Pa Salieu Gaye was born on 1 July 1997 and is a British rapper and singer.
17 Facts About Pa Salieu
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Pa Salieu gained recognition in January 2020 with the single "Frontline", which was the most-played track of 2020 on BBC Radio 1Xtra.
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Pa Salieu released his debut mixtape titled Send Them to Coventry on 13 November 2020.
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In 2022, Salieu was sentenced to 33 months in prison after being charged with violent disorder.
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Pa Salieu served 21 months of that sentence and was released in September 2024.
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Pa Salieu was born in Slough, on 1 July 1997, where he spent the early stages of his life.
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Pa Salieu's parents moved to the UK from The Gambia.
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Pa Salieu was named after his father's eldest brother, Pa Salieu, a police officer who died in his early twenties during a motorcycle accident while on duty.
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Pa Salieu's aunt is a folk singer, and Salieu describes her and Vybz Kartel as major musical influences.
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Pa Salieu describes his time there as the most important period in his life.
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Pa Salieu started rapping in 2018 under the name Tribal1, he released several videos with other artists in Coventry.
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Pa Salieu's music has received support from Virgil Abloh, BBC Radio 1's Annie Mac and Tiffany Calver as well as OVO Sound co-founder Oliver El Khatib.
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Pa Salieu collaborated with Backroad Gee and Ambush for the remix to their track, "Party Popper".
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Pa Salieu has been selected by GQ as one of 11 "new musicians who'll make 2021 better" and he was on the cover of NME's first issue of 2021, NME 100 edition.
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In October 2021, Pa Salieu released the single "Bad" with Aitch.
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In 2015, Pa Salieu was given a suspended sentence for knife possession.
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Pa Salieu admitted to hitting the victim with a tree branch, and smashing a bottle to defend himself.