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Maxwell Owusu Ansah
Throughout his career Lethal Bizzle has experimented with blending mainstream chart genres such as dance music with grime, leading to numerous top 40 singles. He is known for his singles "Pow! (Forward)", "Rari WorkOut" and "Fester Skank", including other top 40 songs such as "The Drop", "Pow 2011" and "Party Right" – all of which have been non-album releases, besides "Pow 2011", which was included on his first compilation album Best of Bizzle (2011).
Outside of music, Bizzle is a social media personality through platforms Twitter and Snapchat, which have been used to promote his music independently. In 2012, he launched a clothing brand titled "Stay Dench" based on his popular British slang phrases.[4]
Music career
2002–2005: More Fire Crew and "Pow (Forward)"
In 2000, Lethal Bizzle formed the grime collective
In December 2004, he released the single "
Following the success of "
2006–2009: Back to Bizznizz and Go Hard
In 2007, the single "Police on My Back" charted at number 37, and was included on Bizzle's second studio album, Back to Bizznizz (2007), released on 23 July 2007. The album peaked at number 86 on the UK Albums Chart.
After releasing no singles for two years, Lethal Bizzle returned with "Go Hard" featuring Donae'o, as the lead single off his third album Go Hard (2009). The album was released on 5 October 2009.
2010–2012: "Pow 2011" and Best of Bizzle
It was announced by Lethal Bizzle on
The single was included on Bizzle's first compilation album, Best of Bizzle (2011), which was released on 27 February 2011.
2013–2016: Non-album chart success
From 2013, Lethal Bizzle began experimented with musical genres, particularly with
In late 2014, the single "
The singles "Going to the Gym", considered a sequel to "Rari WorkOut", "Playground" featuring Shakka, "Dude" featuring Stormzy and "Box" featuring Jme and Face were also released, three of which entered the top 100.
2017–present: Lennox Rd and You'll Never Make a Million from Grime EP
In late 2016, Lethal Bizzle announced he would be releasing his first album after eight years, following his third studio album Go Hard (2009). The album was revealed to be titled Lennox Rd in December 2016, following a teaser for the lead single off the album. The lead single, "Round Here" featuring Giggs and Flowdan was released on 10 January 2017.[13][14]
In early April 2017, Bizzle abruptly preceded the release of Lennox Rd with the announcement of an EP titled You'll Never Make a Million from Grime, featuring a guest appearance from Skepta. The seven-track EP was released 5 May 2017, charting at number 79 on the UK Albums Chart. It became Bizzle's highest-charting album release. The second single released from the EP was "Hold You" featuring Mostack.
Other ventures
Stay Dench
In 2011, Bizzle started a successful T-shirt business with his first cousin and footballer
Television and film
In 2011, he had a cameo in the Adam Deacon film Anuvahood, knocking him out in the opening scene.[18]
In 2012, Lethal Bizzle appeared in the BBC Three comedy drama, Bad Education in which he competed in a rap battle with the headmaster.[19]
On 20 October 2013, Lethal B appeared on BBC's Match of the Day 2; after being hired to deliver a one-off report on the Arsenal Premier League match against Norwich City.[20] On 17 April 2014, Bizzle made a guest appearance on ITV2's Celebrity Juice.[21]
On 22 September 2014, Lethal Bizzle, along with
Personal life
Ansah is the cousin of former football player Emmanuel Frimpong. It is also speculated that he might be related to Norwegian footballer Yaw Ihle Amankwah.
Controversies
He had a feud with N-Dubz over intellectual property rights citing emails of hooks he had sent Tulisa.[23] N-Dubz members Tulisa and Dappy responded with foul-mouthed attacks.[24]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
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| UK [25] | ||||||||||||||
| Against All Oddz |
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89 | ||||||||||||
| Back to Bizznizz |
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86 | ||||||||||||
| Go Hard |
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— | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Extended plays
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
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| UK [25] | ||
| You'll Never Make a Million from Grime |
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79 |
Compilation albums
| Title | Details |
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| Best of Bizzle |
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Mixtapes
| Title | Details |
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| Da Bizzle Mixtape |
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Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UK
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UK
R&B |
UK
Ind. |
UK
DL |
AUS [26] | ||||||||||
| " Pow (Forward) "(featuring Fumin, D Double E, Nappa, Jamakabi, Neeko, Flowdan, Ozzie B, Forcer & Demon) |
2004 | 11 | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||
| "Uh Oh (I'm Back)" | 2005 | 47 | 9 | — | — | — | Against All Oddz | |||||||
| "Fire" | 34 | — | 4 | — | — | |||||||||
| "What We Do" (with Kray Twinz, Twista & Gappy Ranks) |
23 | 3 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Mind Your Head" (limited edition 7" vinyl single) |
2006 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Mr." (featuring Face) |
2007 | — | — | — | — | — | Back to Bizznizz | |||||||
| "Bizzle Bizzle" / "Babylon Burning the Ghetto" |
99 | 28 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Police on My Back" | 37 | 11 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Go Hard" (featuring Donae'o) |
2009 | 79 | 23 | — | — | — | Go Hard | |||||||
| "Going Out Tonight" | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Go Go Go!" (featuring Luciana) |
2010 | — | — | — | — | 67 | Best of Bizzle | |||||||
| " Kano )
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2011 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 37 | — |
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| "Mind Spinning" | 73 | 21 | 10 | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||
| "Look Up to the Sky" (featuring Jamal Hadaway) |
— | 31 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Leave It Yeah" (featuring Jme & Fire Camp)
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98 | 40 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Not a Saint" (Vato Gonzalez vs. Lethal Bizzle & Donae'o) |
2013 | 20 | — | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| " Wiley )
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74 | — | 9 | — | — | |||||||||
| "Party Right" (featuring Ruby Goe) |
29 | 5 | 7 | — | — | |||||||||
| "The Drop" (featuring Cherri Voncelle) |
2014 | 20 | 3 | 3 | — | — | ||||||||
| "Rari WorkOut" (featuring Jme & Tempa T) |
11 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |||||||||
| "Fester Skank" (featuring Diztortion) |
2015 | 11 | 2 | — | — | — |
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| "Playground"[28] (featuring Shakka) |
79 | 19 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Dude" (with Stormzy) |
49 | 7 | 7 | — | — | |||||||||
| "Going to the Gym" | — | 21 | 19 | — | — | |||||||||
| "Box"[29] (featuring JME and Face) |
2016 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Wobble" | 98 | 26 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Round Here" (featuring Giggs) |
2017 | — | — | — | — | — | Lennox Rd | |||||||
| "I Win" (featuring Skepta) |
— | — | — | — | — | You'll Never Make a Million from Grime | ||||||||
| "Hold You" (featuring Mostack) |
— | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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UK
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| "Staring at the Rude Bois" (Gallows Featuring Lethal Bizzle) |
2006 | 31 | Orchestra of Wolves |
| "Maybe Ting Refix" (Ozzie B featuring Lip E, Double S, Shocka, Flirta D, Lethal Bizzle, JME and Frisco) [30] |
2010 | 182 | Non-album singles |
| "Flutes" (New World Sound & Thomas Newson featuring Lethal Bizzle) |
2014 | 67 | |
| " Jme )
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2017 | — |
Other songs
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Leave It Yeah (Remix)" (featuring Emmanuel Frimpong, JME, Scrufizzer, 2Face, Frisco & Flowdan) |
2012 | Non-album singles |
| "Not a Saint" (featuring Donae'o) |
References
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- ^ "Lethal Bizzle on Twitter: "My new album is called LENNOX RD & will be dropping early 2017! Sneak preview of the 1st single 👀 ft 🤐 #LennoxRd #FatherBizmas 🎅🏾 RT"". Twitter. 16 December 2016. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ "iTunes - Round Here (feat. Giggs & Flowdan) - Single by Lethal Bizzle". iTunes. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
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- ^ "Watch as Judi Dench proves she is 'dench' by rapping with grime star Lethal Bizzle". The Telegraph. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ISBN 9781137495129. Archivedfrom the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ Annika Allen. "Lethal Bizzle talks movies and music". Flavourmag. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "Lethal B tweets about being on 'A Bad Education'". Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "Lethal B On MOTD2'". What's Good? Online. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ^ "Celebrity Juice: Lethal Bizzle & Jamie Laing talk sausages & dirty drizzle & WHAT is the seal doing? VIDEO". Unreality TV. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014.
- from the original on 26 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ^ "N-Dubz have foul-mouthed row with Lethal Bizzle at Soccer Six charity tournament". Mirror.co.uk. 2 June 2010. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ [1] Archived 14 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Lethal Bizzle" (select "Albums" tab). Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 164.
- ^ a b "British certifications – Lethal Bizzle". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 15 May 2022. Type Lethal Bizzle in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- ^ "Playground (feat. Shakka) – Single by Lethal Bizzle". iTunes Store. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ "Box (feat. JME & Face) – Single by Lethal Bizzle". iTunes Store. Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Maybe Ting Refix - GMTA, Firecamp, Marvel + Boy Better Know Refix DJ RAPH MASHUP REMIX". SoundCloud. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
External links
- Lethal Bizzle discography at Discogs
- Going Out Tonight review on the Daily Music Guide
- Lethal Bizzle interview at the Daily Music Guide
- Royal Artist Club – official mobile blog
- Lethal Bizzle interview at Britishhiphop.co.uk
- Lethal Bizzle interview by Rashmi Shastri
- Lethal Bizzle in the Virgin Red Room
- Lethal Bizzle Dench Clothing
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