Skepta

Joseph Junior Adenuga (born 19 September 1982), better known by his stage name Skepta, is an English grime artist, rapper, songwriter and record producer.

Grime artist JME is Skepta's brother and labelmate on Boy Better Know, which they founded together. Adenuga is also the brother of Beats 1 DJ Julie Adenuga.

Studio albums
 * Greatest Hits (2007)
 * Microphone Champion (2009)
 * Doin' It Again (2011)
 * Konnichiwa (2016)

Mixtapes
 * Joseph Junior Adenuga (2006)
 * Been There Done That (2010)
 * Community Payback (2011)
 * Blacklisted (2012)
 * ''The Tim Westwood Mix (2015)

""Yeah, hear me on the radio, wah gwan? See me on the TV, hi mum""
 * Approval of God: In a Genius exclusive comment, Ariel Schulman, co-director of Catfish, wrote that he was honored by the use of the word ("Block that account, it's a catfish") in the song "Skepta Interlude".
 * Hi, Mom!: Used in "Lyrics":

""Just came back from the embassy Check my crime sheet, check my legacy And now I'm back on tour, so what you tellin' me?""
 * Reality Subtext: In "Skepta Interlude", from More Life by Drake:


 * As Genius says, Skepta couldn't attend the 2016 Coachella Music Festival as a performer because the US embassy denied him a working visa.

""Diss me, you're a walking dead man Could have been Bruce Lee, could have been Jackie Chan I'm Karate Kid, send for the head band""
 * Sampling: "Lyrics" samples a Wiley clash from 2001.
 * Shout-Out:
 * "Gingerbread Man" is named after the folktale.
 * Also in "Gingerbread Man":

""Watching me like I'm wearing a pink dress I'm Bowser, them man are like Princess""

""Skepta, I can't run out of bars And if sky's the limit, I'm heading for the stars Back to the future, spaceship cars""


 * In "Konnichiwa":

""I killed every song that I touched And I turned into MC Hammer, they can't touch me""


 * In "Skepta Interlude":

""Stand up tall, right next to Kobe""

""Pussyholes tried to execute me Died and came back as Fela Kuti""

""Got the Austin Powers, a man's extra groovy""

""They wanna bust jokes, they think I'm Damon Wayans""


 * In "Praise the Lord (Da Shine)" by A$AP Rocky, Skepta interpolates DMX's flow from the song "Who We Be":

"I listened, to X, I peeped, the bars (yeah) The snakes, the rats, the cats, the dogs"


 * Also in "Praise the Lord (Da Shine)", "I hustle, I flex, the world, is mine", a reference to Tony Montana's mantra from Scarface.


 * Stock Shout-Outs:
 * To Martin Luther King Jr's "I Had a Dream" speech in "Skepta Interlude".
 * A form of "Veni, vidi, vici" ("I came; I saw; I conquered") is said in "Praise the Lord (Da Shine)" by A$AP Rocky.