MIST

Introducing: MIST

The king of Birmingham aka MIST, is a legacy act that has represented the city's music scene since 2016. Now recognized for having some of UK Rap’s most extravagant music videos and recognizable hits, his career started off in a place of pure hunger and ambition. Before his years of success, there was a time where the odds were truly stacked against the star. Following a prison release, MIST was convinced by a mutual friend and founder of Birmingham based platform P110 to record a freestyle. Initially hesitant, MIST went on to record one of the channel's most celebrated freestyles to date. After all the hardships MIST had been through, he started to use music as a therapy and emerged as one of the most exciting new acts on the UK rap scene getting nods from artists such as Stormzy and Nines. What makes his early rise even more intriguing was the major support he received from the Asian community, often embracing their lingo and language in his lyrics. His breakout single Karla’s Back was a smash hit all across the country. A year later, MIST would win a MOBO for best video with “Hot Property” putting himself and Birmingham on the map. Signing with Warner soon after he dropped his 2016 EP, M I S to the T, the rapper has since had a number of Top 40 singles, as well as a Top 5 project in Diamond In The Dirt, with over 500,000,000 total streams to his name. Fans have been crying out for a follow-up to MIST 9-track Diamond In The Dirt EP, which came out in 2018. Releasing collaborations with artists such as Burna Boy, NSG and Bugzy Malone in between, MIST returned to the scene properly with a long-awaited Daily Duppy in the beginning of 2023. After releasing his most multifaceted piece of work and official debut album last year, the king of Birmingham came back with Redemption.

Themes in the album explore the many faces of MIST, through issues such as youth homelessness, the grief of losing loved ones and the bittersweet experience of achieving success in the absence of his parents, fatherhood and navigating a career in the music industry.