Lord Apex
Hailing from White City, West London, 24-year-old rapper Lord Apex (aka Sensei, Yardie Miyagi, or AP) has become an underground favourite thanks to his compellingly laid-back style. His early offerings were influenced by his favourite producer/rappers J Dilla, Madlib, MF DOOM; leading to the 2018 S.O.I.L. EP produced by The Kount; through to more fully-formed records culminating in 2019’s Smoke Sessions Vol 2 (streamed > 6m times) with highlights like Spliff In the Morning (2m YouTube views) and EM3 (1.4m views). Apex was recently chosen to support Yasiin Bey and Freddie Gibbs on their European tours. Championed by the likes of Complex, Pitchfork, CRACK, Nike, KISS FM & BBC 1Xtra alongside impressive sessions with both COLORS & Boiler Room.
2020 saw the release of the Supply & Demand project alongside New York producer V Don (A$AP Rocky, Griselda, Dave East) and immediately sold out when physicals were launched with London based label Daupe. The album also finished in numerous album of the year lists (Offie Mag, Backpackerz & B-Boy Magazine).
2021 began with an inclusion on Complex UK’s Rappers to Watch, followed by the Supply & Demand deluxe dropping in early February featuring 4 new collaborations with the likes of Westside Gunn & Fly Anakin. On 4/20 Apex dropped the third instalment of his popular Smoke Sessions series, with features from Smoke DZA, Wiki & Maverick Sabre the album again sold out in record time when the full run of physicals dropped with Daupe. A sold out, Carhartt sponsored, headline tour is set for November 2021with his London debut show booked at the infamous Scala.
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