Merky ACE

Merky ACE is an English Grime MC from Lewisham in South London. He was a founding member of the grime collective Family Tree, and later Tizzy Gang. He also produces beats under the pseudonym Splurt Diablo.^[2] For a brief spell in 2015, he was signed to Dizzee Rascal's Dirtee Stank record label, with whom he released the Footsie-produced Peak Levels EP.

Career

Merky ACE first came to prominence on the UK underground scene as part of grime's "new wave" in 2011.^[3] In the same year he independently released his first mixtape Blue Battlefield and followed it up with Catch Up EP in the same year.^[4][5] In 2012, Merky ACE recorded features for Dizzee Rascal's Dirtee TV 2 mixtape which was released on Christmas of that year.^[6] In 2013, he released two mixtapes - All Or Nothing and Play Your Position - through grime label NoHatsNoHoods.^[7][8][9]

In 2014, Merky ACE was signed to Dizzee Rascal's label Dirtee Stank.^[10] Merky ACE's first project on the label Peak Levels EP was released on 17 July 2015.^[11] In late 2015, Merky ACE formed a new crew Tizzy Gang alongside Tre Mission and Cadell, following this news Family Tree disbanded shortly after in early 2016.^[12][13]

Discography

Mixtapes

EPs

As Splurt Diablo

References