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Little Simz
Sign in to saveAlso known as Simbiatu Abisola Abiola Ajikawo
Nigerian-British rapper, singer and actress
Film & TV
Acting · Islington, London, England, UK
Simbiatu "Simbi" Abisola Abiola Ajikawo (born 23 February 1994), better known by her stage name Little Simz, is a British-Nigerian rapper, singer and actress of Yoruba heritage. Following the release of four mixtapes and five EPs, she released her debut album A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons on 18 September 2015 through her independent label, AGE: 101 Music. The album entered the UK R&B Albums…
Known for
- Little Simz: Live at the BBC — Self2025
- Steve — Shola2025
- Little Simz: Amazon Music Songline — Self2025
- Little Simz at the Atelier des Lumières — Self2025
- NO THANK YOU — Herself2022
- Venom: Let There Be Carnage — Little Simz2021
- I Love You, I Hate You — Sage2021
- Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser — Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)2021
- Live In London - Little Simz — Herself2020
- Gorillaz: Reject False Icons — Self2019
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1994
Discography
- Diamond2012
- Blank Canvas2013
- XY.Zed2013
- AGE 101: DROP 12014
- AGE 101: DROP 22014
- AGE 101: DROP 3|0002014
- E.D.G.E2014
- Time Capsule2014
- A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons2015
- AGE 101: DROP 42015
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 930,186
- Total plays
- 42,193,818
Tags
Simbiatu "Simbi" Abisola Abiola Ajikawo, better known by her stage name Little Simz, is a British rapper, singer and actress. She rose to prominence with the independent release of her first three albums, namely A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons (2015), Stillness in Wonderland (2016) and Grey Area (2019), the latter of which was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize and won the awards for Best Album at both the Ivor Novello Awards and the NME Awards. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Little+Simz">
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project
· 2013 · cited 8,576x
- Statistical Analysis with Missing Data
· 2002 · cited 7,721x
- A Test of Missing Completely at Random for Multivariate Data with Missing Values
· 1988 · cited 7,296x
- The GTEx Consortium atlas of genetic regulatory effects across human tissues
· 2020 · cited 5,345x
- To Parcel or Not to Parcel: Exploring the Question, Weighing the Merits
· 2002 · cited 5,218x
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Key facts
- Also known as
- Simbi, Simz
- Born
- Simbiatu Abisola Abiola Ajikawo , ( 1994-02-23 ) 23 February 1994 (age 32) , Islington , London, England
- Genres
- British hip-hop
- Occupations
- Rapper songwriter actress
- Years active
- 2010–present
- Labels
- Age 101 Music AWAL
- Website
- littlesimz .com
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Encyclopedic overview
Simbiatu "Simbi" Abisola Abiola Ajikawo (born 23 February 1994), better known by her stage name Little Simz, is an English rapper and actress. She rose to prominence with the independent release of her first three albums: A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons (2015), Stillness in Wonderland (2016) and Grey Area (2019), the last of which was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize and won the awards for Best Album at both the Ivor Novello Awards and the NME Awards.
Her fourth album, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (2021), received widespread critical acclaim, with several publications deeming it the best album of 2021. It won the 2022 Mercury Prize, and earned her the 2022 Brit Award for Best New Artist and the Libera Award for Best Hip-Hop/Rap Record. Her fifth album, No Thank You (2022), was released to critical acclaim. In 2024, she was featured on the single "We Pray" by Coldplay, alongside Burna Boy, Elyanna, and Tini. Her sixth studio album, Lotus, was released on 6 June 2025.
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