Realz

Artist bio

Realz aka RLZ has been one of the leading lights in grime for many years now, and first gained notoriety as part of the grime collective Mucky Wolfpack back in 2007. RLZ has been releasing monster track after monster track ever since and can often be heard tearing down radio sets all over the airwaves.

Junior Akerele, a.k.a. RLZ, was born on the 22nd October 1990 in East London. RLZ took inspiration from hip hop greats like Tupac and Jay Z while growing up, and began writing lyrics at the tender age of 14.

By 17, RLZ had forged his own lyrical style and was beginning to attract the attention of UK urban music veterans such as Wiley and God’s Gift. It wasn’t long before RLZ’ name started making huge waves on the underground circuit, resulting in appearances on national radio shows including the Tim Westwood Rap Show.

RLZ was finally ‘discovered’ on You Tube in 2007 by Ashley Walters, grime scene legend and co-founder of AD82 Productions, a talent management and film production company. RLZ was promptly signed to AD82 and spent the next couple of years with his head down studying ICT and Music, recording fresh songs for the release of his highly anticipated debut EP and…wait for it…filming his first music video, GLOWING, in Capetown, South Africa. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.