Krept & Konan
Krept & Konan are a British hip-hop - Duo from Croydon in south London.
Band history
Casyo Johnson and Karl Wilson merged in 2009 under the name Krept & Konan . First they published songs on the Internet and several self-published mix tapes. The second tape Tsunami made them known in the scene, with the video Otis , a cover version of the hit by Jay-Z and Kanye West , they achieved six-digit views on YouTube . When Wilson's stepfather was killed in an armed robbery on his house and his mother was injured, they wrote the play My Story , which has been watched nearly five million times.
Skepta then helped them to their first appearance in his opening act and Wretch 32 and Professor Green also supported them. When the third mixtape Young Kingz was released in 2013 , it made it into the top 20 of the UK album charts . In the same year they received the award for Newcomer of the Year at the MOBO Awards . Only then did they sign a label deal with Def Jam and start working on their first real album. The single Freak of the Week was released in advance with the support of US singer Jeremih and brought them a top 10 hit. Then came the album The Long Way Home , which debuted at number 2 on the charts. In addition to Jeremih, Ed Sheeran , Emeli Sandé and Wiz Khalifa were among the guests. They received the MOBO Award for Album of the Year and, as in 2014, were named the best hip-hop act.
Members
- Casio Krept Johnson
- Karl Konan Wilson
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
 UK
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| 2015 | The Long Way Home |
UK2  (7 weeks)UK |
MOBO Award : Best Album
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| 2019 | Revenge is sweet |
UK5 (5 weeks) UK |
Mix tapes
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
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UK
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| 2013 | Young Kingz |
UK19 (2 weeks) UK |
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| 2013 | 7 days |
UK6th (7 weeks)UK |
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| 2017 | 7 nights |
UK8 (3 weeks) UK |
More mix tapes
- 2009: Red Rum
- 2010: tsunami
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
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UK
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| 2015 | Freak of the Week The Long Way Home |
UK9  (21 weeks)UK |
feat. Jeremih
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| 2017 | Where Where Where 7 Days |
UK44 (9 weeks)UK |
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| For me 7 nights |
UK58 (4 weeks)UK |
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| 2018 | Crepes and Cones (Ya Dun Know) |
UK96 (1 week) UK |
feat. MoStack
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| Pour me another one |
UK73 (2 weeks)UK |
feat. Tabitha
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| 2019 | Ban drill |
UK73 (1 week) UK |
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| I Spy Revenge Is Sweet |
UK18th (10 weeks)UK |
feat. Headie One & K-Trap
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| G Love Revenge Is Sweet |
UK28 (7 weeks) UK |
with Wizkid
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| The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement: | |||
| 2015 | Dreams The Long Way Home |
UK88 (1 week) UK |
feat. Ed Sheeran
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| 2017 | Ask Flipz 7 Days |
UK30th (6 weeks)UK |
feat. Stormzy
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| 2019 | Tell Me Revenge Is Sweet |
UK23 (5 weeks) UK |
with D-Block Europe & Ling Hussle
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| First Time Revenge Is Sweet |
UK63 (2 weeks) UK |
with Spice feat. Tory Lanez
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More singles
- 2011: Otis
- 2012: Devils Playground
- 2013: My Story
- 2014: Don't Waste My Time (UK:silver)
- 2015: The Long Way Home (feat. Derrick Morgan )
- 2016: Dunya
Guest Posts
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
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UK
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| 2018 | Chop My Money |
UK64 (10 weeks)UK |
Ill Blu feat. Krept & Konan, Loski & ZieZie
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| Airforce (Remix) |
UK47 (3 weeks) UK |
DigDat feat. K-Trap & Krept & Konan
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Further guest contributions
- 2014: Sweet Thing (Rockizm feat. Ny & Krept & Konan)
- 2013: They Got It Wrong (Remix) ( Lethal Bizzle feat. Krept and Konan, Kano , Squeeks & Wiley )
- 2014: Dance on My Own ( MO feat.Krept & Konan)
- 2015: Robbery (Remix) (Abra Cadabra feat. Krept & Konan, MOBO Award : Best Song)
- 2019: Right Now ( The Vamps feat. Krept & Konan)
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Web links
- Official Homepage (English)
- Official YouTube channel
- Krept & Konan at Allmusic (English)