Nadia Rose

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Nadia Rose
Born (1993-06-11) 11 June 1993 (age 30)
Croydon, London, England
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • songwriter
Years active2015–present

Nadia Rose (born 11 June 1993) is a British rapper and songwriter from Croydon, London. [1]

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Education

Rose studied Music and Music Management at university. [2]

Career

Rose released her debut EP Highly Flammable on 13 January 2017 following the successful singles "Station", "BOOM", and "D.F.W.T". [1] Rose is represented by Sony Music Group under the subsidiary Relentless Records. [3] She came fifth in the BBC's 'Sound of 2017' shortlist. [4] In 2018 she released the track WUT2 and appeared in a Stella McCartney catwalk show in Milan. [5]

In 2020, Rose revealed that she had been unable to release new music because of her label. [6] Rose collaborated with Melanie C on the track "Fearless" for Melanie C's self-titled album, Melanie C. [7] The music video had a world premiere on 16 September 2020. Of the collaboration, Rose stated: "“It’s no secret that I’m a super Spice Girls fan so this whole experience has been very surreal." [7]

Personal life

Rose is a cousin of Stormzy. [8]

In 2019, Rose took part in an Operation Black Vote campaign to encourage people from ethnic minority communities to register to vote in the 2019 UK General Election. [9] Rose also took part in the 2019 Grime4Corbyn campaign in support of the Labour Party and its leader Jeremy Corbyn. [10] [11] Rose wrote an article for Metro encouraging people to vote Labour in the election. [12]

Discography

Extended plays

TitleDetails
Highly Flammable [13]
First Class
  • Release: 7 August 2020
  • Label: Qwerky Entertainment
  • Format: digital download, streaming

Singles

YearTitleAlbum
2016"Skwod" [14] Highly Flammable
2017"Tight Up"
(featuring Red Rat)
"Puddycat"
"Breathe Slow"
(featuring Junglepussy)
Non-album singles
"Wat Up"
(with 67)
"Big Woman"
2018"WUT2"
"On Top"
"Make It Happen"
2019"Airplane Mode"
2020"Sugar Zaddy"First Class
"Too Bad"
"Bad N Boujee"
"Higher"
(featuring Leon Jean Marie)
"Fearless"
(with Melanie C)
Melanie C
2021"Bad Habits"
(with TiZ EAST and Moelogo)
Non-album singles
"Look At Her (L.A.H)"
(with Nqobilé and Dancegod Lloyd)
"WOAH"
"Light"
(with JY MNTL and La Swave)
2022"Lyrical Assassin"
"Recipe"
"Rooftop"

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