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Fugative
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Harry James Byart (born 11 March 1994), better known by his former stage name Fugative, is an English rapper. He worked with Kirk Burrowes in April 2009 in Atlanta the former manager of Mary J. Blige and co-founder of Bad Boy Records after Burrowes was contacted by Byart's mother Gloria who previously worked as a publicist to Marvin Gaye. Fugative has been favourably received by BBC Radio One's Nick Grimshaw who proclaimed, "This kid is the NUTS!" on his Switch Fugative also released "The Departure" Mixtape in 2010.
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- United Kingdom
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- 1994
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16-year-old Fugative began his career at the tender age of 7 when he started hanging out with Darren Martyn (Shola Ama, The Honeyz) in his studio. Since then he has worked with a host of established UK artists (Kele Le Roc, Johnny Douglas and Darren Hayes) and has welcomed interest from respected US music industry execs namely Kirk Burrowes, former manager for Mary J Blige and part-owner of hip hop empire Bad Boys Inc. The future is bright for Fugative and with Music Week <a href="https://www.la
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Harry James Byart (born 11 March 1994), better known by his former stage name Fugative, is an English rapper. He worked with Kirk Burrowes in April 2009 in Atlanta the former manager of Mary J. Blige and co-founder of Bad Boy Records after Burrowes was contacted by Byart's mother Gloria who previously worked as a publicist to Marvin Gaye. Fugative has been favourably received by BBC Radio One's Nick Grimshaw who proclaimed, "This kid is the NUTS!" on his Switch Fugative also released "The Departure" Mixtape in 2010.
==Early career== His debut single "It's Summertime", peaked at number two on the UK Urban Chart before remaining in the top five for 17 consecutive weeks. He released his second single "Jimmy Shoe" on 6 April 2009, followed by his third single, "Supafly", peaking at No.48 on the UK Singles Chart.