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Kid Bookie
Birth nameTyronne Hill
Born (1992-04-19) 19 April 1992 (age 32)
OriginLondon, United Kingdom
Genres
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • musician
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active2009–present
LabelsMarshall Records

Tyronne Buddy-Lee Ike Hill, better known by his stage name Kid Bookie, is a guitarist, musician, singer and rapper from South East London.[1]

Biography

Kid Bookies first forray into music began at school where he played guitar in local South London bands. Whilst growing up his family, and in particular his father, introduced him to hip hop and during his teens it became his most prominent genre of interest. His work in this space ultimately resulted in him befriending and collaborating with rapper Dot Rotten. Rotten is credited with giving Kid Bookie his first mainstream moment by bringing the then 16 year old Bookie on to perform live on BBC Radio 1 Xtra.[2] Around this time he also released his first grime mix-tape entitled 'In The Making' which was met with critical reviews from his peers.[3]

Whilst working as part of Dot Rotten's minarmy[4] Kid Bookie forged connections and collaborated with a range of established artists including D12 members Kuniva and Swifty McVay, Slaughterhouse (Group)'s Crooked I as well as popstar Samantha Mumba. These efforts ultimately resulted in a track entitled 'Evolution' which also featured Scrufizzer, Lady Leshurr and indeed Dot Rotten himself. The track premiered on BBC 1Xtra with DJ Cameo on 7 July[5] 2014 and has since then been reworked with underground producer Teeza, the video for which premiered on the UK music platform, SB.TV.[6]

In 2016, Kid Bookie released his second mixtape entitled 'You'll Rate Me When I'm Dead'. The lead single 'Premonition' ft. Nasaan, Dot Rotten & Christie was accompanied by a music video which picked up A-List support at The Box and Kiss TV. The track 'Hey' from this mixtape was later remixed for an official release with the added feature of D12's Swifty Mcvay

2018 saw Bookie collaborate with Relentless Energy Drink[7] to release his second mixtape ‘Publish This’.[8] At this time he was also approached by Krayzie Bone of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony to open on the European leg of their world tour.

Kid Bookie released the 'Shake UP' EP[9] on 31 July 2018 which was accompanied by an audio advert in which he targets Chris & Kem for having no 'honorary contributions to the culture'.[10] Shortly after, the self titled 'underground album' Publish This was released on 12 December 2018 attracting underground media attention with Complex (Magazine) citing it as an 'essential listen'.[11]

On 5 February 2019, it was announced that Kid Bookie & Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor were working on some "very special music" [12] via a series of back and forth tweets on the social media platform Twitter. On 25 March the song "Stuck in my ways" was released featuring Taylor rapping the second verse. A music video for the song was released on 18 April.

Kid Bookie was somewhat quiet in 2019 only releasing 2 songs throughout the year, 'Fur Minxxx' being the latter of the records. At the beginning of 2020 he embarked on a nationwide Kerrang! tour (which was cut short due to a global coronavirus pandemic) and started to tease music from a potential album, working with Good Charlotte's Billy Martin amongst others on the project. He is featured on Corey Taylor's debut solo album 'CMFT' on the song 'CMFT Must Be stopped' alongside Tech N9ne. Tech N9ne and Kid Bookie also came together for a single release taken from Kid Bookie's album 'Cheaper Than Therapy', the single was released Friday, 13 November 2020.[13]

2021 saw the release of Kid Bookie's 'Cheaper Than Therapy' [14] with features ranging from Corey Taylor & Sid Wilson of Slipknot, Tech N9ne and more. It peaked in the UK rock charts for iTunes at number 7, number 3 in Ireland and number 41 in Australia and number 64 overall in all genre's for UK.[15] The album also held Amazon's number 1 best sellers in hip-hop for a week.

Discography

Singles

EPs

  • 2014: "Throw Away Music EP" [28]
  • 2018: "Shake Up EP" [9]

Mixtapes

  • 2014: "Some Kind Of Hate" [29]
  • 2016: "You'll Rate Me When I'm Dead" [30]

Albums

  • 2018: "Publish This" [31]
  • 2021: "Cheaper Than Therapy" [32]

Music videos

Song Year Director References
“Evolution” 2013 - [36]
“Evolution 2” 2014 - [37]
“Grown” 2015 - [38]
“Fast Forward Remix” Wowa [39]
“Go To Work Remix” (Lyric) 2016 John Shownmi [40]
“Whats The Game Without Books” - [41]
“Premonition” - [42]
“Drowning” James Sims [43]
“Hey” 2017 Wowa + George Barnes(VFX) [44]
“Who’s next?” 2018 - [45]
“Liquor Sex Weed“ 2020 - [46]
“Shake Up” - [47]
“Stuck In My Ways” with Corey Taylor - [48]
“Say it With Your Chest” (Remix) James Sims [49]

References

  1. ^ "Kid Bookie - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News - BBC Music". BBC.
  2. ^ TimWestwoodTV (24 September 2012). "Dot Rotten & crew freestyle pt1 - Westwood". YouTube.
  3. ^ "In The Making". grimehq.com. 16 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". www.minarmydownloads.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Latest Music News, Charts, Playlists and Videos". Mtv.co.uk.
  6. ^ a b United States. "Apple Music". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Kid Bookie 'Publish This'". Relentlessenergy.com. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Get to Know London Rapper: Kid Bookie – Above Average Hip-Hop". Aboveaveragehiphop.com.
  9. ^ a b "Shake Up by Kid Bookie on Spotify". Open.spotify.com. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Kid Bookie - #ShakeUpEP Advert". YouTube. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Kid Bookie's 'Publish This' Just Dropped And It's Essential Listening". Complex.com. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Corey Taylor Is Working On "Very Special" Music With A British Rapper". Kerrang.com.
  13. ^ "Hear Tech N9ne Join Kid Bookie on New Song "In My Soul"". 13 November 2020.
  14. ^ "Cheaper Than Therapy". Spotify. 26 November 2021.
  15. ^ "ITunesCharts.net: 'Cheaper Than Therapy' by Kid Bookie (British Albums iTunes Chart)".
  16. ^ "Grown (feat. Christie) - Single by Kid Bookie". Itunes.apple.com. 2 February 2015.
  17. ^ "Go to Work (feat. Lovelle) - Single by Kid Bookie". Itunes.apple.com. 17 November 2016.
  18. ^ "Who's Next?". Open.spotify.com. 25 March 2018.
  19. ^ "Who's Next?". YouTube.
  20. ^ "Fur Minxxx". Spotify. 5 August 2019.
  21. ^ "Say It with Your Chest". Open.spotify.com. 19 May 2020.
  22. ^ "Liquor, Sex, Weed". Spotify. 18 June 2020.
  23. ^ "On My Rock". Spotify. July 2020.
  24. ^ "In My Soul". Spotify. 13 November 2020.
  25. ^ "In the Dark". Spotify. 30 July 2021.
  26. ^ "Like I". Spotify. 22 September 2021.
  27. ^ "Crazy". Spotify. 27 October 2021.
  28. ^ United Kingdom. "Apple Music". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  29. ^ "Some Kind Of Hate, by Kid Bookie". Sbtv.bandcamp.com.
  30. ^ "Latest Shows, Music, Celebrity, & Entertainment News". Mtv.co.uk.
  31. ^ "Publish This by Kid Bookie on Spotify". Open.spotify.com. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  32. ^ "Cheaper Than Therapy". Spotify. 26 November 2021.
  33. ^ "New Music : Richard Osborne – Wherever I Fall 2.0 (Featuring. Scorcher & Kid Bookie)". wordpress.com. 23 June 2014.
  34. ^ Emre Ozzdiyar, Yunus (29 July 2020). "Corey Taylor shares two songs from his 'CMFT' solo album". Chaos Spin. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  35. ^ Metal Hammer (19 November 2020). "Hacktivist team up with Corey Taylor collaborator Kid Bookie for hard-hitting new single Armoured Core". Louder. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  36. ^ "Kid Bookie ft. Griminal, Brotherhood, Pawz, Dot Rotten & Maxsta | Evolution". YouTube. 8 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  37. ^ "Kid Bookie - Evolution 2 ft Samantha Mumba, Crooked I, Kuniva, Scrufizzer, Lady Leshurr & Dot Rotten". YouTube. 11 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  38. ^ "Kid Bookie ft Christie | Grown". YouTube. 6 February 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  39. ^ "Kid Bookie ft Maxsta, Scrufizzer, Brotherhood & Christie | Fast Forward Remix [Music Video]: SBTV". YouTube. 31 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  40. ^ "Kid Bookie - Go To Work (Remix) ft. Lovelle, Scrufizzer, Maxsta, Christie". YouTube. 22 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  41. ^ "Kid Bookie | What's The Game Without Books [Music Video]: SBTV". YouTube. 3 April 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  42. ^ "Kid Bookie - Premonition ft. Christie, Nasaan & Dot Rotten". YouTube. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  43. ^ "Kid Bookie - Drowning". YouTube. 23 August 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  44. ^ "Kid Bookie - Hey". YouTube. 13 November 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  45. ^ "Kid Bookie - Who's Next?". YouTube. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  46. ^ "Kid Bookie - Liquor Sex Weed". YouTube. 18 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  47. ^ "Kid Bookie - Shake Up". YouTube. 20 January 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  48. ^ "Stuck in My Ways". YouTube. 18 April 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  49. ^ "Kid Bookie - Say It With Your Chest ft. Kamiyada". YouTube. 19 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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