Skepta

Skepta wants to gift his parents a house in Nigeria, which they have dreamed about for long.

At the Kanye West show in London, he was named as one of GQ's 50 best-dressed British men in 2015.

He is a very private individual and details of his love life are not known to the media.

Skepta was born as Joseph Junior Adenuga on September 19, 1982 in Tottenham, North London, UK. His parents, Ivy Adenuga and Joseph Adenuga, are from Nigeria, and migrated to England in hopes of a better future for their children. His mother has written a book about her escape from the Nigerian civil war.

He is the eldest of four siblings, and grew up on Meridian Walk Estate in Tottenham. His brother Jamie Adenuga, well known as Jme, is a musician. Skepta studied in Winchmore Council School.

Inspired by the US and UK hip-hop music, Skepta started his music career by emceeing at rap performances, and appearing on pirate radios. He worked as a DJ in Meridian Crew, a Tottenham-based grime crew. During that time, he released a number of instrumentals including the ‘DTI (Pirate Station Anthem)’ and ‘Private Caller’.

After Meridian Crew was disbanded in 2005, Skepta, his brother Jme and fellow rapper Joseph Bamber joined Roll Deep, a grime crew.

In 2006, Skepta, along with Jme, started ‘Boy Better Know’, an English grime collective and record label. It was founded in North London as an independent record label. The members of the collective also published their music through this record label.

After the formation of ‘Boy Better Know’, Skepta did a competition with fellow MC Devilman for the DVD ‘Lord of the Mics 2.’ The clash is still remembered as one of the biggest clashes in grime history. After the successful clash, he released a mixtape titled ‘Joseph Junior Adenuga.’

He released his debut album ‘Greatest Hits’ on September 17, 2007, through ‘Boy Better Know’. On September 15, 2008, he independently released ‘Rolex Sweep’ as a digital download. It became the lead single from his second studio album ‘Microphone Champion’. ‘Rolex Sweep’ peaked at No. 86 on the UK Singles Chart.

Skepta’s single ‘That's Not Me’ peaked at No. 21 on the UK charts. Four singles from his third studio album ‘Doin' It Again’ peaked on the UK Top 40 Singles chart.

His fourth album ‘Konnichiwa’ was a big hit and it peaked at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart. The album also reached the Top 100 positions in charts in Australia, Sweden, The Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the US.