Oakley Neil H T Caesar-Su (born June 4, 1998), professionally known as Central Cee, is a rapper and fashion designer hailing from Shepherds Bush, West London and is proving himself to be one of London’s most exciting emerging artists.

Impressing with his short freestyles from as young as 14-years old, Cench originally fell under the trapwave genre through his use of autotune and melodies, as shown on his early 2017 EP 17, and “Next Up?” freestyle.

It was through the drop of his singles “Day In The Life” and “Molly” in June 2020, as well as his Mad About Bars Freestyle in August 2020, in which Cench “found his voice” – gliding along 808 bass lines, stuttering hats, and slick cascading flows that add polish to his gritty street-level narration making him one to watch. He garnered major popularity in October 2020 after dropping his single “Loading” which shot him into the limelight – entering at Number 19 on the UK Top 20 Single Charts.

Central Cee’s full-debut mixtape Wild West was released on March 12 2021. The project contains the aforementioned singles, as well as “Pinging (6 Figures)”, “Commitment Issues”, “6 for 6” and “Fraud”. Posing as a critical and commercial success, it debuted at Number 2 on the UK Album Charts. He capped off his 2021 by winning the GRM Daily Rated Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year and Male Artist of the Year.

In February 2022, Cench’s sophomore mixtape 23 was released. The project features his September 2021 PinkPantheress sampled viral single “Obsessed With You”, a track in which entered the UK Top 10 Singles Chart at #4. The mixtape also marked Cench’s very first Number 1 project as it debuted on the UK Official Charts at the very top.

In July 2022, Cench linked up with renowned American director and founder of Lyrical Lemonade, Cole Bennett and dropped the single “Doja”. In the short time of the snippet being released, the single became a viral sensation and Cench’s biggest song to date. In October 2022, Cench dropped the four-track EP No More Leaks as a surprise, being accompanied by the projects leading single “One Up” hours before to battle the plethora of leaks that were happening a week prior.

In June 2023, Cench released “Sprinter” with South London MC Dave, quickly shooting to Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming Cench’s very first. The duo also broke records as the single racked up 13.4 million streams in a week, becoming the most successful UK Rap record of all time. The duo also followed up with their collaborative four-track EP Split Decisions, with all four cuts entering the UK charts.

On June 22nd, it was announced that Central Cee signed for Columbia Records.

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