Skepta

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Skepta (born Joseph Junior Adenuga) is a British emcee, commonly associated with the North London grime scene. He is a prominent member of Roll Deep and has become renowned throughout London as a result of his breakthrough single, "Private Caller", which featured many of his "Meridian Crew" (from Meridian Walk in "Totty"). He co-owns a North London-based record label named Boy Better Know with his brother JME (real name: Jamie Adenuga). Skepta has made a hit with project with Juelz Santana, entitled "We Don't Give A Fuck", a collaboration between UK and USA artists. Skepta is finishing work on his album 'Skepta's Greatest Hits' featuring notable tracks such as 'Single', 'Private Caller' and many tracks with the 'Boy Better Know' team such as Wiley, Friscoe & JME

He currently has a video on Channel U, a UK based channel available in Sky, or sattelite, television. The song is called 'Duppy', and features himself, Wiley, his brother JME, Bearman, Bossman and Trim and Footsie. He has made many appearances on many underground DVD's such as Risky Roadz 2 and Lord of the Mic 2, where he was 'clashin' Devilman, another grime MC, from Birmingham.

His 'catchprases' are 'Go on den, Go on den', 'Who is it, Who is it' and others which all form part of his unique lyrics and style.