1994–1999: Career beginnings, house parties and pirate radio Williams has performed as an
MC since the age of fifteen, when he would rap over
breakbeat hardcore at
house parties and later
jungle on
pirate radio. He gained minor recognition as a regular performer on Rinse.
2003: Pay As U Go Cartel and first collaborations Williams had befriended multiple members of
Bow-based
UK garage group
Pay As U Go at the age of about sixteen through family ties, The months following his release were musically prolific and he recorded "about six" tracks for a Pay As U Go album, but within "about seven or eight months" of him joining the crew, it disbanded. which ultimately appeared on an
Aim High compilation. By November 2004, he had been remanded to
HMP Brixton to stand trial for another alleged offence, and recorded a verse for
Lady Sovereign's "
Random" remix over the phone. The case against him was dropped in late December 2004. Williams appeared on the bonus track "Poltergeist (Remix)" on Roll Deep's 2005 debut album
In at the Deep End, As part of Roll Deep, he also appeared on
Top of the Pops, providing backing vocals on a 2005 rendition of "
The Avenue". During this period, he began recording a prospective debut solo album for
Sony Music, which was to include the previously released songs "Dead That" (featuring God's Gift) and "Don't Want You Back" (featuring Breeze), but the plans for a record deal fell through when he returned to jail in 2006.
2008–2013: Sleeping Giant and Rise of the Farda Williams went on to appear on all Roll Deep albums except their
pop rap albums
Winner Stays On (2010) and
X (2012), for which they involved a smaller number of members. He had been introduced to the label by his then-manager, long-standing Rinse FM DJ Uncle Dugs. and releasing a 2013
surprise mixtape,
Rise of the Farda, via
Logan Sama's Adamantium label. and
The Bug's 2016 single "Iceman", which appeared on a double single also featuring
D Double E and reached number 23 on the same chart. In 2018, he released the
Hard Food EP on
Pinch's record label
Tectonic, marking the label's hundredth release. The following year, he released a pair of grime singles, "CR7" and "Farda", via Logan Sama's labels Keepin' It Grimy and Adamantium. The same year, he released the Trends-produced single "Run Dem Down", previously a
dubplate dating back to 2015.
2020–present: Chart success and Sony/Epic Records deal In 2023, Williams collaborated with Slimzee and Boylan on the single "Mile End". The song was the first release on the
FWD>> record label, an offshoot of the pioneering dubstep club night launched in partnership with Sony. In 2024, Williams featured alongside
Charlotte Plank on the
Rudimental and
Skepsis single "Green and Gold", which peaked at number 29 on the
UK Singles Chart. He appeared at
Capital FM's
Summertime Ball to perform the song. Other notable appearances in 2024 included a feature on K Motionz and
ArrDee's "Heavyweight", which was released via
Universal and reached number 30 on the
New Zealand Hot Songs Chart. In July 2025, he debuted on
Epic Records with a new solo single, "Bad Boi Selecta", produced by Jack Marlow. ==Personal life and artistry==