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Kwamz (19) is a rising star from York / Leeds, now based in London, poised to blow internationally in 2014. Kwamz is currently recording his debut album with some of David Guetta’s team in his studio in Paris. He has been asked to join their team as a top line songwriter. With over 500,000 plays on his “home made” videos on You Tube, abs is verified on twitter with over 18,500 followers, over 4,000 instagram followers & over 10,000 ‘Likes’ on Facebook he has established a nationwide fan base. Kwamz has trended on twitter top 3 worldwide on the release of his EP and in the UK several times in 2012 and 2013. Kwamz launched a double sided EP in Feb 2013, featuring Thief In The Night which was successfully aired on mainstream TV on regular rotation and “Night To Remember “which also featured the UK’s hottest rap duo Krept & Konan who recently charted in the album top 20 with their recent mix tape.

Night to Remember was also one of two tracks by Kwamz that was featured on the E4 TV series “Youngers” in March and generated a lot of heat, selling thousands of copies in it’s first week.

Kwamz is more than just a rapper, performer, artist, he is a young creative social entrepreneur, songwriter, & teen influencer as well as a very popular emerging urban / street fashion kid and model who recently shot for Topman & other popular brands including ‘Illustrated people’. Kwamz also Interviews other stars for magazines and online TV channels, including recent interviews with ‘Wretch 32’, ‘Lethal Bizzle’ & ‘Akala’

It is no surprise that MTV nominated Kwamz as one of their top unsigned acts for 2014.This fast emerging young star is ready to make an impact across the UK in 2014 with the release of his album that will be preceded with some very strong singles and videos. Through this and his building a substantial online presence, working to inspire a new generation with his fresh and exciting sound, trends, and fashion ideas Kwamz is destined to be a breakthrough act in 2014. Over the last year or so, Kwamz has had the opportunity to play some of the UK’s top venues including the O2 arena where he performed along side Wretch 32 & Chip, & also the Roundhouse venue where he closed the show for Tinchy Stryder.

Kwamz stands out from the crowd, not only as a lyrically experimental rapper but also as a young social entrepreneur. He is actively inspiring a new generation with his messages of positivity and his call for bringing together and empowering the youth of today with his On My West Behavior (OMWB) movement. He is developing this movement of talented artists, producers, DJs, fashion models, artists, bloggers and fans in an attempt to build a large network of talented, ambitious, aware young people. The OMWB movement not only applies to West London, but also has the potential to spread across the UK and Internationally.

In the summer of 2012, via peacemix.co.uk Kwamz completed a 12-city tour across the UK and Ireland. This tour was aimed at inspiring at risk youths to change and move from their gang-related activities and channels into positive music projects instead. The tour included some of the UK’s roughest urban areas including London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Derry, Newport, Nottingham, Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham etc. where between fifty to one hundred Kwamz fans would turn up per city for tweet meets. Kwamz has just recorded as a featured artist with some big European Artists / DJ’s including Michaël Canitrot (France) & Mark with a K (Belgium) & is set to continue collaborating with other major artists for his up coming debut album. See Kwamz videos release on links on www.kwamz.com TWITTER: https://twitter.com/KWAMZOFFICIAL FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/KwamzMusic