U-Little Simz ungumculi we-rap onekhono waseLondon. U-J. Cole, u-A$AP Rocky no-Kendrick Lamar bayamhlonipha. UKendrick ngokuvamile uthi ungomunye wabaculi be-rap abahamba phambili enyakatho yeLondon. U-Sims usho okulandelayo ngaye:
“Ngisho nokusho ukuthi angisiyena “umrepha wesifazane” sekuvele kuthathwe njengento ephazamisayo emphakathini wethu. Kodwa, lokhu kuyinto enengqondo ngokuphelele: yebo, ngiyintombazane, yebo, ngingumrepha. Kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke, ngingumculi…”.
Ubuntwana kanye nobusha uSimz omncane
Usuku lokuzalwa lomculi lungoFebhuwari 23, 1994. U-Simbyatu Abisola Abiola Ajikawo (igama langempela lomrepha) wazalelwa eLondon. Unezinkumbulo ezimnandi kakhulu zobuntwana bakhe. Mhlawumbe isizathu siwukuthi wanikela isikhathi sakhe esiningi emculweni.
Ebusheni bakhe, intombazane yayivele iyingcweti futhi yaqala ukwenza lokho ekuthandayo. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, u-Adjikavo "wahlanganisa" iqembu lokuqala lomculo, lapho aqala khona ukudlala esiteji sesikole.
Le ntombazane yakha ubuhlobo bokwethembana nabazali bayo. Unina wayekholelwa kakhulu kuye, owayengadinwa ukuphinda ukuthi indodakazi yakhe izoba nempumelelo enkulu.
“Wayehlala engitshela ukuthi angenze okuthile ngaphandle kwesithunzi sokuzisola. Ungigqugquzele ukuthi ngigqame, ngibe yilokho engiyikho. Ngangihlale nginomuzwa wokuthi umndeni wami ukhona, babeka lesi sisekelo sokusekelwa ebuntwaneni, "kusho umculi we-rap ngomndeni wakhe nomama.
Le ntombazane yafunda eHighbury Fields School. Ngaphezu kwalokho, waya e-St. Mary's Club ku-Upper Street. U-Adjikawo kamuva wafunda e-Westminster's Kingsway College. Esikhungweni sokugcina semfundo, wakwazi "ukuhambisa" umsebenzi wakhe womculo. Ukukhulela enyakatho yeLondon kukhombisa umsebenzi ka-Adjikawo kanye nombono wakhe ngomculo.
Indlela yokudala ye-Little Simz
Impumelelo yokuqala ebonakalayo yeza kumculi we-rap ngemva kokwethulwa komdlalo wakhe wokuqala i-LP A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons. Iqoqo likhishwe kulebula ezimele yomculi. Kuze kube yilapho kukhishwa irekhodi, u-Adjikavo ukwazile ukujabulisa abalandeli bomsebenzi wakhe ngokukhululwa kwama-mixtapes amane nama-EP amahlanu. I-albhamu yokuqala ingene eshadini lama-albhamu e-R&B ase-UK enombolweni yama-20 kanye neshadi lama-albhamu azimele ase-UK enombolweni yama-43.
Ngegagasi lokuthandwa, ukhulula i-albhamu yakhe yesibili yesitudiyo. Iqoqo lalinesihloko esithi Stillness in Wonderland. Irekhodi ligqugquzelwe yi-Alice's Adventures in Wonderland futhi lisekelwa incwadi yamahlaya, umbukiso wobuciko. Ngemva konyaka, umculi we-rap wenza ukushisa e-Gorillaz.
Ekuqaleni kukaMashi 2019, lo rapper wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe yesithathu yesitudiyo. Irekhodi lomdwebi waseLondon libe namandla ngendlela emangalisayo futhi lashaya. I-Longplay Grey Area ayizange yaziswa kakhulu abalandeli kuphela, kodwa nangabagxeki bomculo.
Igama, ngokusho komculi we-rap, libhekisela ekucindezelekeni akuthola eminyakeni embalwa edlule. "Kwakumpunga nxazonke," kusho uSimz omncane ngaleso sikhathi engxoxweni ne-BBC Radio 1.
Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, u-Little Simz wafunda ingoma ethi Venom ku-A Colors Show. Ngendlela, uGrey Area uqokelwe umklomelo we-European Independent Album of the Year IMPALA.
Ayaziwa nje kuphela njengomculi, kodwa futhi njengomdlali we-actress. NgoSepthemba, ngemuva kokumiswa iminyaka eyisithupha, abakwaNetflix bakhiphe inkondlo elama ethi "Top Boy" mayelana nempilo yabantu ababi baseLondon. U-Simz omncane uthole indawo kamama ongayedwa uShelly.
Imininingwane yempilo yomuntu siqu yomculi we-rap
Ngalesi sikhathi, akakakulungeli ukuxoxa ngempilo yakhe yomuntu siqu. Namuhla, isikhathi sakhe sihloselwe ukwakha umsebenzi wokudala. Uzinikela ngokuphelele emculweni.
U-Simz omncane: Namuhla
Ngo-2020, wakhipha i-EP, i-Drop 6. Wabhala inhlanganisela ngesikhathi eyedwa. Umdwebi uyavuma ukuthi imikhawulo ibinzima kakhulu kuye. “Kunomehluko omkhulu phakathi kwesinqumo sakho sokuba wedwa nalapho uphoqeleka ukuba ube wedwa. Yilapho ubunzima buqala khona.” Qaphela ukuthi i-disc ibiholwa amathrekhi apholile ayi-5.
NgoSepthemba 3, 2021, i-premiere ye-albhamu yesine yesitudiyo somculi we-rap yenzeka. Yayibizwa nge- Sometimes I might Be Introvert. Wonke umculo okwi-disc ngowe-English producer u-Inflo.
