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Tyron Kaymone Frampton (born 18 December 1994), better known by his stage name Slowthai (stylised in lowercase), is a British rapper from Northampton. He rose to popularity in 2019 for his gritty and rough instrumentals and raw, politically charged lyrics, especially around Brexit and Theresa May’s tenure as British Prime Minister.Slowthai placed 4th in the BBC Sound Of 2019 and followed up in the same year with his debut studio album, Nothing Great About Britain. The album was nominated for the Mercury Prize; at Slowthai’s 2019 Mercury Prize ceremony performance, he held a fake severed head of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on stage, generating much controversy.
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1994-12-18
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In photos: slowthai stops through Vancouver on the way to Coachella

As he continues his Antisocial Roadshow tour, slowthai stopped through Vancouver on Thursday night. The performance at the Commodore Ballroom comes ahead of a busy two-weekend stint at Coachella, the Indio, California festival which is coming off a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. slowthai is touring in support of...
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Denzel Curry Shares Cinematic Video for New Song “Zatoichi” f/ Slowthai

Denzel Curry has shared his new song “Zatoichi” with Slowthai. The track also arrives with a jaw-dropping Adrian Villagomez-directed video featuring dancer/performer Sophia Gaspard. Shot on location in Peru, the cinematic effort sees Curry once again delving into a sci-fi/Western aesthetic, similar to the video for his recent single “Walkin.” In this case, “Zatoichi” is inspired by the 1960s Japanese samurai movie character of the same name, as well as the Kill Bill Vol. 2. The YouTube description notes it’s dedicated to Richard Lewis Spencer, Gregory Coleman, and the Winstons.
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Denzel Curry Recruits Slowthai For ‘Zatoichi,’ Releases Video Shot In Peru

Denzel Curry has shared “Zatoichi” featuring slowthai, the second single from his forthcoming album Melt My Eyez See Your Future, arriving soon via Loma Vista Recordings. The dynamic new song, produced by Powers Pleasant, builds from a hip-hop track into a drum and bass anthem as Denzel lays a climactic verse over the breakbeat transition. Curry tapped versatile British artist and previous Curry collaborator slowthai to hop on the chorus.
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Denzel Curry releases “Zatoichi” featuring slowthai—watch

Denzel Curry has released the new single “Zatoichi” featuring slowthai. He also shared a music video for the track. Check it out below. “Zatoichi” is the second single to be released from Curry‘s upcoming album, Melt My Eyez See Your Future. Curry described the project in a press release. “I like traditional hip-hop, I like drum and bass, I like trap, I like poetry, so a lot of that is going to be interwoven in this album, including jazz and a lot of genres that I came up on as a kid and just being in my parents’ house,” he says. “This album is made up of everything that I couldn’t give you on TA13OO or Imperial because I was going through depression/anger issues.”
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Denzel Curry trains hard in the video for “Zatoichi” featuring slowthai

Zatoichi is a long-running Japanese media franchise following the adventures of a blind samurai. Because there are few things as cool as someone who can't see that's slicing the shit out of the sighted, Denzel Curry has wisely tapped the Zatoichi series for inspiration in his new song featuring slowthai and its music video.
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Deb Never releases new song “Crutches” ahead of slowthai and Omar Apollo tours

Deb Never has released the new single “Crutches” with an accompanying visualizer. The track comes ahead of a string of tour dates with slowthai and Omar Apollo. “Crutches” follows Never‘s 2021 Where Have All The Flowers Gone? EP. It’s a song about being true to yourself and picking yourself up when you fall. Sonically, Never mixes punk, new wave, grunge and alt-pop to explore the thin line between self-sabotage and self-discovery.
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Denzel Curry – “Zatoichi” (Feat. slowthai)

Although there’s no release date yet, Denzel Curry’s new album Melt My Eyez See Your Future is reportedly coming soon. We’ve already heard one single from it, “Walkin,” which made our list of the best songs of the week when it came out last month. And today, we’re getting another.
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Video: Denzel Curry Ft. Slowthai “Zatoichi”

After striding with perseverance from “Walkin“, Denzel Curry returns with “Zatoichi”, the second single off his forthcoming album, Melt My Eyez, See Your Future. Lead by Slowthai’s distilled hook, Denzel Curry delivers a thought-provoking view at society over a raging production by Powers Pleasant. Along...
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Denzel Curry Learns Martial Arts From A Blind Master In His ‘Zatoichi’ Video With Slowthai

When I was in high school 20-something years ago, I would get up early every Saturday to watch Zatoichi movies on cable. One of Japan’s longest-running film series (seriously, think the Marvel movies but solely about the adventures of a blind samurai in 1830s and ’40s Japan), the movies were the equivalent of Saturday morning cartoons for me, but for the longest time, I felt totally alone in my love for them (I know I wasn’t — The Boondocks even referenced Zatoichi in the episode introducing Grandad’s feud with Colonel Stinkmeaner) but now, it looks like I have something in common with Florida rapper Denzel Curry.
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slowthai played a wild $1 show at Baby’s All Right – Lil Yachty was there too (pics, setlist)

UK rapper slowthai made a quick trip to NYC to play Baby's All Right on Thursday night, a show that was only announced the day before and only cost $1. Needless to say, there was a giant line outside the club to nab one of the 40 tickets that would be available at the door -- the rest were given out via lottery -- and and those who braved the cold to get in were then met with a packed, sweaty, crazy show.
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Watch James Blake and Slowthai’s sombre performance of ‘Funeral’ on ‘Fallon’

James Blake and Slowthai stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (October 11) to deliver a performance of their new track ‘Funeral’. The original version of the song appears on Blake’s new album ‘Friends That Break Your Heart’, which was released last Friday (October 8). A new version featuring Slowthai arrived yesterday (October 11) with a new video.
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James Blake recruits Slowthai for new version of ‘Funeral’

James Blake has shared a new mix of his track ‘Funeral’, linking up with Slowthai to add an extra punch of heartrending emotion to the already poignant ballad. The new version of ‘Funeral’ stays largely faithful to the original, with the sole addition being Slowthai’s pensively rapped second verse. On it, he spits: “I spread my wings, I got a nose bleed / I been the dust on top of trophies, the rust that makes it homely / The crust that no one wants, I was forgotten, I’ve gone mouldy.”
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James Blake Shared A New Version Of ‘Funeral’ Featuring UK Rapper Slowthai

In early July, James Blake confirmed that his next album was done, and a few weeks later let fans know that Friends That Break Your Heart would be here by the fall. His fifth full-length album came out via Republic Records just a few days ago, and includes guests like SZA, along with more of the yearning, eerie production that has long made him an influence on the rest of the music world.
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Musical guest James Blake performs "Funeral" featuring slowthai for The Tonight Show. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Stream now on Peacock: https://bit.ly/3gZJaNy. Subscribe NOW to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: http://bit.ly/1nwT1aN. Watch The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Weeknights 11:35/10:35c. Get more The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon:...
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Kevin Abstract connects with $NOT and slowthai on new single “Slugger”

Kevin Abstract, de facto leader of L.A.-based group Brockhampton, shared his new single "Slugger" on Friday. Boasting features from $NOT and UK rapper slowthai, the track was co-produced by Abstract himself alongside Al Hug and fellow Brockhampton member Romil Hemnani. In addition to the single, a pared-down Abstract-directed music video...
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Brockhampton’s Kevin Abstract teams up with Slowthai on new track ‘Slugger’

Brockhampton bandleader Kevin Abstract has shared a new solo single – listen to ‘Slugger’, featuring Slowthai and Florida rapper $NOT, below. The new track comes after Abstract teased earlier this year that he will release a new solo album in 2021. Abstract’s latest record ‘Arizona Baby’ arrived back in 2019,...
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