Central Cee‘s supervisor Ybeeez has shared his ideas on Stormzy‘s speech on the BRIT Awards final weekend, during which he stated he thought Cench ought to have received the award as a substitute.
Final Saturday (March 1) was this yr’s BRIT Awards, the place Stormzy controversially received the Hip-hop/Grime/Rap Act award regardless of releasing solely two songs final yr. Whereas on stage, the Croydon rapper thanked God earlier than saying: “Massive up Chase and Standing as a result of [their 2024 UK Number One collaboration] ‘Spine’ is the one cause why I’m right here.
“I really like everybody who voted for me and I really like the BRITs – I’m very very grateful – however I don’t assume fully this award ought to be fan-voted,” he continued. “I don’t assume any of the awards ought to be fan-voted on a controversial one beca’ it doesn’t let everybody have their moments. I feel Cench was the rap artist of the yr, however this stuff don’t outline us…”
On his Instagram story, Ybeeez responded: “Shout out to Stormzy on the BRITs win [but] I don’t essentially assume Cench deserved to win.”
He went to pitch that grime frontrunners Ghetts and Bashy ought to have taken the prize: “Bashy launched an important album final yr (I even rang head of the MOBOs and put in a phrase as nicely and stated it’d be a disservice if he by no means took an award house) and there’s been social commentary saying Ghetts deserved it as nicely however I ain’t checked the challenge so I can’t remark, however I don’t doubt it.”
Elsewhere in YBeez’s Instagram put up, he introduced up how “Cench has by no means actually cared about award reveals” and in addition clarified why Cee spoke about Aitch‘s 2023 BRITs win on the track ‘5 Star’ from his debut album ‘Can’t Rush Greatness’.
“One specific yr, my group satisfied me it’s a good suggestion to go [to the BRITs] no matter us not successful, and that’s why Cench stated he felt like a prick going [because] he went in opposition to what he’d naturally do [and] he didn’t even win,” YB revealed. “[‘5 Star’] wasn’t meant to be a diss, however [Aitch] took it like that [and] I can see why, which is honest sufficient like CC’s remark stated,” – referring to the remark Cench made beneath Aitch’s diss monitor in direction of him, ‘A Man Known as?’.
To conclude, Ybeez said that “Fan voting is shit” and may very well be simply swayed by “one artist campaigning and one other not campaigning, so the award finally ends up which means nothing [but] a reputation contest”.
Central Cee hasn’t commented on his BRIT Awards snub nor Stormzy’s speech on the time of writing.
North-west London rap legend Bashy launched his critically acclaimed second album ‘Being Poor Is Costly’ final July – his first full-length launch in 15 years, following his 2009 debut ‘Catch Me If You Can’. The report received the rapper-actor two MOBOs for Greatest Hip Hop Act and Album of the Yr.
Grime icon Ghetts dropped his fourth studio album ‘On Objective With Objective’ in February 2024, and was shortlisted for final yr’s Mercury Prize. In a four-star evaluation, NME hailed the report as “far more than only a well-written, socially-conscious rap album”. As a substitute, it was “the proper show of tips on how to make grown rap music with out soiling a legacy that has taken a long time to construct”.
Each ‘Being Poor Is Costly’ and ‘On Objective With Objective’ had been featured on NME‘s Greatest Albums of 2024 checklist, rating at 31 and 21, respectively.
In January, Cench dropped ‘Can’t Rush Greatness’, which NME gave 4 stars: “Central Cee might simply stay hidden behind his signature mystique, however as a substitute tells the story of a boy turned man all whereas on the world’s stage. No smoke and mirrors, the album is authentically Cench each step of the way in which.”
Central Cee took house Greatest Male Act for a report third time at this yr’s MOBOs. It was his seventh win on the ceremony, tying him with Stormzy and making them each probably the most embellished rappers in its historical past.
He’s set to take the album on the street for the ‘Can’t Rush Greatness’ world tour, which can kick off in Europe at Oslo’s Spektrum on April 1. Take a look at a full checklist of dates right here and go to right here to buy UK tickets, right here for US tickets, and right here for Australian tickets.
Cench may also headline this August’s Boardmasters pageant alongside RAYE and The Prodigy.
