With the release of his eagerly
anticipated debut mix tape “Young and
Gifted” Lightnin has wowed crowds at
radio shows and clubs with his original
and unique sway of energy, with hits
such as “Hard Life” and “Brother Love”
the young and talented artist leads us
into his soul through his realism by
depth of his personal and unique lyrical
flow.
Lightnin, the young Gambian and
Senegalese solo music artist (mc) was
born in the UK in 1988. Growing up in
east London in a fairly scattered
family, which was continuously on the
move, the young artist developed a firm
need to express his inner most thoughts,
ideas, emotions, understanding of
culture and the steady battle with life
and its incessant struggles.
Realizing his foreseen talent at the age
of 12, where Lightnin took part in a
talent show in school, where he
performed a stargazed dance routine to
Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean, after
receiving a standing ovation, he found
it extremely comfortable in the spot
light and decided that he wanted to
perform as a gateway of expression for
the rest of his life. Loved ones quickly
witnessed a rapid growth of passion and
energy, which encouraged Lightnin to
direct his being towards his gift.
A childhood friendship formed soon after
in a youth club where he found like
minded young individuals like himself
who he felt he could reflect with and
formed a group “Straight from Hell”.
Shortly after he decided to move on from
this project, he was founded by “Younger
Nasty Crew” (2004) an already
established group of young mc’s and
vocalists, who were fascinated by the
artists hunger for success realism
towards the world and how he translated
this into his individuality and
therefore his lyrics. However Lightnin
shortly after found himself up graded to
“Nasty Crew” (2005) due to his rapid
growth in self understanding, and a
strong diversity in his lyrics.
Lightnin has been a solo artist from
2006, due to his passionate hunger for
knoll age and understanding of his
culturist background along with a
passionate uncontrollable drive. He was
quickly founded by an experienced and
practiced artist Ghetto (mc) who took
lightnin under his wing and worked with
him to promote himself, still working
with him now, Lightnin, as well as an
independent artist and performer, is
part of “J.Clarke enterprise”, the
founded group of UK artists by Ghetto.
Working with a vast range of artists
from the UK grime scene such as,
Chipmunk, Brutal, Ruff Squad, Gigs, Kano,
etc. Lightnin has two videos out on
channel U and Mtv, speaking and
expressing views on all aspects of
himself and his inspiration which are
his loved ones and the world around him,
these are the dominant influences to the
base of his music, with understanding
and writing to his family “Brother Love”
is a clear example, “I haven’t seen my
two older brothers in a while, I wrote
brother love for them to let them no how
I feel for them and that they are
everyday with me in my thoughts”.
Lightnin has also been invited to be a
guest on a range of different radio
stations; Kiss, Radio 1, 1 Extra
(Westwood) and various pirate stations,
where he received a positive energy and
was introduced to a broadened fan base.
