Sir Spyro

Early life Joseph is the son of the Saint Lucian singer Nereus Joseph and is part-Jamaican; he is also the cousin of fellow grime producer D.O.K. He grew up in a musical household with "a mini studio in the corner" and songs from "Garnett Silk, Dennis Brown, Delroy Wilson, all flying out the speaker". and "started off with me practising jungle when I was like eleven years old". There was a room set up with a digital audio workstation in his local youth club on which he learnt to produce, although he decided at an early age to prioritise DJing and showcase the music of his contemporaries. and first gained an appreciation for grime music through listening to Nasty Crew's Mak 10. Writing for Crack, Tomas Fraser noted in 2016 that his production style had shifted from "808-driven beats that used to cater for MCs" towards "darker, harder club sounds". and at least one song for their label.

2007–2011: Associations with Aftershock and Ruff Sqwad Joseph later became a DJ for grime collective Aftershock, joining his cousin, D.O.K. At the time, his refix of Rebound X's "Rhythm & Gash" was a popular choice in grime sets and would often earn the MCs vocalling it a "reload", where a song is rewound and recited in appreciation of a performance. The refix was used as the basis for Jme's "P", included on his July 2008 album Famous?. His 2014 compilation Pure Grime: The Very Best of Grime, which included a new version of his song "Pull It Up" featuring Jme and Ny, entered the UK Compilation Chart at number 38. To promote its release, he shared the previously unreleased song "Chung Li" for free download via Mixmag.

2015–2017: Commercial breakthrough and chart success with Stormzy Joseph's 2015 single "Side By Side", featuring Big H, Bossman Birdie and President T, and his 2016 single "Topper Top", featuring Teddy Bruckshot, Lady Chann and Killa P, reached a wider audience than his previous songs. while Complex UK later named it the sixteenth most "impactful" grime song of the 2010s. It was remixed by London trio YGG in 2016 as part of a various artist remix EP curated by DJ Amy Becker and released on vinyl. "Topper Top", also accompanied by a video, Ghetts' "You Dun Know Already", which was nominated for the MOBO Award for Best Song, Joseph was nominated in both the Best DJ and Best Producer categories at the GRM Daily Rated Awards 2016.

In February 2017, Stormzy's "Big for Your Boots", which Joseph produced, was released as the lead single from his debut album Gang Signs & Prayer, peaking at number six on the UK chart. It was nominated for the 2017 MOBO Award for Best Song, and the album, which also included the charting Spyro productions "Mr Skeng" and "Return of the Rucksack", topped the UK Albums Chart. Joseph claimed at the time that he was working on a debut album, It served as the lead single from his Secure the Bag! EP, which entered the UK Albums Chart at number thirteen. In August 2017, Joseph was invited to deliver a Red Bull Music Academy lecture about his craft at Bristol venue The Love Inn. In September, he was nominated for the Rated Award for Producer of the Year for the second consecutive year.

2017–present: BBC Radio 1Xtra residency and Neighbourhood Recordings activities On 10 November 2017, BBC Radio 1Xtra announced that Joseph would be replacing Logan Sama as the host of their weekly Grime Show, which at the time aired on Friday nights between 11pm and 1am. 2018 saw him release a remix of Jorja Smith's single "The One". In August 2019, he shared a remix of the Ed Sheeran single "Take Me Back to London" featuring Stormzy, Jaykae and Aitch, the release of which sent the song to number one in the UK. which reached number 20 in the UK; the Ghetts song "Listen", which appeared on the soundtrack to the Netflix reboot of Top Boy; and a remix of the Mahalia single "Do Not Disturb". In August 2020, he released the six-track instrumental EP Rude Sounds in collaboration with fellow producer Rude Kid. He was nominated in the Best Producer category at the 2020 MOBO Awards.

In 2021, Joseph established the independent label Tekkerz to self-release music and released its first EP, Tekkerz 001, before taking over room three at fabric in December of the same year with a label showcase. In February 2022 he released the single "WISH", featuring posthumous vocals from Teddy Bruckshot alongside Black Steve, Killa P and Flowdan, via Neighbourhood Recordings, an offshoot of the artist management agency that represents Joseph as well as Dave. In April 2023, he collaborated with Nasty Jack, Jammer and So Large on "Ease", a single from the Grime Originals compilation Grime Originals: The Album. In May 2023, he released the Have Manners EP as the second record on Tekkerz. Two months later, this was followed by the Tekkerz 003 EP, featuring the songs "Baraks", "Tekkers 3" and "Solder Wire". In September 2023, he released the single "Rambunctious" featuring Bling Dawg. That year, he also began performing as a part of King Original Sound, the sound system restarted by Footsie and Jah Model following the death of their father, Farda Woz.

In 2024, Joseph collaborated with D Double E on the single "Energy Gang", and again on their joint 2025 EP King of Reloads, which featured the single "G.I.B (Grime Is Back)". His 2025 single "Start & Stop", featuring Killa P, was nominated for the DJ Mag Best of British award for Best Track. In January 2026, Joseph collaborated with Scorcher and Giggs on the single "Ups", credited as a primary artist on the song. The following month, he returned to label Deep Medi Musik as part of their 20th anniversary celebrations with the four-track EP 2nd Sq.

Awards and nominations Award Year Nominee(s) Category Result MOBO Awards 2016 "You Dun Know Already" Best Song

Discography Extended plays The Dragon Punch EP (with D.O.K) (Pitch Controller Records, 2011) Round 1 (Dragon Punch Records, 2012) Sounds of the Sir (Dragon Punch Records, 2013) Stop Talk (with Capo Lee) (SighTracked, 2017) No Sleep (with K2 World) (Dragon Punch Records/Royal Blu Music, 2017) Rude Sounds (with Rude Kid) (Rude Sounds, 2020) Tekkerz 001 (Tekkerz, 2021) Have Manners (Tekkerz, 2023) Tekkerz 003 (Tekkerz, 2023) King of Reloads (with D Double E) (Bluku Music, 2025) 2nd Sq (Deep Medi Musik, 2026)

Singles "Night Shift" (featuring Footsie) (Dragon Punch Records, 2012) "Chung Li" (Mixmag free download, 2014) "Side By Side" (featuring Big H, Bossman Birdie and President T) (Dragon Punch Records, 2015) "Topper Top" (featuring Teddy Bruckshot, Lady Chann and Killa P) (Deep Medi Musik, 2016) "Mud" (with Capo Lee) (Rinse, 2016) "1 Bagga Chat" (with K2 World) (Dragon Punch Records/Royal Blu Music, 2017) "Premier League Champions Freestyle" (with Big Zuu) (Big Joints/MNRK, 2020) "Hurdy Gurdy" (with Big Narstie) (Dice Recordings, 2020) "WISH" (featuring Teddy Bruckshot, Black Steve, Killa P and Flowdan) (Neighbourhood Recordings, 2022) "Bout It X2" (with Bossman Birdie and So Large) (Clean Unlimited, 2023) "Ease" (with Nasty Jack, Jammer and So Large) (Grime Originals, 2023) "Rambunctious" (with Bling Dawg) (Neighbourhood Recordings, 2023) "Energy Gang" (with D Double E) (Bluku Music, 2024) "Over the Wall" (featuring Duppy) (self-released, 2024) "G.I.B (Grime Is Back)" (with D Double E) (Bluku Music, 2025) "8 Bar" (featuring Lioness, Capo Lee, Mayhem NODB, BXKS, Griminal, Narst, Mya Remi, Merky ACE, Novelist, PK and C4) (Neighbourhood Recordings, 2025) "Start & Stop" (featuring Killa P) (Neighbourhood Recordings, 2025)

Selected production credits

YearArtistSongAlbumCo-producer(s)Peak chart position Certifications2008 OGz "We're OGz Part 2" OG Season Vol. 1 — Jme "P" Famous? — Doller Da Dustman featuring Jonson and Revolver "Crew's Firing" Return of the Jedi and Grime's Son — Doller Da Dustman "Edmonton's Spine" Return of the Jedi — "Bear Face Bear Weight" — "Make Music" —2009 Cel22 "Things I Remember" Slang with Grammar —2010 Gracious K "Shuu Yur Mout" Goodness Gracious Vol. 1 — Bruza "The Debate" Tales of the Underdog — Doller Da Dustman featuring Lauren Mason "My Drive" Set to Be King D.O.K — 2013 Sox and Bugzy Malone "Hotbox S02 E01" Non-album single — Raider featuring Movez "Made It" Work Harder Vol. 2 —2014 Fangol "Silly In Ere" Wake Up — Kozzie "When I'm Doing It" Koz the Kid 2 — D Double E "Wolly" Non-album single Darkness — Ghetts featuring Mercston "Spragga Benz" Momentum 2 (The Return of Ghetto) — Grim Sickers "Black Bin Bag Him" 100 Bags — Ruger featuring Blacks, Little Dee and P Money "Guns & Roses" Rugers Way —2015 Footsie "Everything's There" Non-album single — Shorty "What's Going On" Moesh Music — D-Power Diesle featuring Roachee and So Large "What Have You Done?" Non-album single — P Money featuring Newham Generals "Sounds of the Sir" Money Over Everyone 2 Rebound X — Lil Nasty "Regardless" Non-album single — Nasty Jack "Wot Is It" Non-album single — Capo Lee "Come Out the Way" Non-album single — Grim Sickers and Nasty Jack "Jack Sickers 2" All Black Forever Gundam — Hitman Tiga "Name On a Wall" Non-album single — P Money "10/10" Live & Direct Rude Kid — Smack "Nejlepší MC v Čechách" Sick —2016 XP, Capo Lee, Blay Vision and Nico Lindsay "I'm Cool" Why Not? — Ghetts "You Dun Know Already" Non-album single — Tinchy Stryder featuring Roachee "Sekky" 360° / The Cloud 9 LP Rude Kid — Capo Lee featuring D Double E "Mud" Non-album single — Stormzy "Scary" Non-album single UK #169 Nico Lindsay featuring Lyrical Strally and PK "Sky" Why Not? Part 2 Splurt Diablo — YGG "It Ain't a Game" — 2017 Stormzy "Big for Your Boots" Gang Signs & Prayer Fraser T. Smith UK #6 BPI: 2× Platinum RMNZ: Gold "Mr Skeng" Fraser T. Smith UK #29 BPI: Silver "Return of the Rucksack" Fraser T. Smith UK #53 AJ Tracey "Blacked Out" Secure the Bag! — Big Zuu "Builders" Big Zuu — Capo Lee "Style & Swag" Capo the Champ — Faultsz featuring Streema "Man Said" Raw to the Core Bok Bok — 2018 President T "Top of My Spine" Stranger Returns Faze Miyake — Bugzy Malone "Clash of the Titan" Non-album single — Mayhem NODB featuring Sox and Big Zuu "Back of the Darnce" Mr Hazeum — Bugzy Malone featuring Maverick Sabre "Separation" B. Inspired — D Double E "Schoolin'" Jackuum! — "Live Tonight" Diamondz — Ghetts featuring President T "Pick Up the Phone" Ghetto Gospel: The New Testament — Ghetts featuring Chip "Shellington Crescent" — Ghetts "OJ Simpson" The Intent 2: The Come Up (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) — Capo Lee featuring Frisco and Shorty "Sekky" Non-album single Rude Kid — 2019 Crafty 893 "Wotless" Not Bad and Smart Dumb — Mez "T Specialist" Tyrone 2 — "P&G" — Crafty 893, Taliifah and JoSoSick "You"Why Not? Part 3 — Crafty 893, BXKS and Kamakaze "It's a Ting" Jammz — Stormzy "Sounds of the Skeng" Heavy Is the Head (Japanese edition bonus track) UK #20 Ghetts "Listen" Top Boy (A Selection of Music Inspired by the Series) — Capo Lee "Pray for Me" Heart of a Champ — 2020 Manga Saint Hilare "Face Myself" Make It Out Alive — PK "Boss" King Yosho — Frisco featuring Mez "Big Bro" The Familiar Stranger Frisco — 2021 Ghetts featuring Aida Lae "Good Hearts" Conflict of Interest — Big Zuu featuring D Double E "Variation" Navigate — Meridian Dan featuring President T and Jme "Teachers Pets" Non-album single — Kurupt FM "Ooze Dat" The Greatest Hits (Part 1) — Big Zuu featuring Jme and Novelist "Offline" Navigate — 2022 Renz "Leng Dinners" WhoopDiDiDooTape Rude Kid — Footsie "It's All Love" Non-album single — 2023 Footsie "Charizard Freestyle" Non-album single — P Money featuring AJ Tracey "Them Guys" Money Over Everyone 4 Swifta Beater — 2024 Tina Tammi "Typa Tug" Non-album single — C4 "Try Me" Between the Lines — Jammz "Picture This"No Remorse Jammz — "Them Days" — 2025 Chip "Ask Her" Grime Scene Saviour — 2026 Scorcher featuring Giggs "Ups" A.D.M.D. — N3 "Badman" 2000 Hours —

Remixes YearArtistSong2005 Treble Clef (as Kamikaze) "Ghetto Kyote"2012 Bok Bok "Silo Pass" Doller "Zoop Zoop"2014 Rebound X "Rhythm & Gash"2015 Tinchy Stryder featuring Fuse ODG "Imperfection" (with Ghetts and Frisco) Rude Kid "Voices"2016 Craig David "One More Time" (with Ghetts and Frisco)2017 Avelino featuring Stormzy and Skepta "Energy" Plan B "Heartbeat" London Grammar "Hell to the Liars" (with Ghetts and Jaykae)2018 Trends & Boylan "Norman Bates" Jorja Smith "The One"2019 Ed Sheeran featuring Stormzy "Take Me Back to London" (with Jaykae and Aitch) Mahalia "Do Not Disturb" M.O "Choose Sides" (with Big Zuu)2020 Jon E Cash "Hoods Up"2025 Shy FX and KINGH "Nobu" (with Capo Lee)