AJ Tracey

Who they were

Ché Wolton Grant, known professionally as AJ Tracey, is a British rapper and record producer from Ladbroke Grove, London. Tracey rose to popularity in 2016 and was listed by The Guardian in a list of "best new acts to catch at festivals in 2016".

Early life

Educated at: London Metropolitan University and Holland Park School.

Early life AJ Tracey was born in Brixton and raised in Ladbroke Grove . [ 1 ] Grant's father, of Afro-Trinidadian origin, is a former rapper, [ 2 ] and his Welsh mother is a former jungle DJ. [ 3 ] He was named by his mother after the revolutionary Che Guevara . [ 2 ] He has been rapping since the age of four. [ 1 ] He was educated locally at Middle Row Primary school and went on to attend Holland Park School .

Path and career

Career 2011–16: Emergence and EPs Under the stage names Looney and Loonz, Tracey's music can be found online dating back to June 2011. An early SoundCloud account, Looney Tell 'Em, contains eleven tracks, each with free downloads enabled. These include four songs from the scrapped grime EP The Dungeon (featuring non-exclusive beats from Spooky and Rude Kid) and two songs from Didn't Make the Cut , originally slated for release on the scrapped hip hop mixtape Fuck a Fairytale . [ 1 ] His debut mixtape,

Why this date

AJ Tracey appears on our March 4 calendar for 1994 as a birth entry.