Aitch’s potent foray into music almost a decade ago delivered inaugural releases like ‘Back To Basics’ (2017) and ‘Straight Rhymez’ (2018), garnering both industry and online virality.
“When I spray that skippy, man comes through militant,” he rapped all those years ago on the former. Aitch carved his industry innings as a wordsmith; it's a quality that’s etched to his ascendancy. Aitch is cognisant, however, of his atypical decade in music. Gaining notoriety across his late adolescence, he missed out on a conventional coming of age, doing so instead, in the public eye. “I've not done the normal young adult life and spent it with my friends doing certain things that they're doing, but at the end of the day, I'm grateful for everything,” he shares.
After the release of his acclaimed, number two charting debut album Close To Home, Aitch gained another national feat, becoming the first Mancunian to win Best Hip-Hop, Grime and Rap Act BRIT Award, a win he doesn’t take lightly. “It was amazing,” he shares endearingly. “I deserved to win. Everyone got a chance to vote and people showed up for me.” The win follows a debut era that immersed itself in critical success. Album singles “Baby” now a platinum record at home and in Australia, and “My G” gold across UK pastures.