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For the past month or so, Headie One has been teasing out hints of his new single, “Martin’s Sofa”. The title, if you haven’t been following Headie on socials, refers to an old friend of his, Martin, who helped and supported the Tottenham rhymer through tough, pre-fame times, often letting him stay on his sofa.Returning to said sofa then became a byword for having fallen on hard times. So the new track arrives as a tribute, of sorts, but that wasn’t all he did for Martin: just before Christmas, Headie returned to Martin’s…

K-Trap fans are in a golden age right now. It was only six months ago that we got his blockbuster Joints project with Blade Brown and a year ago that he dropped off his last solo venture Trapo, but he’s already back with another full-length, The Last Whip II. It’s an unparalleled level of productivity and so far the quality is still at its highest levels.He first started down the road to this new project when he dropped the fittingly-named “Busy” in July before officially announcing the tape’s arrival a month later with …

Taking a break from his run of international collaborations that have seen him link up with artists from across Europe and West Africa, UK drill don Headie One is back with a team-up that’s a little closer to home—and all the more special for it.“Can’t Be Us” is the latest blockbuster collab and it sees Headie reconnect with fellow North Londoners and OFB members Abra Cadabra and Bandokay, and it really feels like a victory lap for all three. Tooled with an instrumental from M1OnTheBeat, Ari Beats, Jakik, and CD, it’s a…

For the past few months, Headie One’s been steadily working his way across the continent, making connections with the local rap and drill scenes and piecing together what will ultimately become a European mixtape, due out later this summer.We got the first couple of tastes of it with “22 Carats” featuring French artist Gazo and “Cloud” with Germany’s Luciano. Now Headie is back with the third cut from the tape, “Bigger Than Life”, featuring multi-platinum Dutch artist Frenna.Produced by Amsterdam-based hit-maker Spanker,…