Two generations of British rap collided as grime legend Skepta honored Central Cee at GQ’s Males of the 12 months bash in London.
Central Cee is topping off a stellar 2024 with a GQ Males of the 12 months award, offered to him by none aside from British grime legend Skepta.
The West London rising star has arguably had probably the most profitable 12 months of any British rapper. Along with racking up seven U.Ok. High. 10 hits he topped the British charts along with his Dave collab “Sprinter” for a record-breaking 10 weeks.
He additionally had a vastly profitable single with Lil Child, “BAND4BAND,” and have become the primary British rap artist to surpass 2 billion streams on Spotify.
With all that in thoughts, it was solely proper that he was honored at GQ’s Males of the 12 months 2024 ceremony in London on Tuesday night time (19 November).
Whereas toasting Central Cee, Skepta highlighted the youthful rapper’s mastery of social media, stating, “I believe that’s one thing that we might all take from.”
He added, “For Cench, the sky’s the restrict. And everyone knows there’s extra to come back – who is aware of what he’s going to develop to be. I’m excited to see it.”
Central Cee mirrored on his hectic 12 months throughout his Males of the 12 months cowl story.
“I’m doing mad issues,” he defined including, that he hasn’t been capable of take all of it in. “We’re all taking a flight each three days, each two days. We’ve even been to a few nations in sooner or later.”
Nonetheless, the work continues, as Cench is gearing as much as launch his debut album, Can’t Rush Greatness, in January.