Artist Development
The below tracks & videos were created in response to an A&R brief set for our artists by ‘Island Records’ on the theme of oppression. Our artists were then invited to a playback session at Universal Music to share their final videos with the head of A&R at Island Records.

Kaji
Musician / Singer / Songwriter. Kaji’s influences range from old school Jazz to new 90s RnB and merges this genres with her smooth undertones of Artist such as Jorja smith and Yebba. Joining the artist development programme has helped Kaci to branch out her vocal abilities and work with others in a collaborative setting.
Kaji - "You and Me"

Joel Bombatu
Joel Bombatu is an 18-year-old independent Dancer/musician who plays a range of instruments such as; Piano, drums, bass guitar and acoustic Guitar also rapper/singer determined to broaden his versatility as a creative. Self styled after inspirations of his such as Michael Jackson, Chris Brown, Eddie Benjamin and Joshua Bassett. Joel is known for his love to bring out the depth of true stories and experiences that have challenged him and putting into his songs.
Joel Bombatu - "Joel's Poem"

Ezmeh
Ezmeh is a 20 year old singer/songwriter based in East London, who takes pride in her Angolan and Portuguese roots. She shows her versatility as she dabbles between different genres such as R&B, Jazz, Neo Brazilian Funk, Neo Afroswing, Zouk and many more.
Ezmeh can be found at @iamezmeh in all social media platforms.
Emzeh - "Take It Easy"

Sir Dominic
Sir Dominic is a Real Rand Trap artist who is inspired by lil baby, lil skies, trippie redd and Drake. He wants to speak about anything with anyone and everyone. Telling stories through his lyrics, he wants people to understand what he has been through to get to where he is today.
Sir Dominic - "Chase It"
Roy4lty
Rasshaun aka Roy4lty means Prince and was born in 2004 hence the artist name and spelling. Roy4lty started writing songs age 13 and released his first song at 14. Music comes naturally to him as he come from a very musical family. He aspires to make people happy with his music and hopes to find success along the way which would allow him to reach people around the world.
Roy4lty - "A Letter to Little Me"
Orakana
Orakana's journey into the realm of music commenced during his formative years, where he passionately engaged in the art of songwriting. The inception of his musical career took a notable turn in 2019 when he unveiled his inaugural single, "bhad bhabie." From then the only way was up, he continued to go through 2020 releasing 3 EPs and 2 albums alongside a handful of singles.
Orakana - "Hello"
Smokes
Smokes is a Real Rap and Drill artist inspired by the likes of Potter Payper and Unknown T. Smokes’ music is inspired by his message ‘Money, Power, Respect,’ without money there's losses, without power there is no gain and if you show respect, you will receive the same treatment back. Writing about his life experiences, smokes hopes to share his lyrics with the youth.
Smokes - "Say our Names"
Grym Da ONE
Grym Da ONE is a rapper and songwriter from Chicago, Illinois currently residing in London, UK. He dives into any genre he can get his hands on. He won 3rd place at the 2022 Hardest Bars event in January and performed his single “Throw It Up” at the Hootananny in Brixton (January, 2022) that received 50k+ views on Tiktok. Listeners have described his energy and wordplay as “fun and exciting”.
Grym Da One - "Here To Stay"
These songs with Music Videos were created by our Big Creative Training students during their weekly after college Artist Development project with the support of Industry professionals from our tutor team as well as external. This inspiring and innovative project has been running for three years now with great success. It is a unique opportunity for our music students to collaborate with each other to develop the craft of songwriting, recording and live performance.
Ezmeh
Smokes
Grym Da ONE
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