LEVEL Europe tour. [13]
Foux performed at US hip-hop festival Rolling Loud in 2019 and modelled for Jordan and A-COLD-WALL*, MISBHV, Trapstar, and Naomi Campbell's 2019 Fashion for Relief Gala. [1] He released his fifth studio album, Friend or Foux , on 6 December 2019. [14] [15]
In 2020, months after releasing his project Friend or Foux, Foux cancelled his tour prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Later in June, he went onto release a pair of singles addressing the Black Lives Matter movement titled TIME FOR WAR !i and RELAX !i, the former which was on the first version of his 2022 project, LIFE IN HELL . [16]
In December 2020, Lancey Foux released a single, Poison, featuring close friend Bakar. [17]
In January 2021, Lancey Foux released the second promotional single for his upcoming album, titled Steelo Flow. [18] One month later, Lancey Foux released another single titled DONT TALK, [19] which was the lead single for his Mixtape FIRST DEGREE. [20] [21]
In November 2021, Omal released a mixtape titled LIVE.EVIL. [22] The project received two features by American rappers Lil Yachty on the third track OUTTAMYMIND! and 24kGoldn on the last track BIG SWAG. [23]
In January 2022, Omal modelled for Matthew M Williams's brand 1017 ALYX 9SM in Milan, Italy. [24]
Omal dated British model Leomie Anderson from 2016 to 2023. He is a fan of the football club Manchester City. [25]
Studio albums
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| Pink |
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| TEEN SKUM |
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| First Day at Nursery (with Nyge) |
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| Too Far Alive |
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| Pink ll |
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| Friend or Foux |
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| Life in Hell |
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Mixtapes
| Title | Mixtape details |
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| FIRST DEGREE |
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| LIVE.EVIL |
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| BACK2DATRAP (with Bally) |
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