Boy Better Know
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Years active | 2005–present |
Labels | Boy Better Know |
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Website | boybetterknow |
Boy Better Know, often abbreviated as BBK, is a British
History
In the early 2000s, Meridian Crew, consisting of MCs President T,
In its early period, "Boy Better Know" was well known for its line of eponymous T-shirts. The crew also had a regular show on
Jme's second studio album,
In 2008, Boy Better Know pioneered a short-lived dance fad called the "Rolex Sweep" which accompanied the song of the same name by Skepta.[10][11]
In November 2011, Boy Better Know Mobile was established, a 3G network which leases network bandwidth from
In October 2018, Wiley began a feud with Skepta and Dizzee Rascal over Skepta working with Dizzee on the track 'Money Right'.[13][14] On 19 November Wiley released the track 'Flip the Table', where he refers to Dizzee as the 'Grime scene quitter'.[15]
Notable members
Musicians
- Jme (2005–present)
- Skepta (2005–present)
- Jammer(2005–present)
- Frisco (2005–present)
- Shorty (2006–present)
- Solo 45 (2005–2017) (Jailed for multiple counts of sexual assault)
- Wiley (2005–2018) (Feuding between BBK founder Skepta and Dizzee Rascal as well as other grime artists led to Wiley leaving the group and label[16])
Discography
Albums
- Wiley – Da 2nd Phaze (2006)
- Skepta – Greatest Hits (2007)
- Jme – Famous? (2008)
- Skepta – Microphone Champion (2009)
- Jme – Blam! (2010)
- Frisco – Fully Grown (2010)
- Jme – History: (2011)
- Shorty – Short Notice (2011)
- Frisco – Back 2 Da Lab Compilation (2011)
- Skepta – Blacklisted (2012)
- Jammer – Living the Dream (2013)
- Frisco – British Nights (2014)
- Jme – Integrity (2015)
- Frisco – System Killer (2016)
- Skepta – Konnichiwa (2016)
- Shorty – Moesh Music (2016)
- Wiley – Godfather (2017)^
- Frisco – Serrvice (2017)
- Frisco – Back 2 Da Lab Vol. 5 (2018)
- Wiley – Godfather II (2018)^
- Skepta – Ignorance is Bliss(2019)
- Jme – Grime MC (2019)
- Frisco – The Familiar Stranger (2020)
- Jme, Shorty, Frisco, Capo Lee – Norf Face (2021)
- Skepta – All In (2021)
- Frisco - Tottenham (2022)
^ = Released on CTA Records; not released via Boy Better Know Records
Singles
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album |
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UK
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2009 | "Too Many Man" | 79 | V.I.P |
2010 | "Goin' In" | — | |
2018 | "Athlete" (featuring Goldie1) |
— | Non-album single |
References
- ^ "BOY BETTER KNOW LTD people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ "I am nothing but a grime MC": Introducing Meridian Dan (14 April 2014). ""I am nothing but a grime MC": Introducing Meridian Dan". fabric blog. Fabriclondon.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ "BBC NEWS – UK – Gunman who gloated in rap jailed". Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ "Niet compatibele browser". Facebook. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ Adabra, Michelle (25 August 2005). "Boy Better Know Now", New Nation (602): 15.
- ^ "Maximum – Rinse FM". RinseFM. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015.
- ^ "Jme – Famous?". Ukrecordshop.com. 14 July 2008. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Bigga Fish Bigga Valentine's Bash @ matter, Tues 16th Feb". altsounds. 23 January 2010. Archived from the original on 29 January 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
- ^ "UK Singles & Albums Chart Archive – Boy Better Know – Too Many Man". Official Charts Company. 13 June 2009. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Fresh links: do the Rolex sweep!". The Guardian. London. 1 April 2008. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ Mistajam (17 June 2008). "MistaJam: Coldplay do the Rolex Sweep". BBC. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Boy Better Know launch pay as you go mobile network Archived 29 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine", The Wire (magazine).
- ^ "Wiley calls out Skepta for working with Dizzee Rascal: 'Why is everyone such a pr**k?'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Wiley calls Skepta and Dizzee Rascal "paigons" in rant on Instagram Stories". Mixmag. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "'The war has officially started' – Wiley takes aim at Dizzee Rascal and Skepta in new track 'Flip The Table'". NME. 19 November 2018. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "The Wiley-Dizzee-Skepta beef triangle explained". NME. 3 March 2019.