The Rise And Rise Of Little Simz

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'I've been loyal to music. I've always believed it was going to happen for me' LittleSimz tells TheDottyShow

If you haven’t heard of Little Simz until now, that’s partly by design. Born and raised in a Nigerian household North of the Thames, rapper and actor Simbi Ajikawo, 27, has spent most of her career resisting the mainstream. ‘People catch on when they catch on and that’s fine, whatever time in the journey you get locked on to Simz, you were just meant to get locked on in that specific time,’ she says over the phone during an interrupted studio session.

A slew of projects followed her debut, including the critically acclaimed album A Curious Tale Of Trials + Persons in 2015 and the Ivor Novello award-winning Grey Area in 2019. Each release brought with it hordes of new supporters and with that the obligatory queue of label executives vying to mould Little Simz into something conventionally marketable. ‘Anyone with that kind of talk, I’d sniff it out and know which way I’m walking,’ she says with aplomb.

She radiates with an ambition that sees her seamlessly moving between the three worlds of fashion, music and film. ‘I’d love an action role that requires a lot of physicality, where I’d need to be training six months beforehand,’ she says excitedly when asked about her dream acting part. But it’s her latest album, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, a clever acronym of her real name, that is proving to be her greatest triumph.

 

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