D-Block Europe

D-Block Europe , often referred to as DBE , is an English trap duo from Lewisham in south-east London . Since 2018 they have been one of the established hip-hop acts in Great Britain.

Band history

Hailey Glassman aka Dirtbike LB and Adam Williams aka Young Adz knew each other from school and after Young Adz put his track Da Prodigy online at the age of 13 , they discovered their mutual interest in music and became friends. Young Adz made a name for himself with his mixtapes and got a record deal with the major label Universal , which didn't last long. The US rapper Jadakiss from The Lox (also known as D-Block ) noticed him and got in touch with him. A collaboration did not come about because he was not allowed to travel to the USA, but he was signed by Lox's own label. This is where the name D-Block Europe came from . Originally the rapper Aero Sinc was the second member, but Dirtbike LB replaced him in 2014. The duo turned to the trap and developed their own mix of styles from London rap and melodic US styles, which they called "Trapwave". Their typical use of autotune began with the single Thank the Plug in 2017 . In the same year they got a lot of attention for a remix of Tunnel Vision by Kodak Black and after that their own songs got millions of views.

The breakthrough came in the summer of 2018 through a collaboration with Yxng Bane . With the joint single Gucci Mane they made the jump into the British charts for the first time . The joint mixtape Any Minute Now reached number 14 in the album charts. With their own single Kitchen Kings , D-Block Europe also made it into the top 20 of the single charts at the beginning of 2019 and received their first gold award for it. During the year the duo produced 3 mixtapes, all of which reached the top 10 and produced a total of 10 chart singles. At the BRIT Awards , they were nominated for Best British Music Group.

Young Adz had also released some solo features earlier this year. In April 2020 his collaboration with the two grime rappers Skepta and Chip was released : The joint album Insomnia reached number 3 in the UK charts and was also placed in several other countries.

Members

• Dirtbike LB (Hailey Glassman, born October 30, 1996)
• Young Adz (Adam Williams, born July 29, 1995)

Further:

• Aero Sinc
• Lil Pino (Bando Baby 22)

Discography

This is a listing of the publications of D-Block Europe and Young Adz. Additional or different artists are indicated.

Albums and mixtapes

year	Title artist	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, artist , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		CH	UK
2018	Any Minute Now D-Block Europe & Yxng Bane	-	UK14 (4 weeks) UK	Mixtape
2019	Home Alone	-	UK6th silver (20 weeks)UK	Mixtape
	PTSD	-	UK4th gold (33 weeks)UK	Mixtape
	Street trauma	-	UK9 (13 weeks) UK	Mixtape
2020	Insomnia Skepta , Chip & Young Adz	CH81 (1 week) CH	UK3 (5 weeks) UK

Songs

year	Title artist	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, artist , rankings, weeks, awards, notes, from the album)	Remarks	from the album
		UK
2018	Gucci Mane D-Block Europe & Yxng Bane	UK49 silver (9 weeks)UK		Any Minute Now
	Nassty D-Block Europe (Young Adz × Dirtbike LB × Lil Pino)	UK35 silver (7 weeks)UK		-
2019	Kitchen Kings	UK16 gold (10 weeks)UK		Home Alone
	Kettle Pouring	UK62 (1 week) UK
	Running man	UK70 (2 weeks) UK
	Home pussy	UK20th gold (15 weeks)UK		PTSD
	Rich The Plug featuring D-Block Europe & Offset	UK53 (9 weeks) UK		-
	Love of My Life Remedee featuring Not3s & Young Adz	UK37 (9 weeks) UK		-
	Nookie D-Block Europe featuring Lil Baby	UK16 (6 weeks) UK		PTSD
	Playing for Keeps D-Block Europe featuring Dave	UK21 (5 weeks) UK
	Outside	UK42 (8 weeks) UK
	Halloween AJ Tracey featuring Young Adz	UK100 (1 week) UK		-
	Tell Me Krept & Konan featuring D-Block Europe & Ling Hussle	UK23 (5 weeks) UK		-
	New Dior Digdat featuring D-Block Europe	UK16 silver (11 weeks)UK		-
	Darling	UK94 (1 week) UK		PTSD
2020	No cellular site	UK29 (5 weeks) UK		Street trauma
	Creep	UK53 (1 week) UK
	Molly World	UK63 (1 week) UK
	Indulge M Huncho featuring D-Block Europe	UK50 (4 weeks) UK		-
	Self-Obsessed Da Beatfreakz featuring D-Block Europe × Krept & Konan × Deno	UK26 (7 weeks) UK		-
	Waze Skepta , Chip & Young Adz	UK18 (4 weeks) UK		Insomnia
	Mains Skepta, Chip & Young Adz	UK32 (3 weeks) UK
	Demons Skepta, Chip & Young Adz	UK47 (1 week) UK
	Free 22	UK31 (3 weeks) UK		-
	Plain Jane	UK30 (4 weeks) UK		-
	We won	UK31 (... weeks) UK		-

More songs

• Love of the Money (2017)
• Trap House (featuring KB, 2017)
• Finding You (featuring Don Andre, 2017)
• Large Amounts (2017)
• Trophy (featuring Not3s , 2017)
• Favorite Girl (featuring Young T + Bugsey , 2017)
• The Shard (2018)
• Mazzaleen (2018)
• Tell the Truth ( The Plug featuring D-Block Europe & Rich the Kid , 2019)

swell

1. ^ D-Block Europe Have Proven Their Worth (interview), Ajay Rose, Complex UK, October 3, 2019
2. ↑ ^{a b c} gold / platinum database of the BPI (UK), search for "D-Block Europe"
3. ↑ ^{a b} D-Block Europe in the British charts
4. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources Young Adz: Switzerland - UK
5. ↑ Love of My Life by Remedee in the UK charts
6. ↑ Indulge by M Huncho in the British charts

Web links

• Official Homepage (English)
• D-Block Europe at Allmusic (English)
• Young Adz at Allmusic (English)