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Little Simz
Simz at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival
Simz at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival
Background information
Birth nameSimbiatu Abisola Abiola Ajikawo
Also known asSimbi, Simz
Born (1994-02-23) 23 February 1994 (age 31)
Islington, London, England
GenresBritish hip hop
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • songwriter
  • actress
Years active2010–present
Labels
Websitelittlesimz.com
Signature

Simbiatu “Simbi” Abisola Abiola Ajikawo[1][2] (wavutse ku ya 23 Gashyantare 1994), [2] Yamenyekanye cyane ku izina rye ryambere Little Simz, ni umwongerezakazi uririmbi injyana na rap hamwe numukinnyi wa filime. [3] Ni umuhanzikazi wamenyekanye cyane binyuze mu mizingo ye itatu ya mbere yakoze ku giti cye: Curious Tales of Trials + Persons (2015), Stillness in Wonderland (2016), na Gray Area (2019). Uyu wa nyuma washyizwe ku rutonde rw’ibihembo bya Mercury Prize, kandi utsindira ibihembo bya Ivor Novello mu cyiciro cya Alubumu Nziza, ndetse unabona intsinzi muri NME Awards.

Alubumu ye ya kane, Rimwe na rimwe nshobora kuba intore (2021), [4] Yakunzwe cyane n’inzobere mu muziki, kandi ibinyamakuru bitandukanye byayigaragaje nk’iyo hejuru mu 2021.[5] Iyi alubumu yegukanye igihembo cya Mercury Prize 2022,[6] inatuma nyirayo ahabwa Brit Award y’Umuhanzi mushya w’umwaka 2022 ndetse na Libera Award yo muri Hip-Hop/Rap.[7] Album ye gatanu , <i id="mwQQ">Oya Urakoze</i> (2022), yasohotse kugirango ashimwe. Mu 2024, yagaragaye ku ndirimbo " Turasenga " ya Coldplay, ari kumwe na Burna Boy, Elyanna, na Tini . Alubumu ye ya gatandatu ya studio, Lotus, yasohotse ku ya 6 Kamena 2025.

Hanze yumuziki, Ajikawo yakinnye muri Netflix yububyutse ikinamico Top Boy . Yagaragaye kandi nka we muri filime Venom: Reka habeho ubwicanyi (2021).

Ubuzima bwo hambere

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Ajikawo yavukiye Islington, London, ku babyeyi ba Nigeriya . [3] Yakuriye mu isambu hamwe na bashiki be bakuru. [8] [9] [10] Nyina na we yari umurezi mu bwana bwe. [8] Ni ubwoko bwa Yoruba . [11]

Yize mu ishuri rya Highbury Fields i Londres kandi yiga no mu rubyiruko rw’urubyiruko rwa St Mary mu Muhanda wo hejuru, Islington, ari kumwe na Leona Lewis na Alexandra Burke . Ajikawo yashimiye Club y'urubyiruko ya Mary uruhare yagize mu mwuga we, avuga ko ari "ahantu byose byatangiriye kuri njye home inzu ya kabiri". [8]

Nyuma Ajikawo yize muri Westminster Kingsway College na kaminuza ya West London [12] aho yakomereje umwuga we wa muzika. [13]

Asobanura umuziki we nka rap nubushakashatsi. [14] Mu gihe afitanye isano rya hafi n’ubwoko bwa grime, yanakuye imbaraga mu zindi njyana zirimo reggae, blues, synth-rock na jazzy R&B. [15]

Ajikawo yakuze yumva abahanzi ba rap Busta Rhymes, Nas na Biggie Smalls, byamuteye gukora umwuga wo gufata rap. [16] yakunze kuvugwa nkimwe mubintu byamugizeho ingaruka. [17] [18] Ajikawo yagize ati "Ndatekereza ko Miseducation ya Lauryn Hill yari amashuri yanjye rwose. Lauryn Hill yari umwe mu bahanzi ba mbere batumye numva imbaraga z'umuziki." [19] Yakuye kandi imbaraga ku bahanzi ba jazz Nina Simone, John Coltrane na Billie Holiday kuri alubumu ye Rimwe na rimwe nshobora kuba intore . Ibindi byamuteye inkunga harimo ikigirwamana cye Kendrick Lamar, wamwitaga "umuntu mubi ubikora ubu" mu [20]

2015–2017: Intangiriro yumwuga nigitekerezo cyamatsiko yikigeragezo + Abantu no gutuza muri Wonderland

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Gito Simz kuri Primavera Ijwi 2019
Gito Simz ikora muri 2019

Ajikawo yakoreye ibitaramo muri Rising Tide, iluvlive, Gufata Inganda (Iterambere ry’imijyi) Ingoma ya Hackney, [21] Inzu ya Somerset n'inzu ya ba nyagasani . [22] Yakinnye kandi muri BBC 1Xtra Prom 2015 muri Royal Albert Hall, ari kumwe na orchestre yuzuye iyobowe na Jules Buckley . [23] Ajikawo arashobora kumvikana kuri Leave to Remain amashusho yindirimbo, akora indirimbo "Kureka Nukwo". [24] Mu ntangiriro za 2013, yagaragaye kuri Radiyo BBC 1Xtra kugira ngo aganire ku mikorere ye muri weekend ya Hackney . [25] Ajikawo yagiye gukora isomo rya Maida Vale kuri Huw Stephens . Yashyize ahagaragara alubumu ye ya mbere muri studio, Amatsiko Y’ibigeragezo + Abantu, ku ya 18 Nzeri 2015.

2018–2021: Agace keza, Kamanuka 6 kandi Rimwe na rimwe nshobora kuba intore

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Ajikawo asohora umuziki we kumyaka ye bwite yumuziki 101 Yanditseho umuziki hamwe na AWAL Recordings . [8] Ku ya 6 Nzeri 2018, Ajikawo na label ye AGE 101 basinyanye amasezerano n’isi yose na AWAL Recordings, [26] nyuma yuko AWAL imaze gukwirakwiza alubumu ye ya mbere yise "Amatsiko y’amatsiko y’ibigeragezo + abantu" mu 2015. Aya masezerano yongerewe ku ya 18 Kamena 2020. [27]

Ubuzima bwite

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Ajikawo aba i Londres. [28] Ni inshuti yo mu bwana bwumukinnyi Fady Elsayed numukinnyi wa filime Letitia Wright . [8] Ajikawo na Wright bakomeje kuba inshuti nziza kandi Ajikawo yafotoye Wright kubera ibihangano by'indirimbo ye yise "Kwikunda" mu mwaka wa [8] [29] [30]

Ajikawo numufana wa Arsenal FC [31]

Muri 2018 inshuti ye, umunyamideli Harry Uzoka, yarishwe, byamuteye inkunga yo kwandika indirimbo ye "Ibikomere". [32]

Umwuga we wo gukina wa Ajikawo watangiriye akina ari Vicky mu kiganiro cy’abana ba BBC cyitwa <i id="mwAgQ">Spirit Warriors</i>, cyatangajwe mu mwaka wa 2010, [33] ndetse na Meleka muri televiziyo ya E4 Youngers . [24] Yavugaga kuri televiziyo Afrofuturism, [34] na Shelley mu isubukurwa rya Netflix rya Top Boy, ryerekanwe bwa mbere mu mpeshyi ya 2019. [35]

Ubucukumbuzi

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Album za studio

  • Amatsiko Yamatsiko Yibigeragezo + Abantu (2015)
  • Gutuza muri Wonderland (2016)
  • Agace k'imvi (2019)
  • Rimwe na rimwe nshobora kuba intore (2021)
  • Oya Urakoze (2022)
  • Lotusi (2025)
  • IMYAKA101 SHAKA ISI (2015)
  • Murakaza neza kuri Wonderland (2017–2018)
  • Urugendo rw'akarere keza (2019)
  • Rimwe na rimwe nshobora kuba intore (2021)
  • NTA MURAKOZE (2023)
  • Lotusi (2025)
Filime & Televiziyo
Umwaka Umutwe Uruhare Inyandiko
2010 Abarwanyi b'Umwuka Vicky Urukurikirane rwa BBC
2012 Indwara Abakekwaho urubyiruko kuri Gariyamoshi (Lil Simz)
2013 Nyamwasa Meleka E4 urukurikirane
2019–2023 Umuhungu wo hejuru Shelley Urukurikirane rwa Netflix
2021 Venom: Reka habeho ubwicanyi We ubwe [36] Cameo
2023 Imbaraga Adunola Uruhare rusubirwamo
2024 RM: Abantu beza, Ahantu habi We ubwe [37] Filime ya documentaire
2025 Steve Shola

Ibihembo naho yatoranyijwe

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Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
AIM Independent Music Awards 2016 Independent Album of the Year A Curious Tale Of Trials + Persons Inyandikorugero:Won [38]
2017 Best Second Album Stillness in Wonderland Inyandikorugero:Nom [39]
Hardest Working Band or Artist Herself Inyandikorugero:Nom
2019 Best Independent Track "Selfish" Inyandikorugero:Nom [40]
Best Independent Album Grey Area Inyandikorugero:Nom
Pioneer Award Herself Inyandikorugero:Won
2023 Best Independent Album No Thank You Inyandikorugero:Nom [41]
BBC Radio 1 2021 Hottest Record of the Year "Introvert" Inyandikorugero:Nom [42]
Berlin Music Video Awards 2022 Best Art Director "Woman" Inyandikorugero:Nominated
BET Awards 2022 Best International Act Herself Inyandikorugero:Nom [43]
BET Hip Hop Awards 2021 Best International Flow Herself Inyandikorugero:Won [44]
Brit Awards 2022 British Artist of the Year Herself Inyandikorugero:Nom [45]
Best New Act Inyandikorugero:Won
Best Hip Hop/Rap/Grime Act Inyandikorugero:Nom
British Album of the Year Sometimes I Might Be Introvert Inyandikorugero:Nom
2024 No Thank You Inyandikorugero:Nominated [46]
British Artist of the Year Herself Inyandikorugero:Nominated
Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act Inyandikorugero:Nominated
Hollywood Independent Music Awards 2024 Adult Contemporary Hip Hop "Gorilla" Inyandikorugero:Nominated [47]
IMPALA Awards 2019 Album of the Year Grey Area Inyandikorugero:Nom [48]
Ivor Novello Awards 2020 Best Album Grey Area Inyandikorugero:Won [49]
2022 Sometimes I Might Be Introvert Inyandikorugero:Nom [50][51]
Best Contemporary Song "I Love You, I Hate You" Inyandikorugero:Won
2023 Best Album No Thank You Inyandikorugero:Nom [52]
Libera Awards 2021 Best Hip-Hop/Rap Record Drop 6 Inyandikorugero:Nom
2022 Best Hip-Hop/Rap Record Sometimes I Might Be Introvert Inyandikorugero:Won [53]
Mercury Prize 2019 Album of the Year Grey Area Inyandikorugero:Nom [54]
2022 Sometimes I Might Be Introvert Inyandikorugero:Won [55]
MOBO Awards 2017 Best Female Act Herself Inyandikorugero:Nom [56]
Best Hip Hop Act Inyandikorugero:Nom
2020 Best Album (2017–2019) Grey Area Inyandikorugero:Nom [57]
2021 Best Female Act Herself Inyandikorugero:Won [58][59]
Best Hip Hop Act Inyandikorugero:Nom
Video of the Year "Woman" Inyandikorugero:Nom
2022 Album of the Year Sometimes I Might Be Introvert Inyandikorugero:Won [60]

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Best Female Act Herself Inyandikorugero:Nom
Best Hip-Hop Act Inyandikorugero:Nom
Video of the Year "Point and Kill" (featuring Obongjayar) Inyandikorugero:Nom
2023 Album of the Year No Thank You Inyandikorugero:Nominated [62]
Best Female Act Herself Inyandikorugero:Nominated
Best Hip Hop Act Inyandikorugero:Won
Video of the Year "Gorilla" Inyandikorugero:Nominated
MTV Europe Music Awards 2023 Best Video "Gorilla" Inyandikorugero:Nom [63]
NME Awards 2020 Best British Album Grey Area Inyandikorugero:Won [64]
Best Album in the World Inyandikorugero:Nom
2022 Best Album in the World Sometimes I Might Be Introvert Inyandikorugero:Nom [65]
Best Album by a UK Artist Inyandikorugero:Nom
Best Solo Act in the World Herself Inyandikorugero:Nom
Best Solo Act from the UK Inyandikorugero:Won
Best Live Act Inyandikorugero:Nom
South African Hip Hop Awards 2021 Best International Act Herself Inyandikorugero:Nom [66]
UK Music Video Awards 2018 Best Dance Video - UK "Garage Palace" (with Gorillaz) Inyandikorugero:Nom [67]
2021 Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video - UK "Introvert" Inyandikorugero:Nom [68]
Best Editing in a Video Inyandikorugero:Won
Best Choreography in a Video Inyandikorugero:Nom
Best Wardrobe Styling in a Video "Woman" Inyandikorugero:Nom
Best Hair & Make-up in a Video Inyandikorugero:Nom
2022 Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Video - UK "Point and Kill" (featuring Obongjayar) Inyandikorugero:Won [69]
Best Wardrobe Styling in a Video Inyandikorugero:Won
Best Hair & Make-up in a Video Inyandikorugero:Nom
Best Cinematography in a Video Inyandikorugero:Nom
Best Color Grading in a Video Inyandikorugero:Won
Best Special Video Project "I Love You, I Hate You" Inyandikorugero:Nom
2023 Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Video - UK "Gorilla" Inyandikorugero:Nom [70]
Best Performance in a Video Inyandikorugero:Nom
Best Production Design in a Video Inyandikorugero:Nom
Best Cinematography in a Video Inyandikorugero:Nom
Best Special Video Project No Thank You Inyandikorugero:Nom
2025 Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video – UK "Young" Inyandikorugero:Nom [71]
"Flood" (featuring Obongjayar & Moonchild Sanelly) Inyandikorugero:Nom
Best Performance in a Video Inyandikorugero:Nom
Best Cinematography in a Video Inyandikorugero:Nom
Best Choreography in a Video Inyandikorugero:Nom
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