Wretch 32

Biografia

• Wretch 32 is a rapper hailing from London, England who was born on March 9th, 1985. Since debuting in 2006 he has released two studio albums along with six mixtapes, and is best known for his top ten singles “Blackout”, “6 Words” and “Don't Go”.

  Born Jermaine Sinclair in Tottenham, London, England, Wretch 32 grew up around hip-hop music of all shapes and sizes, falling in with locals crews The Combination Chain Gang and The Movement at an early age. A skinny child, his mother gave him the nickname “wretch” when he was growing up, and when he turned his hand to rapping as a young teenager, he took the term as his stage name, putting his lucky number, 32, as its other half. He debuted in 2006, releasing his debut effort “Learn From My Mixtape” the same year, and by 2008 he'd scored a record deal with the indie label Hip-Hop Village. While the album didn't chart on its release, it was hugely acclaimed critically, as were Wretch's follow up mixtapes, and by 2010, he'd built up enough of a following to be listed on the BBC's Sound Of 2011 poll.

  Thanks to the exposure that the poll gave him, he signed a record deal with Ministry Of Sound the following year, and released his first top ten single, “Traktor”, in January 2011. The track was an instant hit, hurtling into the charts at number 5, and ever since then, Wretch has remained one of the premier British rappers of his generation, with only the arena-slaying likes of Dizzee Rascal, Example and Tinie Tempah having more commercial clout than he does. His second album “Black And White” was released in August 2011 and after that, everyone from Ed Sheeran to Maverick Sabre was hitting him up for a guest appearance. His third album “Growing Over Life” has been in the words for a while at the time of writing, and has already given the world two top ten singles on the U.K charts. Very few artists seem as set for greatness as Wretch 32 does right now, and for that, he comes highly recommended.

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