Skepta
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Joseph Junior Adenuga (born 19 September 1982), better known by his stage name Skepta, is an English grime artist, rapper, songwriter and record producer.
Grime artist JME is Skepta's brother and labelmate on Boy Better Know, which they founded together. Adenuga is also the brother of Beats 1 DJ Julie Adenuga.
Discography:
Studio albums
- Greatest Hits (2007)
- Microphone Champion (2009)
- Doin' It Again (2011)
- Konnichiwa (2016)
- Ignorance Is Bliss (2019)
- Knife And Fork (2024)
Mixtapes
- Joseph Junior Adenuga (2006)
- Been There Done That (2010)
- Community Payback (2011)
- Blacklisted (2012)
- The Tim Westwood Mix (2015)
- All In (2021)
Skepta provides examples of the following tropes:
- Approval of God: In a Genius exclusive comment, Ariel Schulman, co-director of Catfish, wrote that he was honored by the use of the word ("Block that account, it's a catfish") in the song "Skepta Interlude".
- Hi, Mom!: Used in "Lyrics":
"Yeah, hear me on the radio, wah gwan? |
- Reality Subtext: In "Skepta Interlude", from More Life by Drake:
"Just came back from the embassy |
- As Genius says, Skepta couldn't attend the 2016 Coachella Music Festival as a performer because the US embassy denied him a working visa.