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Biography
Kevin Georgiou (born 22 May 1985), known professionally as K. Koke, is a British rapper from Stonebridge, North-West London. He is best known for his "Are You Alone" Diss track and Fire in the Booth freestyle on Charlie Sloth's show on BBC Radio 1Xtra, which has accumulated over 16 million YouTube views.
Music career
Georgiou is a member of the UK rap crew USG.
His first mixtape, Pure Koke Volume One, was given away for free on various online outlets. Following extensive radio play, he signed a deal with Roc Nation.
At the time of signing to Roc Nation, Georgiou was preparing to release Pure Koke Volume Two. He released visuals for singles "Nobody But Us", "Lord Knows" and "Streets Are Cold", the latter of which features Birmingham's Malik MD7. However, his music career was stopped abruptly as he was arrested for attempted murder. This meant Pure Koke: Volume 2 was released with very little promotion due to his dissaperance.
Georgiou was later dropped from Roc Nation and in 2015 signed with Universal Music.
Attempted murder trial
Georgiou was charged with the attempted murder of an unidentified 27-year-old football player at Harlesden station on 9 March 2011 along with associate named Levi who wasremanded in custody pending trial in October 2011. The victim was shot in the back. Georgiou stood trial on 4 October 2011 and was acquitted of all charges on 3 November 2011 after seven months on remand.
Discography
Albums
| Title | Album details |
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| I Ain't Perfect |
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Extended plays
| Title | EP details |
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| Koke, Vol II |
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| FFF Prison |
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Mixtapes
| Title | Mixtape details |
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| Pure Koke: Volume 1 |
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| Pure Koke: Volume 2 |
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| Pure Koke: Volume 3 |
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| Pure Koke: Volume 4 UK: 60 |
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Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | SCO | ||||||||||||
| 2012 | "Turn Back" (featuring Maverick Sabre) | 70 | — | I Ain't Perfect | |||||||||
| 2013 | "Lay Down Your Weapons" (featuring Rita Ora) | 18 | 19 | ||||||||||
| 2013 | "My Time" (featuring Bridget Kelly) | 52 | — | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||