Not3s

Not3s (real name Lukman Odunaike ; born April 17, 1998 in Hackney , London ) is a British rapper of Nigerian origin.

biography

Not3s grew up in Hackney, London, and began recording music in his youth, which he describes as a mixture of hip-hop and dancehall .

He gained greater attention in early 2017 with the song Addison Lee , through which he was discovered by Rentless Records , later this was released as his debut single and entered the UK charts . The following hits Aladdin and especially My Lover were able to surpass success, the latter rose to the top 20 and stayed in the charts for over half a year. In November the rapper released his first album Take Not3s . He was also featured on the BBC Sound of 2018 list .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		UK
2017	Take Not3s	UK43 silver (10 weeks)UK	First published: November 17th, 2017 Sales: + 60,000
2018	Take Not3s II	UK16 (4 weeks) UK	First published: July 13, 2018

Singles

Chart placements

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		UK
2016	Addison Lee (Peng Ting Called Madison) Take Not3s	UK57 gold (8 weeks)UK	First published: November 13, 2016 Sales: + 400,000
2017	Aladdin Take Not3s	UK61 gold (15 weeks)UK	First published: June 4th, 2017 Sales: + 400,000
	My Lover Take Not3s	UK14th platinum (31 weeks)UK	First published: October 27, 2017 Sales: + 600,000
	99 + 1 Take Not3s	UK82 (1 week) UK	First published: November 17th, 2017 with MoStack
2018	Sit Back Down Take Not3s II	UK61 silver (13 weeks)UK	First published: March 2nd, 2018 Sales: + 200,000; feat. Maleek Berry
	Just Fine Take Not3s II	UK60 (2 weeks) UK	First published: July 13, 2018
	Will Smith	UK100 (1 week) UK	First published: October 26, 2018 with Geko
2019	Wanting	UK42 silver (… Where.)UK	First published: April 23, 2019

More singles

• 2017: Naughty (at 23 Unofficial)
• 2017: Celebration (with MoStack )
• 2018: Hooper (with Knucks)
• 2018: M3 Not You
• 2018: Palm Wine
• 2018: To the Max (with Nana Rogues & Wizkid )
• 2019: Nasti Riddim (with Tiggs Da Author)

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		UK
2017	YRF Let's Work (Vol. 1)	UK83 (10 weeks) UK	First published: December 14, 2017 GRM Daily feat. Fredo & Not3s
2018	Fine Line Ivy to Roses	UK11 platinum (16 weeks)UK	First published: Jan 19, 2018 Sales: + 600,000; Mabel feat. Not3s
	Butterflies AJ Tracey	UK19th platinum (19 weeks)UK	First published: May 30, 2018 Sales: + 600,000; AJ Tracey feat. Not3s
	Boasy	UK85 silver (9 weeks)UK	First published: June 29, 2018 Sales: + 200,000; Avelino feat. Not3s
	CRB Check Ten10	UK43 (6 weeks) UK	First published: September 21, 2018 Chip feat. Not3s
2019	Love of My Life	UK37 (9 weeks) UK	First published: July 11, 2019 Remedee feat. Not3s & Young Adz
	Raft AJ Tracey	UK22 (7 weeks) UK	First release: October 25, 2019 AJ Tracey feat. MoStack & Not3s
	Cash train	UK62 (1 week) UK	First published: November 22, 2019 GRM Daily feat. Not3s & Blade Brown
2020	Top winners	UK64 (... weeks) UK	First published: March 16, 2020 Tinie Tempah feat. Not3s
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:
2018	Haters tables turn	UK90 (1 week) UK	First published: February 9, 2018 Fredo feat. Not3s

Further guest contributions

• 2017: Bad (Juls feat.Not3s, Kojo Funds & Eugy)
• 2017: Trophy ( D-Block Europe feat. Young Adz & Not3s)
• 2017: Nah (Sneakbo feat. Not3s)
• 2018: Pushing Up (NSG feat.Not3s)
• 2018: Force You (Bobii Lewis feat.Not3s)
• 2018: Sober (Dakota feat. Not3s)
• 2018: Issa Mood (Headie One feat.Not3s)
• 2018: Living Gravy ( Young T & Bugsey feat.Not3s)

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × silver4th	2 × gold2	4 × platinum4th	3,860,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	4 × silver4th	2 × gold2	4 × platinum4th

swell

1. ↑ Kenyans Troll UK Rapper After Announcing He Will Be In Kenya In April. In: ghettoradio.co.ke. February 20, 2020, accessed on July 25, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Not3s , famousbirthdays.com
3. ↑ PAUSE Meets: Not3s To Discuss His Name, Addison Lee, Hackney And Influences , pausemag.co.uk
4. ↑ Not3s , bbc.co.uk
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: UK

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Biography at Allmusic
• Not3s on Apple Music