1. Andrew Onwubolu, better known by his stage name Rapman, is a British rapper, record producer, screenwriter, and film director.
12 Facts About Rapman
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Rapman is known for his three-part YouTube series Shiro's Story, his debut feature film Blue Story, and the Netflix superhero series Supacell.
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Rapman made his debut with the Blue Story Trilogy, which he followed up with several charity music videos for SB.
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Rapman was appointed MBE in the 2022 Birthday Honours from Elizabeth II for services to drama and music.
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Rapman was raised by his mother and from age 11 attended Sacred Heart Catholic School, Camberwell, in the midst of a postcode war between Deptford and Peckham.
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Rapman made his debut with the Blue Story Trilogy, which depicted two best friends from different areas of London who find themselves becoming enemies in a violent and insidious postcode war between their respective areas.
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In 2018, Rapman created wrote, directed and produced the three-part YouTube musical crime drama series Shiro's Story, about a young Black man from London who enters a violent life of crime after he learns that his girlfriend's daughter is actually his best friend's.
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The series was inspired by a true story that Rapman heard from friends in Lewisham about a man whose daughter was actually his friend's.
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The success of Shiro's Story led to Rapman signing a contract with Island Records and Jay-Z's Roc Nation.
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In 2019, Rapman made his feature-length film debut by writing, directing and narrating Blue Story, a film adaptation of his YouTube series of the same name.
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In February 2020, it was announced that Rapman was set to direct his second film, American Son, a remake of the 2009 French prison crime film A Prophet, starring Russell Crowe and Stephan James, for Paramount Pictures.
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In 2022, Rapman was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2022 Birthday Honours from Elizabeth II for services to drama and music, through his rapping and filmmaking.