Blade Brown

A South London native, rapper Blade Brown found underground success in the 2000s and 2010s with popular mixtape series Bags & Boxes. Working alongside London legends like Skepta and D Double E, he won Mixtape of the Year at the 2012 Official Mixtape Awards for critically acclaimed project Financial Times. Brought up in a rap-loving household, South Londoner Blade Brown (born Jonathon Wrate) started focusing on a music career of his own at the age of 17. While taking stylistic inspiration from childhood influences (most notably N.W.A.), Wrate added a distinctive U.K. flavor, p...