Merky ACE

Aisa Khan Sampson-Spencer (born 1 April 1992), known professionally as Merky ACE, is a British grime MC, rapper, songwriter and record producer from Lewisham, South London. He was a founding member of the grime collective Family Tree, and later Tizzy Gang, with whom he is still a part of. He also produces beats under the pseudonym Splurt Diablo. His debut album, Blue Battlefield, was released on 3 April 2011.

Career Merky ACE first came to prominence on the UK underground scene as part of grime's "new wave" in 2011. In the same year he independently released his acclaimed Blue Battlefield mixtape and followed it up with the Catch Up EP in the same year. In 2012, Merky ACE recorded features for Dizzee Rascal's Dirtee TV 2 mixtape which was released on Christmas of that year. In 2013, he released two mixtapes - All or Nothing and Play Your Position - through grime label NoHatsNoHoods.

In 2014, Merky ACE was signed to Dizzee Rascal's label Dirtee Stank. Merky ACE's first project on the label Peak Levels EP was released on 17 July 2015. In late 2015, Merky ACE formed a new crew, Tizzy Gang alongside Tre Mission and Cadell; following this news, Family Tree disbanded shortly after in early 2016.

Merky was a joint executive producer of Tizzy Gang's debut collaborative album, Opps Next Door Vol. 1, which was released on 16 June 2017. He provided vocals for fifteen of the album's twenty tracks, and produced many of its tracks under his Splurt Diablo alias. The album's release was celebrated with a launch party at Relentless No. 5 in London.

His debut solo album, War Is Normal, was released on 11 May 2018. The album features the singles "TDF", "Black Hawk Down", and "Out of Order", which were released on 9 March, 16 March, and 23 March 2018 respectively. The first two of these tracks had previously premiered on his SoundCloud in 2016, as had "Ruff's the New Buff", "Crash Bang Sound", and "What's the Program?".

On 5 June 2020, Merky marked his first collaboration with fellow grime MC Capo Lee with a joint project, the Clash of the Pagans EP.

Discography

Albums Title Details Opps Next Door (with Tizzy Gang) Released: 16 June 2017 Label: Last Gang Records Formats: Digital download War is Normal Released: 11 May 2018 Label: Tizzy Gang, TUISGE Formats: Digital download

Compilation albums Title Details Best of Merky ACE Released: 28 September 2009 Label: Self-released Formats: Free digital download Features songs from Headtop Turner, Normal and Who's Merky? alongside bonus tracks

Mixtapes Title Details Headtop Turner Released: 2008 Label: Headtop Turner Entertainment Formats: CD, free digital download Watch Me Leave Scars Released: 17 February 2008 Label: Headtop Turner Entertainment Formats: CD, free digital download NWO: New World Order Released: 2008 Label: Headtop Turner Entertainment Formats: CD, free digital download Normal Released: 8 May 2009 Label: Self-released Formats: CD, free digital download Who's Merky? Released: 9 August 2009 Label: Self-released Formats: CD, free digital download Grime Released: 2009 Label: Family Tree Formats: CD, free digital download The Ones That Didn't Make It Released: 4 July 2010 Label: Family Tree Formats: CD, free digital download Blue Battlefield Released: 4 April 2011 Label: Family Tree Formats: CD, digital download All Or Nothing Released: 27 May 2013 Label: NoHatsNoHoods Formats: CD, digital download Play Your Position Released: 14 October 2013 Label: NoHatsNoHoods Formats: CD, digital download

EPs Title Details Shinobi (with Splurt Diablo) Released: 27 October 2009 Label: Family Tree Formats: Free digital download The Recycle Bin Released: 2 November 2010 Label: Family Tree Formats: Free digital download Catch Up Released: 12 December 2011 Label: Family Tree Formats: Digital download Peak Levels Released: 17 July 2015 Label: Dirtee Stank Formats: Digital download GOAT (Greatest of All Time) (with MIK) Released: 11 January 2016 Label: Tizzy Gang Formats: Digital download Catch Up Vol. 2 Released: 19 February 2016 Label: Tizzy Gang Formats: Digital download Catch Up Vol. 3 Released: 12 October 2016 Label: Tizzy Gang, TUIGSE Formats: Digital download Personality Cult Released: 29 September 2017 Label: Tizzy Gang, TUIGSE Formats: Digital download Catch Up Vol. 4 Released: 3 July 2020 Label: Tizzy Gang Formats: Digital download Clash of the Pagans (with Capo Lee)Released: 5 June 2020 Label: BLACC CIRC13 Formats: Free digital download

Singles Year Title Album 2010 "Blue Battle Kiwi" Non-album singles "Greaze" 2011 "Shutdown"(with MIK) 2012 "Eff Tizzy" All Or Nothing "3 CDs Freestyle" Non-album single 2015 "Cuss Match" Peak Levels EP "El Peñol" Catch Up Vol. 2 "Polyphonic Ringtone" Catch Up Vol. 3 2017 "Old Skool Roadman Jacket"(with Tizzy Gang) Opps Next Door Vol. 1 "Shekel"(with Tizzy Gang) "Opps Next Door"(with Tizzy Gang) "Our Queen"Personality Cult EP "Ragu"(featuring Southside JB and Ko-Kane) 2018 "TDF" War is Normal "Black Hawk Down" "Out of Order" 2019 "Look Like Loubz" Non-album single

As Splurt Diablo Mixtapes and compilations Title Details Extra Terrestrial - The Splurt Diablo Anthology Released: 1 May 2020 Label: Tizzy Gang Formats: Digital download All About the Melanin Released: 1 May 2020 Label: Tizzy Gang Formats: Digital download /s Released: 3 July 2020 Label: Tizzy Gang Formats: Digital download Blacc Released: 7 August 2020 Label: Tizzy Gang Formats: Digital download

EPs Title Details Vomit Released: 1 March 2010 Label: Family Tree Formats: Free digital download Vomit Vol. 2 Released: 1 April 2010 Label: Family Tree Formats: Free digital download Vomit Vol. 3 Released: 1 May 2010 Label: Family Tree Formats: Free digital download J3 Released: 9 October 2013 Label: Oil Gang Formats: Vinyl, digital download Throwbacks Released: 11 August 2016 Label: Self-released Formats: Free digital download Cyborg Justice Released: 17 January 2017 Label: Self-released Formats: Bandcamp-exclusive digital download Fatigue Released: 15 February 2017 Label: Self-released Formats: Bandcamp-exclusive digital download CCTV Celeb Released: 15 March 2017 Label: Self-released Formats: Bandcamp-exclusive digital download Hara-Kiri Released: 21 April 2017 Label: Self-released Formats: Bandcamp-exclusive digital download Space Madness Released: 17 May 2017 Label: Self-released Formats: Bandcamp-exclusive digital download Amped / Irn Bru Released: 7 May 2018 Label: Blood Frenzy Formats: 12" vinyl

Awards and nominations 2020