Fugative

Harry James Byart (born 11 March 1994), better known by his stage name Fugative, is an British rapper, songwriter and record producer..^[1] He worked with Kirk Burrowes for a week in April 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia the former manager of Mary J. Blige and co-founder of Bad Boy Records after Burrowes was contacted by Byart's mother Gloria who previously managed Marvin Gaye. .^[2] Fugative has toured with Basshunter^[3] and has been favourably received by BBC Radio One's Nick Grimshaw who proclaimed, "I want this kid's nuts!" on his Switch radio show.^[1] Fugative also released "The Departure" Mixtape in 2010.^[4]

His debut single, "It's Summertime", peaked at number two in the UK Urban Chart before remaining in the top five for 17 consecutive weeks.^[5] This was followed by the release of "Jimmy Shoe" on 6 April 2009. In April 2009 he travelled for a week to Atlanta, Georgia to work with Kirk Burrowes and various producers. His third single, "Supafly" reached #48 in the UK Singles chart.^[6] He released his fourth single "Crush", in the UK on 10 May 2010, it reached #26 in the Official UK Charts. It remains Fugative's best chart performance so far.^[7] On 25 July 2010, a fifth single, "Bad Girl" feat. Celeste Scalone was released, but peaked at a lower #59. Fugative confirmed his first studio album will be called No Goin Home In August 2010 he announced that he had signed a record deal in Japan and went there for five days in November 2010. He was believed to be going on a Asia tour in the summer of 2011 these plans are thought to have been scrapped.^[8] A sixth single, "Go Hard" featuring MZ Bratt and Wiley will be released on 27 February 2011.^[9]

Singles

References

External links

• Fugative on Twitter