Nadia Rose

Nadia Rose (born 11 June 1993) is a British rapper and songwriter from Croydon, London.[1]

Nadia Rose
Born (1993-06-11) 11 June 1993
Croydon, London, England
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • songwriter
Years active2015–present

Education

Rose studied Music and Music Management at university.[2]

Career

Rose released her debut EP Highly Flammable on 13 January 2017 following the successful singles "Station", "BOOM", and "D.F.W.T".[1] Rose is represented by Sony Music Group under the subsidiary Relentless Records.[3] She came fifth in the BBC's 'Sound of 2017' shortlist.[4] In 2018 she released the track WUT2 and appeared in a Stella McCartney catwalk show in Milan.[5]

In 2020, Rose revealed that she had been unable to release new music because of her label.[6] Rose collaborated with Melanie C on the track "Fearless" for Melanie C's self-titled album, Melanie C.[7] The music video had a world premiere on 16 September 2020. Of the collaboration, Rose stated: "“It’s no secret that I’m a super Spice Girls fan so this whole experience has been very surreal."[7]

Personal life

Rose is a cousin of Stormzy.[8]

In 2019, Rose took part in an Operation Black Vote campaign to encourage people from ethnic minority communities to register to vote in the 2019 UK General Election.[9] Rose also took part in the 2019 Grime4Corbyn campaign in support of the Labour Party and its leader Jeremy Corbyn.[10][11] Rose wrote an article for Metro encouraging people to vote Labour in the election.[12]

Discography

Extended plays
Title Details
Highly Flammable[13]
First Class
  • Release: 7 August 2020
  • Label: Qwerky Entertainment
  • Format: digital download, streaming

Singles
Year Title Album
2016 "Skwod"[14] Highly Flammable
2017 "Tight Up"
(featuring Red Rat)
"Puddycat"
"Breathe Slow"
(featuring Junglepussy)		 Non-album singles
"Wat Up"
(with 67)
"Big Woman"
2018 "WUT2"
"On Top"
"Make It Happen"
2019 "Airplane Mode"
2020 "Sugar Zaddy" First Class
"Too Bad"
"Bad N Boujee"
"Higher"
(featuring Leon Jean Marie)
"Fearless"
(with Melanie C)		 Melanie C
2021 "Bad Habits"
(with TiZ EAST and Moelogo)		 Non-album singles
"Look At Her (L.A.H)"
(with Nqobilé and Dancegod Lloyd)
"WOAH"
"Light"
(with JY MNTL and La Swave)
2022 "Lyrical Assassin"
"Recipe"
"Rooftop"

References
  1. Macpherson, Alex (25 June 2016). "Nadia Rose: 'There's no point doing this if you're not confident'". The Observer – via The Guardian.
  2. Savage, Mark (4 January 2017). "Nadia Rose: BBC Sound of 2017 interview". BBC News. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  3. "Nadia Rose | Sony Music UK – Artists". Sony Music UK. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  4. "2017, BBC Music Sound Of - The Longlist - BBC Music". BBC. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  5. "Nadia Rose's dream collaboration is Jamiroquai". Evening Standard. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  6. Savage, Mark (2 March 2020). "When record contracts go wrong". BBC News. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  7. Spanos, Brittany (16 September 2020). "Melanie C Recruits Nadia Rose for New Single 'Fearless'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  8. "Interview: Nadia Rose - M Magazine". M magazine: PRS for Music online magazine. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  9. Woolley, Simon (25 November 2019). "Black and Asian people can change this election: it's urgent that we register now | Simon Woolley". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  10. "#Grime4Corbyn relaunch in unexpected boost for Labour". Metro. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  11. Dazed (3 December 2019). "Grime4Corbyn reviews the Labour party's transformative manifesto". Dazed. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  12. Rose, Nadia (26 November 2019). "I know what it's like to feel your vote doesn't count but here's why it does". Metro. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  13. "Highly Flammable (2017)". iTunes. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  14. "Skwod (2016)". iTunes. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
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