Loyle Carner
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| Birth name | Benjamin Gerard Coyle-Larner |
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1995 Lambeth, South London, England |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
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Benjamin Gerard Coyle-Larner,[2] better known by the stage name Loyle Carner, is an English hip hop musician and actor.[3] His sound has been described by NME as 'sensitive and eloquent' and by The Guardian as 'confessional hip-hop'.[3][4] His stage name Loyle Carner is a spoonerism of his double-barrelled surname.
Career
Early life
Loyle Carner was born in Lambeth, South London[5] and brought up in south Croydon[6] by his mother, Jean, his step-father, Nik, and his younger brother, Ryan.[7] He has had minimal contact with his father, who is of Guyanese descent.[7] He was later diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and dyslexia.
At the age of thirteen, Loyle Carner had a small role in the 2008 film 10,000 BC, credited as Young Hunter.[8] He started his secondary education at Whitgift School in South Croydon, and moved on to study at the Brit School, and took up a drama degree at the Drama Centre.[4][7] In 2014, he dropped out of the Drama Centre after his stepfather died, and decided to focus on his music.[4][7]
Loyle Carner is a Liverpool F.C. supporter, although at concerts he wears a Manchester United F.C. strip in tribute to his stepfather, whose favourite footballer was United's Eric Cantona - Loyle named his 2016 tour after the player in memory of his stepfather.[7]
Music career
He played his first official gig at The Button Factory in Dublin in October 2012 supporting MF Doom.[3] He released his first EP in September 2014, titled A Little Late, which was well received.[8][7] He supported Joey Badass on his UK tour and went on to play the 2015 United Kingdom festival season, including Glastonbury Festival.[4][9] He went on tour and collaborated with award-winning poet and spoken-word artist Kate Tempest in late 2015.[9] In October 2015 he played on Huw Stephens' BBC Radio 1 show as part of their Piano Sessions series.[10] In late August 2016, he supported Nas in his show at the O2 Academy in Bristol.
His debut album, entitled Yesterday's Gone, was released on 20 January 2017.[11]
Discography
Albums
- Yesterday's Gone (2017)
EPs
- A Little Late (2014)
References
- ↑ Horan, Tom; Horan, Tom (9 October 2016). "Loyle Carner review – the sentimental face of grime" – via The Guardian.
- ↑ "Ain't Nothing Changed - Loyle Carner".
- 1 2 3 "Loyle Carner Interviewed: 'Grime Changed my Life'". NME. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "Loyle Carner shares his family strife to create awkwardly confessional hip-hop". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- ↑ "findmypast.co.uk".
- ↑ "Croydon rapper Loyle Carner - following in the footsteps of Bastille and Clean Bandit at LeeFest".
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Famurewa, Jimi (5 January 2017). "Loyle Carner: It was drilled into me from a young age that music had to have a story". Evening Standard. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- 1 2 "Staying Loyle to your Roots". Guestlist. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- 1 2 "New Music: Loyle Carner & Kate Tempest 'Guts'". MOBO. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- ↑ "Loyle Carner - Heard 'Em Say (Radio 1 Piano Session, 17 Oct 2015)". BBC Radio 1. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- ↑ Bingham, Jaguar (19 November 2016). "Loyle Carner is dropping his debut album". MixMag. Retrieved 20 November 2016.