Stylah

Stylah
Born Hammersmith, London, England
Origin Royal Borough of Greenwich, London, England
Genres British hip hop
Years active 2003–present
Associated acts Poisonous Poets, AntiSocial Muzik, SO Empire

Kareem Written,[1] better known as Stylah, is a South London rapper from Greenwich, SE7. He has described himself as a black Arab, half Omani and half Moroccan.[2] After being interested in music for some time, he decided to pursue music seriously. His first offering, 2004's Prince of Thieves which he single handedly sold 9000 copies of on the streets of London and other cities [3] sprung one single called Warfare Part II featuring Serious.

Prince of Thieves caused a huge buzz for Stylah. He was soon recruited as the final piece of the jigsaw for London-based underground hip-hop group, the Poisonous Poets which consists of Lowkey, Tony D, Therapist, Doc Brown, Reveal, DJ Snips and Stylah. He is also a member of the international Catch 22 network started by Kool G Rap which includes Immortal Technique, Ruff Ryders producer Elite, Scram Jones, Lowkey, DJ Snips and many more.[4]

Stylah released the mixtape Crash Course with DJ Snips [5] in 2006 and took the same approach as his first CD by selling it straight to the streets with his Street Team including distributor D Raw. This CD is also on sale in HMV and Virgin Megastores. With this mixtape, Stylah has toured up and down the country many times doing shows and promoting his CD. It has had many reviews that have outlined Stylah's ability to better the original songs that he features on. Quotes can be seen on Stylah's Myspace [6]

In 2009 due to label delays with his album Stylah decided he needed to release another mix CD to keep the audience's attention and released The Warning hosted by celebrity gangster Dave Courtney – the CD is available for free download from [7]

Future

Stylah is scheduled to release his debut album Treading Water in 2010. He has also featured on many UK songs to create a bigger buzz before the release. He has had many offers by record labels for his album but so far has not signed any deal.[8] Two songs from Treading water have been leaked. Treading Water is one of the UK's most anticipated albums. The UK producer Chemo has confirmed songs on the album, Poisonous Poets DJ, Snips has produced a song called Free, S-Type is said to have produced three tracks on Treading Water. Another song, entitled Them Boys produced by Australia's Styalz Fuego and featuring New York City rapper, Grafh has been confirmed for Treading Water.[9]

References

  1. ↑ http://twitter.com/Stylah/status/267009768051318786
  2. ↑ Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "features | interviews | Stylah interview by Madrox". ukhh.com. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
  4. ↑ Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Archived 15 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ UK. "STYLAH.TV - FOR FOOTAGE OF ME AND MR HUDSON | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's". Myspace.com. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
  7. ↑ Stylah's website.
  8. ↑ "Stylah". Rapnews.co.uk. 2005-06-16. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
  9. ↑ "Styalz Fuego interview by The Last Skeptik". ukhh.com. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
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