Kid Bookie

Kid Bookie
Birth nameTyronne Buddy-Lee Ike Hill
Born (1992-04-19) 19 April 1992 (age 32)
OriginLondon, England
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • rapper
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active2009–present
LabelsMarshall

Tyronne Buddy-Lee Ike Hill (19 April 1992), better known by his stage name Kid Bookie, is an English rock singer and rapper from South East London.[1]

Biography

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Kid Bookie's first foray into music began at school where he played guitar in local South London bands. Whilst growing up his family, and in particular his father, introduced him to hip hop and during his teens it became his most prominent genre of interest. His work in this space ultimately resulted in him befriending and collaborating with rapper Dot Rotten. Rotten is credited with giving Kid Bookie his first mainstream moment by bringing the then 16 year old Bookie on to perform live on BBC Radio 1 Xtra.[2] Around this time he also released his first grime mix-tape entitled 'In The Making' which was met with critical reviews from his peers.[3]

Whilst working as part of Dot Rotten's minarmy[4] Kid Bookie forged connections and collaborated with a range of established artists including D12 members Kuniva and Swifty McVay, Slaughterhouse's Crooked I as well as popstar Samantha Mumba. These efforts ultimately resulted in a track entitled 'Evolution' which also featured Scrufizzer, Lady Leshurr and indeed Dot Rotten himself. The track premiered on BBC 1Xtra with DJ Cameo on 7 July[5] 2014 and has since then been reworked with underground producer Teeza, the video for which premiered on the UK music platform, SB.TV.[6]

In 2016, Kid Bookie released his second mixtape entitled 'You'll Rate Me When I'm Dead'. The lead single 'Premonition' ft. Nasaan, Dot Rotten & Christie was accompanied by a music video which picked up A-List support at The Box and Kiss TV. The track 'Hey' from this mixtape was later remixed for an official release with the added feature of D12's Swifty Mcvay

2018 saw Bookie collaborate with Relentless Energy Drink[7] to release his second mixtape ‘Publish This’.[8] At this time he was also approached by Krayzie Bone of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony to open on the European leg of their world tour.

Kid Bookie released the 'Shake UP' EP[9] on 31 July 2018 which was accompanied by an audio advert in which he targets Chris & Kem for having no 'honorary contributions to the culture'.[10] Shortly after, the self titled 'underground album' Publish This was released on 12 December 2018 attracting underground media attention with Complex (Magazine) citing it as an 'essential listen'.[11]

On 5 February 2019, it was announced that Kid Bookie & Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor were working on some "very special music" [12] via a series of back and forth tweets on the social media platform Twitter. On 25 March the song "Stuck in my ways" was released featuring Taylor rapping the second verse. A music video for the song was released on 18 April.

Kid Bookie was somewhat quiet in 2019 only releasing 2 songs throughout the year, 'Fur Minxxx' being the latter of the records. At the beginning of 2020 he embarked on a nationwide Kerrang! tour (which was cut short due to a global coronavirus pandemic) and started to tease music from a potential album, working with Good Charlotte's Billy Martin amongst others on the project. He is featured on Corey Taylor's debut solo album 'CMFT' on the song 'CMFT Must Be stopped' alongside Tech N9ne. Tech N9ne and Kid Bookie also came together for a single release taken from Kid Bookie's album 'Cheaper Than Therapy', the single was released Friday, 13 November 2020.[13]

2021 saw the release of Kid Bookie's 'Cheaper Than Therapy' [14] with features ranging from Corey Taylor & Sid Wilson of Slipknot, Tech N9ne and more. It peaked in the UK rock charts for iTunes at number 7, number 3 in Ireland and number 41 in Australia and number 64 overall in all genre's for UK.[15] The album also held Amazon's number 1 best sellers in hip-hop for a week.

Kid Bookie released 'Mass Hysteria' on October 7, 2022, with 3 singles released prior which were 'Game' Ft. Corey Taylor & Let It Ring featuring Ziey Kizzy. There were also talks of a new 'Teenage Dirtbag' record being made with Wheatus which started to appear around October with Kid Bookie & Wheatus talking live on Knotfest about their love of the new version, with Bookie mentioning it in interviews with a release date recently being confirmed for the 29th November, 2022, titled 'Bookies Dirtbag'. [16]

Kid Bookie was nominated for a MOBO (Mobo Awards) for the first ever 'Best Alternative Act' for the inaugural 2022 awards ceremony. Bookie called it "a testament to staying true to your nature" due to many years of fighting and demanding change for the trajectory of rock music, helped gratuitously by the Nova Twins with their open letter for rock inclusion, it saw a wealth of alternative acts put forward to solidify pioneers of alternative culture. [17] He was nominated for the 2024 MOBO (Mobo Awards) as 'Best Alternative Act' for the second time of the nominee groups inception. He was also an extra in Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix.

Discography

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Singles

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EPs

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  • 2014: Throw Away Music EP [34]
  • 2018: Shake Up EP [9]
  • 2022: Mass Hysteria EP [35]

Mixtapes

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  • 2014: Some Kind of Hate [36]
  • 2016: You'll Rate Me When I'm Dead [37]

Albums

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  • 2018: Publish This [38]
  • 2021: Cheaper Than Therapy [39]
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Awards and nominations

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Year Organization Work Award Result Ref.
2022 Mobo Awards Kid Bookie Best Alternative Music Act Nominated [43]
Year Organization Work Award Result Ref.
2023 Heavy Music Awards Kid Bookie Best British Breakthrough Nominated [44]

References

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  1. ^ "Kid Bookie - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News - BBC Music". BBC.
  2. ^ TimWestwoodTV (24 September 2012). "Dot Rotten & crew freestyle pt1 - Westwood". YouTube.
  3. ^ "In The Making". grimehq.com. 16 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Dot Rotten | Interview". www.minarmydownloads.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Latest Music News, Charts, Playlists and Videos". Mtv.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014.
  6. ^ a b United States. "Apple Music". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Kid Bookie 'Publish This'". Relentlessenergy.com. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Get to Know London Rapper: Kid Bookie – Above Average Hip-Hop". Aboveaveragehiphop.com.
  9. ^ a b "Shake Up by Kid Bookie on Spotify". Open.spotify.com. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Kid Bookie - #ShakeUpEP Advert". YouTube. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Kid Bookie's 'Publish This' Just Dropped And It's Essential Listening". Complex.com. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Corey Taylor Is Working On "Very Special" Music With A British Rapper". Kerrang.com. 7 February 2019.
  13. ^ "Hear Tech N9ne Join Kid Bookie on New Song "In My Soul"". 13 November 2020.
  14. ^ "Cheaper Than Therapy". Spotify. 26 November 2021.
  15. ^ "ITunesCharts.net: 'Cheaper Than Therapy' by Kid Bookie (British Albums iTunes Chart)".
  16. ^ "KID BOOKIE on his desire to lift people up with music, his collabs with Corey Taylor, Wheatus". YouTube.
  17. ^ "MOBO AWARDS in association with Lucozade announces 2022 NOMINATIONS ahead of 25th anniversary celebration on 30 November | MOBO Organisation".
  18. ^ "Grown (feat. Christie) - Single by Kid Bookie". Itunes.apple.com. 2 February 2015.
  19. ^ "Go to Work (feat. Lovelle) - Single by Kid Bookie". Itunes.apple.com. 17 November 2016.
  20. ^ "Who's Next?". Open.spotify.com. 25 March 2018.
  21. ^ "Who's Next?". YouTube.
  22. ^ "Fur Minxxx". Spotify. 5 August 2019.
  23. ^ "Say It with Your Chest". Open.spotify.com. 19 May 2020.
  24. ^ "Liquor, Sex, Weed". Spotify. 18 June 2020.
  25. ^ "On My Rock". Spotify. July 2020.
  26. ^ "In My Soul". Spotify. 13 November 2020.
  27. ^ "In the Dark". Spotify. 30 July 2021.
  28. ^ "Like I". Spotify. 22 September 2021.
  29. ^ "Crazy". Spotify. 27 October 2021.
  30. ^ "Kid Bookie unleashes new single, Game, featuring Corey Taylor". 10 June 2022.
  31. ^ "Kid Bookie drops Let It Ring from new EP, Mass Hysteria". 10 August 2022.
  32. ^ "Kid Bookie and Wheatus team up for mash-up 'Bookie's Dirtbag'". NME. 30 November 2022.
  33. ^ "Listen to Kid Bookie's huge new single, AI (Save Yourself)". 22 November 2023.
  34. ^ United Kingdom. "Apple Music". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  35. ^ "Mass Hysteria". Spotify.
  36. ^ "Some Kind Of Hate, by Kid Bookie". Sbtv.bandcamp.com.
  37. ^ "Latest Shows, Music, Celebrity, & Entertainment News". Mtv.co.uk.
  38. ^ "Publish This by Kid Bookie on Spotify". Open.spotify.com. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  39. ^ "Cheaper Than Therapy". Spotify. 26 November 2021.
  40. ^ "New Music : Richard Osborne – Wherever I Fall 2.0 (Featuring. Scorcher & Kid Bookie)". wordpress.com. 23 June 2014.
  41. ^ Emre Ozzdiyar, Yunus (29 July 2020). "Corey Taylor shares two songs from his 'CMFT' solo album". Chaos Spin. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  42. ^ Metal Hammer (19 November 2020). "Hacktivist team up with Corey Taylor collaborator Kid Bookie for hard-hitting new single Armoured Core". Louder. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  43. ^ "The Quietus | News | MOBO Awards Launches Alternative and Electronic Music Categories".
  44. ^ "Nominations for Heavy Music Awards announced | Complete Music Update".
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