Krept and Konan
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Krept & Konan are a rap duo rapidly rising to the front line of the UK underground scene. Straight from the heart of London's south, in Norwood and Thornton Heath respectively, the pair represents a concept of a somewhat dying breed; the seamless, two-man urban act.
You'll have to flummox around the history books to find a suitable example of that eyebrow-lifting "rapping duo". It's this niche that has seen the versatile pair leap to the forefront of the underground tabernacle with their unrelenting approach to metaphors, similes and general wordplay puzzles.
Take their recent rendition of Young Money's Drake track 'The Motto', for example, which has wrecked replay buttons YouTube-wide as well as racking up just under 200,000 views in less than two weeks. Before that, their retake on Jay-Z and Kanye West's 'Otis' touched 5,000,000 views in just five days before being controversially taken down by YouTube.
Yet neither Krept nor Konan are newbies to the game. Originally embracing grime during the classic era of Dizzee Rascal and Wiley, the pair initially met as friends before becoming musical accomplices. Their first major project 'Redrum' caused a buzz in their local area prompting them to take their musical exploits a lot more seriously and also start the collective Play Dirty, which incorporated the two as well as a number of other creatives.
Come 2010 and following a string of highly acclaimed promotional feats, including popular appearances on SBTV's youth platform and Charlie Sloth's 1Xtra show, the twosome released their award winning second mixtape 'Tsunami' which flew to #2 in the iTunes hip-hop chart and featured the likes of Wretch 32, Giggs and Scorcher. Since, their fan base has increased dramatically with Team Play Dirty growing to a formidable size and now backing Krept and Konan's movements with more vigour than ever before.
Now, brimming with newfound knowledge from a supporting slot on Skepta's just gone tour and with tongues increasingly wagging in anticipation for what's next, 2012 looks to be a year full of promise for these two pun aficionados.
