Lethal Bizzle

Lethal Bizzle is the most prolific, exciting rapper to emerge from the UK underground scene.  Previously a member of More Fire Crew, and with a UK No. 7 chart hit with 'Oi', Lethal found himself back at square one when they were dropped by the record company, after the label went bust. After two years of live gigs, pirate radio airings and general hard graft, Bizzle got back on his feet, forming his own Lethal Bizzle Records imprint in 2004.

At the end of the year, he released the comeback single "Pow! (Forward)," also known as "Forward Riddim." Produced by Dexplicit, it entered at 11 on the U.K. pop charts and earned him a MOBO award for Best Single (he was also nominated for Best Newcomer).

Pow (Forward) became the anthem of the underground music scene- an accolade it still holds.  However its popularity in clubs and the energy it caused led to it being banned by many major radio outlets, and clubs up and down the country banned Lethal from performing it.  Lethal’s only outlet to perform was at indie clubs and dingy bars in the UK, where he could slip on the bill unnoticed.  He embarked on a Club NME tour in 2006 and won over tough indie audiences with his high paced energetic live performance. Lethal found that the indie crowds were as intense if not more than he saw at urban gigs, and he was quoted recently in a cover feature Time Out story as saying “when white kids jump around it’s called moshing, when black kids do it’s called a riot”.

Bizzle was swiftly signed to V2 Music to release his solo grime debut album Against All Oddz, released in mid-2005.  His next set of singles, including "Uh Oh! (I'm Back)," and “Fire” also made it onto the UK charts and paved the way for his solo debut, establishing him as one of the UK's most popular underground artists,

In 2006, while recording his 2nd album, Bizzle engaged in a verbal war with Conservative Party leader and MP David Cameron, after he attacked rap music.  Lethal approached Cameron to meet him to discuss ways to use himself as a role model to the youth in the UK and try to get them interested in politics in the UK, and what goes on in the country.  Unphased by the attack from the Tory leader, Bizzle had a lot of media support to get his message across including a two page feature in the Independent, along with pieces in The Guardian, Times, and an appearance on BBC2's Newsnight.

His second album Back to Bizznizz established him as a solid live touring artist throughout 2007/08, going out on the road with Jack Penate, Gallows, Busta Rhymes, Ludacris, The Enemy and The Wombats, and playing summer festivals with packed out performances at Reading/ Leeds festival and Wireless O2.

Quoted in the Guardian as the 'best known rapper in the indie scene', Lethal has been embraced by rock’s elite- working with Babyshambles and Gallows in the studio.  Currently working on finishing off his brand new album, with producers including Donaeo, Mark Ronson, Dexplicit, Youngstar and Gallows.

 

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