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About Mr. B
“There has never been a rapper like Mr.B” Sunday Times
On a one-
Having spent the best part of a decade bringing some manners
back to popular culture, this dopest of fellows will entertain and amuse you with
his ingenious stylings. Aiming to dazzle with dignity, Mr. B takes to the stage with
his Banjolele and stiff upper lip to perform ditties of pipe-
Mr.B has fast gained a reputation
as an eloquent and entertaining live performer, playing recitals across the UK and
into Johnny Continent for the past two years, from the Glastonbury Festival to club
NME in Paris, from the club in Surrey to the Edinburgh fringe. His video ‘Chap-
His music has been played by Marc Riley, Steve Lamacq and Tom Robinson
on BBC 6Music and he has performed live on air for Scott Mills and Rob Da Bank on
Radio 1. In the summer of 2010 he appeared on stage with DJ Yoda to perform one of
Yoda’s favourites ‘Let Me Smoke My Pipe’, and he has also just guested on banjolele
and vocals on US nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot’s album ‘Zero Day’. In addition, he
recently remixed and rapped on Rizzle Kicks’ hit ‘When I Was A Youngster’. In 2011
he won ‘best hiphop act’ at the People’s Music Awards held at London’s Scala and
in 2012 was nominated for no less than 5 Brighton Fringe Awards.
His latest long
player ‘The Tweed Album’ was released in June 2012 and has been described as ‘A Psychedelic
Chap-
Hoorah!