Central Cee‘s supervisor Ybeeez has shared his ideas on Stormzy‘s speech on the BRIT Awards final weekend, by which he stated he thought Cench ought to have received the award as an alternative.
Final Saturday (March 1) was this 12 months’s BRIT Awards, the place Stormzy controversially received the Hip-hop/Grime/Rap Act award regardless of releasing solely two songs final 12 months. Whereas on stage, the Croydon rapper thanked God earlier than saying: “Large up Chase and Standing as a result of [their 2024 UK Number One collaboration] ‘Spine’ is the one cause why I’m right here.
“I really like everybody who voted for me and I really like the BRITs – I’m very very grateful – however I don’t assume fully this award must be fan-voted,” he continued. “I don’t assume any of the awards must be fan-voted on a controversial one beca’ it doesn’t let everybody have their moments. I believe Cench was the rap artist of the 12 months, however these items don’t outline us…”
On his Instagram story, Ybeeez responded: “Shout out to Stormzy on the BRITs win [but] I don’t essentially assume Cench deserved to win.”
He went to pitch that grime frontrunners Ghetts and Bashy ought to have taken the prize: “Bashy launched an excellent album final 12 months (I even rang head of the MOBOs and put in a phrase as properly and stated it’d be a disservice if he by no means took an award residence) and there’s been social commentary saying Ghetts deserved it as properly however I ain’t checked the mission so I can’t remark, however I don’t doubt it.”
Elsewhere in YBeez’s Instagram submit, he introduced up how “Cench has by no means actually cared about award reveals” and in addition clarified why Cee spoke about Aitch‘s 2023 BRITs win on the music ‘5 Star’ from his debut album ‘Can’t Rush Greatness’.
“One explicit 12 months, my group satisfied me it’s a good suggestion to go [to the BRITs] no matter us not successful, and that’s why Cench stated he felt like a prick going [because] he went in opposition to what he’d naturally do [and] he didn’t even win,” YB revealed. “[‘5 Star’] wasn’t meant to be a diss, however [Aitch] took it like that [and] I can see why, which is honest sufficient like CC’s remark stated,” – referring to the remark Cench made beneath Aitch’s diss observe in direction of him, ‘A Man Known as?’.
To conclude, Ybeez said that “Fan voting is shit” and might be simply swayed by “one artist campaigning and one other not campaigning, so the award finally ends up which means nothing [but] a reputation contest”.
Central Cee hasn’t commented on his BRIT Awards snub nor Stormzy’s speech on the time of writing.
North-west London rap legend Bashy launched his critically acclaimed second album ‘Being Poor Is Costly’ final July – his first full-length launch in 15 years, following his 2009 debut ‘Catch Me If You Can’. The document received the rapper-actor two MOBOs for Greatest Hip Hop Act and Album of the Yr.
Grime icon Ghetts dropped his fourth studio album ‘On Function With Function’ in February 2024, and was shortlisted for final 12 months’s Mercury Prize. In a four-star assessment, NME hailed the document as “far more than only a well-written, socially-conscious rap album”. As a substitute, it was “the right show of easy methods to make grown rap music with out soiling a legacy that has taken a long time to construct”.
Each ‘Being Poor Is Costly’ and ‘On Function With Function’ had been featured on NME‘s Greatest Albums of 2024 listing, rating at 31 and 21, respectively.
In January, Cench dropped ‘Can’t Rush Greatness’, which NME gave 4 stars: “Central Cee might simply stay hidden behind his signature mystique, however as an alternative tells the story of a boy turned man all whereas on the world’s stage. No smoke and mirrors, the album is authentically Cench each step of the best way.”
Central Cee took residence Greatest Male Act for a document third time at this 12 months’s MOBOs. It was his seventh win on the ceremony, tying him with Stormzy and making them each probably the most embellished rappers in its historical past.
He’s set to take the album on the highway for the ‘Can’t Rush Greatness’ world tour, which is able to kick off in Europe at Oslo’s Spektrum on April 1. Take a look at a full listing of dates right here and go to right here to buy UK tickets, right here for US tickets, and right here for Australian tickets.
Cench will even headline this August’s Boardmasters pageant alongside RAYE and The Prodigy.
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