Fumez the Engineer

In a 2016 interview with Trapped, Fumez said that he began his career at the age of 15 in a youth club; at the time, however, he wouldn't take a career that seriously.[4] In 2012, Fumez helped to launch Pressplay Media,[5] a major UK rap platform,[6] at the age of 18. Later becoming its owner, he would go into debt as a result of the company; he would sell his shares to Daniel Olkhovski, a former director of Pressplay who Fumez used to manage.[5]

Following this, Fumez went to Link Up TV, another UK rap platform. During his time there, he would engineer for Link Up TV's Mic Check and Behind Barz freestyle series;[5] he would also begin several series, such as Studio with Fumez - where he would ask artists questions submitted by the audience[7] - and the Plugged In series of freestyles, with the first Plugged In freestyle being released on 29 March 2020.[8] Sometime following this, he was asked to return to Pressplay Media by Olkhovski.[5] By April 2021, the Plugged In series had over 100 million views and over 100 million streams;[9] by the end of the year, his "Plugged In Freestyle" with A92 and Offica reached number 29 on the Irish Singles Chart and number 39 on the UK chart.[10][11][12]

In 2021, Fumez engineered a remix of "Bad Habits" by Ed Sheeran, which featured Tion Wayne and Central Cee.[13] The remix was credited with "boosting" the song to 8 weeks at number one.[14] He would also begin the In the Mix series, which followed his journey in the music industry.[15][16] In November, his headline show at the Islington O2 Academy was canceled to due a section 60 order being placed over the N1 postcode, where the O2 Academy was located.[3]