1. Central Cee achieved further success with his 2022 single "Doja", which peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and became the then-most-streamed UK rap song on Spotify.
24 Facts About Central Cee
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Central Cee would be exposed to reggae and dancehall when he attended Notting Hill Carnival.
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Central Cee went to the same school as rapper Digga D, being 2 years his senior.
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In 2015, Central Cee appeared on music platform BL@CKBOX and performed verses to Tupac instrumentals alongside MoWest.
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In February 2016, Central Cee was featured alongside Dave and others on the remix to the song "Spirit Bomb" by AJ Tracey.
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Central Cee later released the single "Pull Up" in August 2016.
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Central Cee released his first projects, the EP 17, and the now-deleted EPs Nostalgia and CS Vol.
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Central Cee followed it up with "Molly" in July, and achieved further success with the single "Loading", released on 22 October 2020.
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On 14 October 2022, Central Cee surprise released his EP No More Leaks, which was supported by the single "One Up" which released the day before.
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In 2022, Central Cee became the first UK rapper to achieve 1 billion Spotify streams in a single year.
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In late June, Central Cee appeared on XXL magazine's 2023 Freshman Class.
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On 21 December 2023, Central Cee released the single "Entrapaneur".
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On 11 July 2024, Central Cee featured on Ice Spice's single "Did It First".
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On 22 August 2024, Central Cee released two singles, "Bolide Noir" with French rapper JRK 19 and "Billion Streams Freestyle".
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On 16 January 2025, Central Cee released the single "GBP" with 21 Savage, with a music video directed by Cole Bennett.
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Central Cee is known for his style of fashion which usually features tracksuits, puffer jackets, and skull caps, items commonly associated with British streetwear culture.
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In 2023, Central Cee launched the streetwear brand Syna World.
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Central Cee collaborated with the football club Paris-Saint-Germain to make a custom kit in September 2024.
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Central Cee made his modeling debut for Drake's Nike X Nocta collection on 6 April 2021.
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Central Cee fronted Jaquemus' "Neve World" campaign in November 2022.
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In 2020, Central Cee moved to a style similar to UK drill with the release of the single "Day in the Life", and has mostly stuck to that style since then, stating that the auto-tune style was oversaturated.
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Central Cee studied rappers such as Kendrick Lamar, J Cole, and Jay-Z as a young adult and named YoungBoy Never Broke Again as one of his influences, comparing his approach to the rapper.
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Central Cee has stated that fellow British rapper Skepta is the "main reason" he started making music.
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Central Cee dated Madeline Argy, a TikTok creator and host of the Pretty Lonesome podcast, for over two years.