Fredo

Fredo is one of the United Kingdom's most popular rappers, consistently reaching the Top Ten with his albums and mixtapes. Hailing from West London's Mozart Estate, Marvin William Bailey lived the street life as part of the Harrow Road Boyz before he began translating his struggle-led lifestyle to the mike under the alias of Fredo. Delivering his verses in a blunt, almost effortless style, the rapper produces radio anthems and underground classics in equal measure, finding his biggest victory to date alongside Dave on the number one-charting "Funky Friday" (2018). The pair scored another major hit three years later with "Money Talks," while Fredo has continued releasing successful albums such as Money Can't Buy Happiness (2021) and Unfinished Business (2023). Few debut singles have as much impact as Fredo's "They Ain't 100." Marking not only Bailey's first single, but his first time on the mike, the 2016 track received millions of streams across the U.K., swiftly landing an OVO Sound Radio co-sign from Canadian superstar Drake. The same year, he released two further singles -- the swaggering "TrapSpot" and bassy "Pattern Gang" -- before being featured on the remix to Kojo Funds and Abra Cadabra's "Dun Talkin" alongside Yxng Bane, Frisco, and JME. With a forthright, almost-spoken delivery, Fredo's narratives embraced the authentic experiences of the Harrow Road Boyz street gang, capped off with the heavy, swaggering soundscapes of the mid-2010s trap scene. Soon, Fredo was building the foundations for his debut mixtape. In early 2017, the rapper dropped the brash "Get the Pot," while an appearance on the Fire in the Booth freestyle series cemented him as one of the city's hottest rising talents. The tape, titled Get Rich or Get Recalled (a nod to primary influence 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin'), arrived in March that year. Lacing the bravado of his work thus far with a smattering of conflicted street tales, Fredo's debut tape provided the high-stakes narratives and blunt-force braggadocio fans had come to ex