Nadia Rose
Nadia Rose | |
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| Born | 11 June 1993 Croydon, London, England |
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| Years active | 2015–present |
Nadia Rose (born 11 June 1993) is a British rapper and songwriter from Croydon, London.[1]
Education
[edit]Rose studied Music and Music Management at university.[2]
Career
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Extended plays
[edit]| Title | Details |
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| Highly Flammable[13] |
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| First Class |
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Singles
[edit]| Year | Title | Album |
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| 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" |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Macpherson, Alex (25 June 2016). "Nadia Rose: 'There's no point doing this if you're not confident'". The Observer – via The Guardian.
- ^ Savage, Mark (4 January 2017). "Nadia Rose: BBC Sound of 2017 interview". BBC News. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "Nadia Rose | Sony Music UK – Artists". Sony Music UK. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ "2017, BBC Music Sound Of - The Longlist - BBC Music". BBC. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "Nadia Rose's dream collaboration is Jamiroquai". Evening Standard. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ Savage, Mark (2 March 2020). "When record contracts go wrong". BBC News. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ a b Spanos, Brittany (16 September 2020). "Melanie C Recruits Nadia Rose for New Single 'Fearless'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ "Interview: Nadia Rose - M Magazine". M magazine: PRS for Music online magazine. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ Woolley, Simon (25 November 2019). "Black and Asian people can change this election: it's urgent that we register now | Simon Woolley". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ "#Grime4Corbyn relaunch in unexpected boost for Labour". Metro. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ Dazed (3 December 2019). "Grime4Corbyn reviews the Labour party's transformative manifesto". Dazed. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ Rose, Nadia (26 November 2019). "I know what it's like to feel your vote doesn't count but here's why it does". Metro. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ "Highly Flammable (2017)". iTunes. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ "Skwod (2016)". iTunes. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
