1. Muhammad Mumith Ahmed, known professionally as Mumzy Stranger or his producing name SP, is a British rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer.
28 Facts About Mumzy Stranger
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Mumzy Stranger made his mainstream recording debut in the summer of 2009 with his debut single "One More Dance" along with follow-up single, "Showgirl".
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Mumzy Stranger is of Bengali origin and was raised in a traditional Islamic home.
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Mumzy Stranger is the second youngest of six in his family.
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In 2000, Mumzy started out in the UK garage scene at the age of 16, and was involved in pirate radio until 2003 when he left as he felt like a stranger.
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Mumzy Stranger was one of three finalists in BBC Asian Network's Unsung competition in 2005 with his song "Jump Up", after a friend of his submitted his demo tape, which caught the attention of Rishi Rich, a Bhangra-fusion producer who was one of the judges for the competition.
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Mumzy Stranger performed for the UK Asian Music Awards, held at Royal Festival Hall and at the Boishakhi Mela, a concert of Bangladeshi musicians; performing almost annually in both.
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Mumzy Stranger is featured on two tracks on The Streets of Bollywood 3, a remix album by Rishi Rich, Hunterz and Kami K which mainly focuses on bringing Indian and urban music together.
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Mumzy Stranger collaborated with several UK and internationally recognised desi artists, such as H-Dhami, Preeya Kalidas, Abbas Hasan and Malkit Singh.
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Mumzy Stranger is featured on the soundtrack of Toonpur Ka Super Hero, making his debut on a Bollywood film soundtrack.
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At the UK Asian Music Awards' Nominations Party held at the West Midlands' super-club Gatecrasher, in Birmingham on 1 February, Mumzy Stranger was nominated for 4 awards, Best Album, Best Male Act, Best Urban Act and Best Video ; the most for any solo act at the UK Asian Music Awards 2011.
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Mumzy Stranger performed the single at the UK AMA with Junior.
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Much like his mentor Rishi Rich, Mumzy collaborated with his new protege and the first addition to the Stranger Family, Junai Kaden, on the track "Aaja Mere Naal".
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In 2012, Mumzy officially launched Stranger Family, a music collective with Junai Kaden, Char Avell, Tasha Tah and Ramee.
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In November 2012, Mumzy Stranger Family was scheduled to tour the UK alongside Canadian-South Asian group Culture Shock in the XOXO Tour, with the two groups even collaborating on a single, "XOXO", for promotion of the tour.
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Mumzy Stranger is the featured artist on Nafees' song titled "Sazaa", which went to number 1 on The Official Asian Download Chart in its first week of release, the song was written by Yazz Nasir.
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Mumzy Stranger has been to India with Tasha Tah to feature in a song called "Kurbaan".
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In 2015, as a crossover collaboration between the UK and the US, Mumzy Stranger featured on two promotional tracks with Adam Saleh and Sheikh Akbar, titled Diamond Girl and the other, titled Tomorrow's Another Day.
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Similar to how Mumzy launched artists as part of his Stranger Family collective in 2012, Mumzy began launching new artists with his comeback with "Love Comfort".
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Mumzy Stranger then signed Rupika Vaidya, a Sweden-based singer, and was a featured artist on her debut single, "Karle Manmani" in 2015.
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In 2016, Mumzy Stranger signed Nish, who featured in the Bangla Refix of Ahmed's single "Jaan Atki", which was produced by Lyan Roze and would go on to become No 1 on the UK ITunes World Chart.
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In late 2015, Mumzy Stranger featured in Iksy's parody music video alongside Corner Shop Show, Humza Arshad, Bengali Blitz, Puremovements and Char Avell.
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Mumzy Stranger featured on Nish's debut album Identity, co-producing and singing on the lead single "Love Lost" and producing the song "Maa Baba".
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On 18 October 2019, Mumzy Stranger released his second studio album, Vertigo.
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In 2020, Mumzy Stranger was featured on "Gallan Kardi", a remix of Jazzy B's hit song "Dil Luteya", from the Bollywood film Jawaani Jaaneman.
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Mumzy Stranger is an ambassador for Newham Council's anti-violence campaign to prevent gun and knife crime.
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On 29 August 2010, Mumzy Stranger took part in the Sky Ride Leicester, a free, family-orientated and fun traffic-free mass participation cycling event in Leicester, England.
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For Ramadan 2018, Mumzy Stranger took part in Barnardo's FastForADay campaign.