In 2018, AJ Tracey released the single "Butterflies" featuring British rapper Not3s which served as his commercial breakthrough, peaking in the top 20 on the UK Singles Chart.
20 Facts About AJ Tracey
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AJ Tracey's self-titled debut album, which was released in 2019 by Warner Records, received critical acclaim and peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart.
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AJ Tracey was named by his mother after the revolutionary Che Guevara.
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AJ Tracey was educated locally at Middle Row Primary school and went on to attend Holland Park School.
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AJ Tracey dropped out of a criminology course at London Metropolitan University to pursue his music career.
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AJ Tracey first gained attention through appearances on pirate radio stations and the release of his debut EP The Front in mid-2015.
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In December 2015, AJ Tracey released his second EP Alex Moran, which featured acclaimed tracks including "Spirit Bomb" and "Naila".
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AJ Tracey collaborated with Dave over a remix of Ruff Sqwad's Pied Piper to create a well received track entitled "Thiago Silva".
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AJ Tracey made his production debut on "LA4AWEEK", co-produced by Nyge and released in April 2017, and later produced label-mate Big Zuu's "Tell Man Twice", released in August 2017.
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In early 2018, AJ Tracey modelled for the OVO clothing line in 2018.
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In May 2018, AJ Tracey released the single "Butterflies" featuring Not3s.
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AJ Tracey featured on Craig David's album "The Time is" collaborating on the track "Somebody like me".
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AJ Tracey was featured on the title track "More Than Rap".
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On 21 November 2018, AJ Tracey announced the pre-order of his self-titled debut album, released on 8 February 2019.
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AJ Tracey debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart and is certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry.
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On 14 February 2020, AJ Tracey announced his Australian tour starting in Adelaide on 24 April, but was later postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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On 4 February 2021, Tracey featured on the track "Bringing It Back" by Digga D The song topped the UK Chart's Official Trending Chart and debuted at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart.
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On 22 March 2021, AJ Tracey announced via a fake press conference on YouTube his second studio album titled Flu Game as well as the album's tracklist, which was released on 16 April 2021.
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On 26 August 2021, AJ Tracey was featured on the Gorillaz track "Jimmy Jimmy" from their Meanwhile EP.
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In June 2017, AJ Tracey endorsed Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in the 2017 UK general election.