Giggs

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Giggs (born May 11, 1983 ; real name Nathaniel Thompson ), also known as Hollowman , is a British rapper from the London borough of Peckham .

Career

Nathaniel Thompson left school at the age of 16. He got his nickname because of his laughing ( giggling ). When he was 20, he was sentenced to two years in prison for a gun offense. He then released a few mixtapes alone - as Hollowman and as Giggs - and together with his crew Spare No 1 (SN1) before his debut album Walk in da Park was released in 2008 . It didn't bring him commercial success, but it did get a place on the UK R&B charts. More important was the positive media criticism and the recognition of the expert jury at the BET Awards , which voted him the best UK act that same year.

This helped him to a record deal with XL Recordings . Even before he released his second album, the BBC 's Sound of… prediction in early 2010 predicted the imminent breakthrough. Let Em Ave It was released in June and actually made it into the top 40 of the official UK album charts . He also had two single hits with Look What the Cat Dragged In and Don't Go There , a collaboration with US rapper BoB , who had recently had his own breakthrough with a number one album.

On his next album When Will It Stop , Giggs worked with Ed Sheeran , Anthony Hamilton and Styles P. among others in 2013 and was able to build on the success of the predecessor. 2015 he was a guest on the album Integrity of Jme represented. Their joint song Man Don't Care only barely made it into the top 100, but still achieved silver status for 200,000 units sold.

The following year, the fourth album Landlord was released on their own label, SN1 Records . This made him jump up to number 2 on the charts. The single Lock Doh earned him his first own silver award. In March 2017 he was featured in two songs on the Canadian rapper Drake's album More Life . Since album sales and streaming now also counted for the single charts, it not only brought him the two highest single placements in the UK charts, but also two placements in the US single charts .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK
2010 Let Em Ave It UK35 (2 weeks)
UK
2013 When will it stop UK21 (2 weeks)
UK
2016 Landlord UK2
silver
silver

(9 weeks)UK
2017 Wamp 2 Dem UK2
silver
silver

(6 weeks)UK
2019 Big Bad ... UK6 (4 weeks)
UK

More albums

  • Walk in da Park (2008)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK
2010 Don't Go There
Let Em Ave It 		UK60 (1 week)
UK
feat. Bob
Look What the Cat Dragged In
Let Em Ave It 		UK53 (1 week)
UK
2016 Lock Doh
Landlord 		UK52
platinum
platinum

(15 weeks)UK
feat. Donae'o
2017 Linguo
Wamp 2 Dem 		UK28
silver
silver

(9 weeks)UK
feat. Donae'o
Ultimate Gangsta
Wamp 2 Dem 		UK51 (1 week)
UK
feat. 2 chainz
Peligro
Wamp 2 Dem 		UK53 (2 weeks)
UK
feat. Dave
2019 Nothing but Net
AJ Tracey 		UK99 (... weeks)
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with AJ Tracey
187
Big Bad ... 		UK42 (1 week)
UK
Baby
Big Bad ... 		UK48
silver
silver

(9 weeks)UK

More songs

  • Slow Songs (feat. The Streets , 2009)
  • Hustle On (2010)
  • Talkin The Hardest (2010, UK:silversilver)
  • (Is It Gangsta?) Yes Yes Yes (2013)
  • Who's Dat? (2015)
  • The Blow Back (feat. Stormzy & Dubz, 2016)
  • Whippin 'Excursion (2016)

Guest Posts

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US
2010 Game Over
Third Strike 		UK22 (10 weeks)
UK 		-
2015 Man Don't Care
More Life 		UK100
platinum
platinum

(1 week)UK 		-
Jme feat. Giggs
2017 KMT
More Life 		UK9
gold
gold

(11 weeks)UK 		US48 (2 weeks)
US
Drake feat. Giggs
No Long Talk
More Life 		UK17th
silver
silver

(5 weeks)UK 		US40 (2 weeks)
US
Drake feat. Giggs
Active UK90 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
Sneakbo feat. Giggs
2018 PNG
 UK96 (1 week)
UK 		-
Kojo Funds feat. Giggs
2019 10/10
Upon Reflection 		UK97 (1 week)
UK 		-
Wretch 32 feat. Giggs

Further guest contributions

  • 3 Wheel-Ups (Kano feat. Wiley & Giggs, 2016, UK:silversilver)
  • Trigger Bang ( Lily Allen feat. Giggs, 2017)

swell

  1. ↑ a b Who is Giggs? Drake, KMT , Clarissa Wilson, Empire Boo Boo Kitty, March 19, 2017.
  2. ↑ Giggs: prison, police harassment, canceled tours - When Will It Stop , Sam Wolfson, The Guardian, October 5, 2013.
  3. ↑ About Giggs , Genius, accessed April 1, 2017.
  4. ^ UK R&B charts from August 10, 2008.
  5. ↑ a b c d gold / platinum database of the BPI (Great Britain).
  6. ↑ a b c UK charts: Giggs Giggs feat. Donae'o Tinchy Stryder feat. Giggs et al. Jme feat. Giggs / Drake feat. Giggs

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personal data
SURNAME Giggs
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thompson, Nathaniel (real name); Hollowman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British rapper
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1983