Nadia Rose
Born (1993-06-11) 11 June 1993 (age 30)
Croydon, London, England
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • songwriter
Years active2015–present

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

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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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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