Graft

Early life Graft was born in Gledhow, raised in Chapeltown, and later moved to Oakwood all of which are areas in the city of Leeds. In February 2016 he released his first music video "Chapters" also on FirstMediaTV. He's also done rap freestyles and music videos on other West Yorkshire YouTube channels such as; Bradford's KODH TV (King Of Da Hillz TV), Bradford's AIRES Films, Leeds' HomeGrownMedia (HGM) and Leeds' JDZmedia.

In May 2015, he joined the Leeds United F.C. under 18's youth academy, and previously captained the under 16's team. where he played for their B team and youth academy. On the 30th of June 2017 he was released by Rotherham United.

Film and TV appearances

In October 2020 Graft appeared in series 2 of The Rap Game UK by BBC Three. The celebrity mentors were Aitch, Ashleigh Jade, Ayishat Akanbi, D Double E, Deno, The Fanatix, JME, Kenny Allstar, Ms Banks, Rapman, Tiffany Calver, Wretch 32, Young T and Bugsey, and Yungen. And Graft's rival contestants were D Live, DDroid, Lesia, Micahh, Shogun and Zones.

In May 2021 he appeared in an episode of BBC Three's MOTDx with Aston Villa footballer Kortney Hause.

In October 2021 he appeared in 5 episodes of E4's Celebrity Ghost Trip. Graft was paired with The Apprentice series 14 winner Sian Gabbidon who is also from Leeds.

Music career

Graft along with his fellow The Rap Game UK contestants, released the single "Dirty" as part of one of their challenges in the show. The music video was released on GRM Daily and BBC Three's YouTube channels in November 2020.

He released his long anticipated, The Rap Game UK winning single "You Know What" in July 2021, with the music video being posted on GRM Daily. It was released by Krept and Konan's record label Play Dirty, as part of the prize for winning The Rap Game UK. It featured cameos from The Rap Game UK series 1 runner up FOS, fashion designer Sian Gabbidon, former IBF featherweight world boxing champion Josh Warrington, along with Krept and Konan themselves. which he went on to win.

He was also co-nominated in the Best Video category, at The Yorkshire Entertainment Award's 2018, along with Bradford's Leejay and Huddersfield's Prince Omari, for their music video "Can't Hear Us" which they also won.

In November 2020 he won The Rap Game UK, with Lesia and Zones finishing as runners up.