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Nzube Udezue (born 19 August 1986), better known by his stage name Zuby, is a British rapper, weightlifter, and author.

Early life and education
Nzube Udezue was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England on 19 August 1986. Emmanuel and Chika are his father and mother; He is a respected doctor and fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene whilst she is a journalist. Aged one, he moved to live in Saudi Arabia where his parents worked for two decades; His father worked as a doctor whilst his mother was a journalist. In Saudi Arabia he attended an international school. Aged 11, he attended a boarding school in the UK and frequently travelled between the two countries. In 2004, for three years he studied at the St Edmund Hall, Oxford and graduated in computer science in 2007. As a child he played the piano and the trombone, the latter he played in a band and during his tennage years developed an interest for hip-hop music. In 2008 he lived in Bournemouth with his parents. In 2019, The Times said he was from Southampton.

Career
In 2006, during his first year at university, Udezue started rapping and independently released his debut album Commerical Underground under the name Zuby at age 19 selling over 3,000 copies. After graduating, he moved to London and in August 2008 he worked there as a management consultant for Accenture whilst continuing his music career for two years. In November 2011, he pursued his music career full-time. He went to release six subsequent albums his career within the hop hop genre. In 2019, Zuby started his own podcast entitled Real Talk with Zuby.

After Udezue expressed his views transgender people in sports, he has been featured on many podcasts including: The Ben Shapiro Show, The Joe Rogan Experience, The Rubin Report, The Candace Owens Show, The Adam Carolla Show, and The Glenn Beck Podcast.

Police incident
On 5 July 2008, at 3:49 pm, a man displays an imitation firearm around an indoor shopping centre in Basingstoke; afterwards Hampshire Constabulary distribute a description of him. After promoting his music and selling his CDs in Southampton, Udezue at 5:24 pm boards a train destined to Bournemouth (30 miles away from Basingstoke) and shortly thereafter British Transport Police (BLP), after  being notified by Hampshire Police, believe he is a suspect possibly involved in the Basingstoke incident. Throughout this time, critical failure in communicating the colour of Udezue's T-shirt occurs; initally described by the BLP as "brown", and later became described as "dark". About ten officers blocked off the exits as the train approached Bournemouth railway station. His train arrives at 6:09 pm, and he is arrested at gunpoint, being forced to lie prone and be handcuffed, by Dorset Police. Zuby was briefly detained at Bournemouth police station before being released. Dorset Police later apologised to him. He was chosen because he was black man wearing a black t-shirt,   which matched the description of the actual supect and Udezue quipped: "And to think I was going to wear a blue T-shirt this morning". Udezue, who at the time had no criminal record,  later described it as being a "really bad dream" said he has "never been so traumatised" in his life.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) requested Dorset Police's Professional Standards Department investigate the three forces involved as opposed to the IPCC doing a full investigation themselves. In a statement it believed the actions of Dorset Police were "appropriate and proportionate to the circumstances". On 14 July, Udezue's solictor filed an official complaint to the IPCC over the incident demanding for a full and independent investigation into the incident.

A few days after, his social media accounts recieved many supportive messages from the public. Udezue's local Member of Parliament Tobias Ellwood of the Conservative Party stated that he backed the actions of police saying that they do a "very difficult job". He went on to comment that it is important that "police don't fear stepping in for fear of reprisals if they get the wrong person". The arrest was compared to the Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. Entertainment Weekly Simon Vozick-Levinson described the incident as "something of a cause célèbre". The Guardian Paul Lewis and Vozick-Levinson suggested it was possible racial profiling. Udezue, who is of Nigerian heritage, thought that his race was not central to the incident, but should still be considered a part of any investigation.

Views
After Udezue expressed his views transgender people in sports Rosamund Urwin of The Times described him as an "unlikely feminist icon". He is a Christian.

In response to a music festival that charged white people double than other ethnicities, Zuby stated: "Well done intersectional radicals. You've become the very racists you claim to stand against."

Transgender people
In March 2019, Udezue recieved worldwide attention after posting a video on Twitter of Udezue performing a deadlift of 238 kg, and subsequently stated Udezue broke the British women's deadlift record whilst identifying as a woman. Shortly after, Udezue did the same with the British women's bench press record. It added to the ongoing controversial issue of transgender people in sports. Udezue has said that he does not think that trans women should be allowed to compete in women's sport. Udezue went on to say that Udezue did it to demonstrate the "fallacies of the arguments on the other side" and commented that "I have seen people saying there is no inherent biological strength difference between men and women. I posted it being a bit tongue-in-cheek, showing what I think is the obvious absurdity of their argument."

In September 2020, Udezue signed a letter among many other notable figures in support J. K. Rowling's views on transgender people.



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