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Tre Mission | |
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| Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Grime, hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, producer |
| Years active | 2010–present |
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| Website | tremission |
Tre Mission is a Canadian musician, [1] known as one of the first North American artists to be associated with the predominantly United Kingdom-based grime genre. [2] Tre Mission is a member of the Tizzy Gang grime crew alongside London based MCs Merky ACE and Cadell. [3] [4]
Originally from Toronto, Ontario, [2] he is of Trinidadian and Jamaican descent. [2] After discovering grime and dubstep music through the Internet, he began making his own grime tracks in 2010, and started to attract positive attention in the United Kingdom. [5] Visiting London in 2011, he began working with established grime stars such as Wiley, JME and Skepta, [6] and released his debut EP The Practice Mission. [5]
He released the mixtape Malmaison in 2013, [7] and followed up with the album Stigmata in 2014. [1]
Stigmata includes guest appearances by Wiley, JME, Skepta, Merky Ace, Saukrates, Andreena and k-os. [1] The album was a shortlisted Juno Award nominee for Rap Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2015. [8]
He also featured in a grime clash against Jendor in 2011, on Lord of the Mics (Volume 3).
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Jahmek Power, better known by his stage name Jammer, is a British grime MC, rapper, songwriter and record producer, known for being a member of Boy Better Know and a former member of N.A.S.T.Y Crew. Jammer also runs Lord of the Mics, a grime clash series released on DVD and well known in grime.
I'm Back U Know is the first of 3 mixtapes by Tinchy Stryder, It was released on 2 March 2006 on the label Boy Better Know. The mixtape sees Stryder rapping with big-name rappers such as Wiley, Kano and Flow Dan from the grime collective Roll Deep. Featuring 17 original productions with Stryder on the mic from start to finish with tracks including big grime hits such as "I'm Pro", "96 Bars" and "1 of them Days".
Adrian Harris, better known by his stage name Big H, is an English grime artist and rapper from Tottenham, London, United Kingdom.
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"On a Level" is a single from English grime artist Wiley, produced by longtime collaborator Skepta. It is the first official single released from Wiley's tenth studio album Snakes & Ladders.
Aisa Khan Sampson-Spencer, known professionally as Merky ACE, is a British grime MC, rapper, songwriter and record producer from Lewisham, South London. He was a founding member of the grime collective Family Tree, and later Tizzy Gang, with whom he is still a part of. He also produces beats under the pseudonym Splurt Diablo. His debut album, Blue Battlefield, was released on 3 April 2011.
Godfather is the eleventh studio album by English grime MC Wiley. It was released on 13 January 2017 through CTA Records, a record label venture between Wiley and Logan Sama and is distributed by Warner Music Group. It succeeds the album Snakes & Ladders (2014), originally announced as Wiley's final album. The album features guest appearances from numerous MCs, including Skepta, Devlin, Jme, Ghetts, Chip, P Money, Lethal Bizzle, among others. Production derives from Wiley himself, Preditah, Swifta Beater, Rude Kid, Darq E Freaker and Teeza. It was originally slated to be Wiley's last solo album to be released until he announced on 3 November 2017 the release of a new album called Godfather II on 27 April 2018.
Deshane Cornwall, known professionally as Frisco, is a British grime MC, songwriter and record producer who is part of the Boy Better Know (BBK) music label which includes Jme, Skepta, Jammer, among others. He has released three solo albums and a series of mixtapes, guested on tracks by his label mates and established a successful monthly grime event in East London, contributing to the popularity of grime within the UK music scene.
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