Nadia Rose

Nadia Rose
Nadia Rose
Born	11 June 1993 (age 31); Croydon, London, England
Genres	Grime; hip hop;
Occupations	Rapper; songwriter;
Years active	2015–present

Nadia Rose (born 11 June 1993) is a British rapper and songwriter from Croydon, London.^[1]

Education

Rose studied Music and Music Management at university.^[2]

Career

Rose released her debut EP Highly Flammable on 13 January 2017 following the successful singles "Station", "BOOM", and "D.F.W.T".^[1] Rose is represented by Sony Music Group under the subsidiary Relentless Records.^[3] She came fifth in the BBC's 'Sound of 2017' shortlist.^[4] In 2018 she released the track WUT2 and appeared in a Stella McCartney catwalk show in Milan.^[5]

In 2020, Rose revealed that she had been unable to release new music because of her label.^[6] Rose collaborated with Melanie C on the track "Fearless" for Melanie C's self-titled album, Melanie C.^[7] The music video had a world premiere on 16 September 2020. Of the collaboration, Rose stated: "“It’s no secret that I’m a super Spice Girls fan so this whole experience has been very surreal."^[7]

Personal life

Rose is a cousin of Stormzy.^[8]

In 2019, Rose took part in an Operation Black Vote campaign to encourage people from ethnic minority communities to register to vote in the 2019 UK General Election.^[9] Rose also took part in the 2019 Grime4Corbyn campaign in support of the Labour Party and its leader Jeremy Corbyn.^[10]^[11] Rose wrote an article for Metro encouraging people to vote Labour in the election.^[12]

Discography

Extended plays

Title	Details
Highly Flammable^[13]	Release: 13 January 2017 Label: Ministry of Sound, Sony Music, Relentless Format: CD, vinyl, digital download
First Class	Release: 7 August 2020 Label: Qwerky Entertainment Format: digital download, streaming

Singles

Year	Title	Album
2016	"Skwod"^[14]	Highly Flammable
2017	"Tight Up" (featuring Red Rat)
	"Puddycat"
	"Breathe Slow" (featuring Junglepussy)	Non-album singles
	"Wat Up" (with 67)
	"Big Woman"
2018	"WUT2"
	"On Top"
	"Make It Happen"
2019	"Airplane Mode"
2020	"Sugar Zaddy"	First Class
	"Too Bad"
	"Bad N Boujee"
	"Higher" (featuring Leon Jean Marie)
	"Fearless" (with Melanie C)	Melanie C
2021	"Bad Habits" (with TiZ EAST and Moelogo)	Non-album singles
	"Look At Her (L.A.H)" (with Nqobilé and Dancegod Lloyd)
	"WOAH"
	"Light" (with JY MNTL and La Swave)
2022	"Lyrical Assassin"
	"Recipe"
	"Rooftop"

References

^ ^a ^b Macpherson, Alex (25 June 2016). "Nadia Rose: 'There's no point doing this if you're not confident'". The Observer – via The Guardian.
^ Savage, Mark (4 January 2017). "Nadia Rose: BBC Sound of 2017 interview". BBC News. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
^ "Nadia Rose | Sony Music UK – Artists". Sony Music UK. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
^ "2017, BBC Music Sound Of - The Longlist - BBC Music". BBC. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
^ "Nadia Rose's dream collaboration is Jamiroquai". Evening Standard. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
^ Savage, Mark (2 March 2020). "When record contracts go wrong". BBC News. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b Spanos, Brittany (16 September 2020). "Melanie C Recruits Nadia Rose for New Single 'Fearless'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
^ "Interview: Nadia Rose - M Magazine". M magazine: PRS for Music online magazine. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
^ Woolley, Simon (25 November 2019). "Black and Asian people can change this election: it's urgent that we register now | Simon Woolley". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
^ "#Grime4Corbyn relaunch in unexpected boost for Labour". Metro. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
^ Dazed (3 December 2019). "Grime4Corbyn reviews the Labour party's transformative manifesto". Dazed. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
^ Rose, Nadia (26 November 2019). "I know what it's like to feel your vote doesn't count but here's why it does". Metro. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
^ "Highly Flammable (2017)". iTunes. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
^ "Skwod (2016)". iTunes. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.

[auto-1] Macpherson, Alex (25 June 2016). "Nadia Rose: 'There's no point doing this if you're not confident'". The Observer – via The Guardian.

[2] Savage, Mark (4 January 2017). "Nadia Rose: BBC Sound of 2017 interview". BBC News. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

[3] "Nadia Rose | Sony Music UK – Artists". Sony Music UK. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

[4] "2017, BBC Music Sound Of - The Longlist - BBC Music". BBC. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

[5] "Nadia Rose's dream collaboration is Jamiroquai". Evening Standard. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

[6] Savage, Mark (2 March 2020). "When record contracts go wrong". BBC News. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

[spice-7] Spanos, Brittany (16 September 2020). "Melanie C Recruits Nadia Rose for New Single 'Fearless'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

[8] "Interview: Nadia Rose - M Magazine". M magazine: PRS for Music online magazine. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

[9] Woolley, Simon (25 November 2019). "Black and Asian people can change this election: it's urgent that we register now | Simon Woolley". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

[10] "#Grime4Corbyn relaunch in unexpected boost for Labour". Metro. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

[11] Dazed (3 December 2019). "Grime4Corbyn reviews the Labour party's transformative manifesto". Dazed. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

[12] Rose, Nadia (26 November 2019). "I know what it's like to feel your vote doesn't count but here's why it does". Metro. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

[13] "Highly Flammable (2017)". iTunes. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.

[14] "Skwod (2016)". iTunes. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.

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