Blade Brown

Jonathan James Wrate (born 12 February 1985), known professionally as Blade Brown is a British rapper and songwriter from Battersea, London. He released the mixtape series Bags and Boxes, and the Financial Times mixtapes. XXL has compared his style to that of early Young Jeezy and Gucci Mane.

Biography Early life and career beginnings (1985–2006) Wrate was born on 12 February 1985 in Streatham, later moving to Battersea. He is a supporter of Manchester United F.C. He was first exposed to hip hop through his father, who would listen to 80s and 90s hip hop as well as reggae at home, all of which influenced Wrate to take an interest in music and start rapping more seriously around the age of 17. He released his debut mixtape entitled Nothing Long Volume 1 under Defenders Entertainment in 2004, but he took a break from music following a spell of both underground and commercial success through the mixtape which was played on mainstream radio stations such as Choice FM, BBC Radio 1Xtra and Kiss FM, as well as street DVDs in circulation at the time such as Streetz Incarcerated, Streetz Is Raw and Welcome to the city. Between 2005 and 2006, he recorded material for a second mixtape, which was initially entitled Nothing Long Volume 2, but it was never released due to the legal troubles Wrate was experiencing at the time, as well as a change in his own preferences as he has stated that he did not want to release many of the songs he had recorded.

Business Ventures

BXB Cannabis Clubs

Blade Brown owns his own Cannabis Clubs called BXB Barcelona .

BXB Clothing

Blade Brown is the owner of the clothing label BXB LDN. BXB LDN have done a few fashion collaboration seasons with the worldwide fashion brand founded from West London called "Trapstar".

Don Londrès

Blade Brown and Dre London are co-owners of the Don Londrès is a premium, additive-free tequila crafted in Jalisco, Mexico. Known for its ultra-smooth finish and minimalist frosted bottles, on Londrès is available in Blanco and Reposado expressions Don Londrés is the first alcohol Brand to launch in Selfridges and sell out same day.

Discography Collaborative mixtapes Title Released Details Peak chart positions UK Hollowman meets Blade(with Giggs (rapper))Released: 2007Label: SN1 Records, Formats: CD, Digital Download Joints(with K-Trap)Released: 25 March 2022 Label: BXB Ent Ltd., Thousand8 Records Formats: CD, Digital Download 182

Mixtapes Title Released Details Peak chart positions UK Nothing Long Volume 12004 Label: Defenders Entertainment Formats: CD — Best of Blade2009 Label: Ruthless Records Formats: CD, digital download — Bags and BoxesReleased: 31 March 2010 Host: Mykal Million Formats: CD, digital download — Financial TimesReleased: 31 March 2011 Label: Hill Productions Formats: CD, digital download — Best of Blade 2Released: 9 February 2012 Host: Charlie Sloth Formats: CD, digital download — Bags and Boxes 3Released: 31 November 2014 Label: Self-released Formats: CD, digital download 42 Bags and Boxes 4Released: 16 August 2019 Label: Catalyst Records Formats: Digital download, streaming 12 "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs