From Soundcloud to primetime TV, Loyle Carner has captured the imagination of British music with endless sincerity and unabashed openness. Since his first musical statement on 2014 EP A Little Late to the new Mercury Prize nominated album hugo, the South London MC has displayed immense emotional intelligence and lyrical wizardry as one of modern UK hip-hop’s most distinctive voices, tackling his personal politics, his family, masculinity, pain and more. Resultantly, he has taken his music to the world and back, scoring two albums that have cracked the top five of the Official Albums Chart, multiple nominations for the prestigious Mercury Prize and BRIT Awards and won an NME Award.
