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'''Cleopatra Humphrey''' (born 4 November 1988) formerly known by her stage name '''Mz. Bratt''' and currently known as '''Cleo.''', is an [[English people|English]] rapper and |
'''Cleopatra Humphrey''' (born 4 November 1988) formerly known by her stage name '''Mz. Bratt''' and currently known as '''Cleo.''', is an [[English people|English]] rapper and singer.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/may/29/new-band-mz-bratt/ |title=Guardian |date=29 May 2009 |access-date=14 December 2016 |archive-date=29 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729201901/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/may/29/new-band-mz-bratt |url-status=live |last1=Lester |first1=Paul }}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Cleo. was born in [[Bow, London]]. Later, she moved to [[Hainault, London|Hainault]] and started producing her music. Her talent impressed the urban producer Terror Danjah who took her under his wing after hearing her at local MC battles and seeing her Myspace profile. Cleo. was selected to be part of the [[T4 (Channel 4)|T4]] entertainment show the ''[[Musicool]]'', in which she was the lead female, at one point reducing guest judge [[Jamelia]] to tears with her exceptional talent and vocal ability. Following this, Cleo. embarked on a US and European tour with [[The Count & Sinden]], which included shows at the [[Glastonbury Festival]] and at [[Bestival]]. |
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Cleo. has a mixed race ethnic background.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BrattOnline/statuses/13937974987198464 |title=CLEO. on Twitter: Sometimes people ask me where did I get the slight tan from its confusing I'm mixed race I was born like this lol :s |publisher=Twitter.com |date=12 December 2010 |accessdate=25 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BrattOnline/statuses/66068398412533760 |title=CLEO. on Twitter: @skitzbeatz I'm mixed race Aidz of course my hairs water proof lol, i have sheep hair |publisher=Twitter.com |date=5 May 2011 |accessdate=25 August 2014}}</ref> |
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==Music career== |
==Music career== |
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Cleo.'s first single, "Who Do You Think You Are?", was released on [[All Around the World Productions]] on 27 July 2009, and received plays on [[BBC Radio 1]] and [[BBC Radio 1Xtra]]. The second single, "I Like You", followed in November, and was also played by Radio 1Xtra. |
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{{Further|Wiley (rapper)#A-List}} |
{{Further|Wiley (rapper)#A-List}} |
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In February 2010, |
In February 2010, Cleo. joined a new collective group formed by [[Wiley (rapper)|Wiley]] called A-List.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeV4XN5kQ28 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/GeV4XN5kQ28 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Westwood – Wiley introducing the A-List (Radio 1)|publisher=YouTube|date=4 March 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
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She released her third single, "Selecta", in mid-2010, under A-List Music Ltd, produced by [[Redlight (musician)|Redlight]]. She is expected to release her first album at the [[American Airlines Arena]] in Miami, Florida, in February 2012 alongside the likes of [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] and [[Nicole Scherzinger]]. |
She released her third single, "Selecta", in mid-2010, under A-List Music Ltd, produced by [[Redlight (musician)|Redlight]]. She is expected to release her first album at the [[American Airlines Arena]] in Miami, Florida, in February 2012 alongside the likes of [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] and [[Nicole Scherzinger]]. |
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| quote = I describe my music and sound as "fun, cheeky, endorsing female empowerment". |
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| source = Mz. Bratt, ''Female First''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/interviews/Mz+Bratt+Interview-69583.html | title= |
| source = Mz. Bratt, ''Female First''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/interviews/Mz+Bratt+Interview-69583.html | title=Mz. Bratt Interview | date=23 July 2009 | accessdate=1 June 2011 | publisher=femalefirst.co.uk | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055646/http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/interviews/Mz+Bratt+Interview-69583.html | url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Cleo. has also appeared on remixes and records with other artists including Wiley, [[Taio Cruz]], [[Sadie Ama]], [[Dionne Bromfield]] and [[Jazmine Sullivan]]. A remix of [[Tinchy Stryder]]'s "[[Game Over (Tinchy Stryder song)|Game Over]]" was promoted online in November 2010 under the name "Female Takeover Remix", with the female MCs [[RD (group)|Ruff Diamondz]], [[Envy (English rapper)|Envy]], Lioness, Cherri V, [[Baby Blue (rapper)|Baby Blue]], [[Amplify Dot|A.Dot]], [[Lady Leshurr]], RoXXXan and Cleo. |
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⚫ | In 2015 she announced her professional name would be Cleo.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://uk.complex.com/music/2015/03/cleo-mz-bratt-beauty-for-ashes-ep |title=Cleo Bids Farewell to Mz Bratt on New 'Beauty for Ashes' EP | Complex UK |access-date=2 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310022853/http://uk.complex.com/music/2015/03/cleo-mz-bratt-beauty-for-ashes-ep |archive-date=10 March 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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Mz. Bratt and Wiley also appeared in [[Fugative]]'s song "Go Hard". |
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She recently{{when|date=December 2011}} took part in the MOBO tour and supported [[Roll Deep]] on their tour. She is currently{{when|date=December 2011}} supporting [[Bruno Mars]] on the UK leg of his tour. |
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Mz. Bratt supported [[Example (Musician)|Example]] on his winter 2011 tour. Other support came from [[Fenech-Soler]]. |
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⚫ | In 2015 |
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==2012 and album== |
==2012 and album== |
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Cleo. released a video for her upcoming single "Falling Down", on 16 April 2012 on YouTube.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r94vgC4z8o4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/r94vgC4z8o4 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Mz Bratt – Falling Down Ft. Khalealiah|publisher=YouTube|date=6 May 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The single is officially released on iTunes on 6 May 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/falling-down-feat.-khalaeliah/id520528830|title=Mz Bratt – Falling Down (feat. Khalealiah) EP|publisher=iTunes|date=6 May 2012|access-date=9 September 2017|archive-date=18 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918194130/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/falling-down-feat.-khalaeliah/id520528830|url-status=live}}</ref> Cleo. has confirmed that she is recording songs for her first studio album, but won't release the album until there's a demand and people want the album.<ref name=breaking/> She has so far recorded about 50 tracks, but she only wants 5 tracks to be used on her album.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URWB-y_Rn4Y |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/URWB-y_Rn4Y |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Mz Bratt – "Tracks For Album, Future Ambitions & Critiquing Her Music" Amaru Don TV|publisher=YouTube|date=6 May 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She has also confirmed that she wants features on her songs, but only after she has recorded all of her songs.<ref name=breaking/> Mz Bratt has also stated in various interviews that she would love to work with [[Chris Martin]] from [[Coldplay]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHktklyu9q0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/DHktklyu9q0 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Mz Bratt interview with Marcus Bronzy (Part 2 of 2)|publisher=YouTube|date=6 May 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Labrinth]]<ref name=breaking>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FYtHq0uBYM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140507070845/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FYtHq0uBYM |archive-date=2014-05-07 |url-status=dead|title=TaleTela Interview: Mz Bratt On Breaking The Industry|publisher=YouTube|date=6 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="Sunday show"/> and [[Wretch 32]]<ref name="Sunday show">{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyG2Qt9RKnI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/iyG2Qt9RKnI |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=The Sunday Show TV – Mz Bratt Interview|publisher=YouTube|date=6 May 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> on her new album. That album was expected to be released in 2013, but it was never released.<ref name=breaking/> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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Cleo's father |
Cleo's father is MC Scallywag from the early 1990s acid house sound system [[Spiral Tribe]]. |
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==Discography== |
==Discography== |
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|[[UK Singles Chart|UK]] |
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|[[UK Singles Chart|UK]] |
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! scope="row"| "Woman's World"<br><span style="font-size:85%;">(Selah featuring [[Sadie Ama]] and |
! scope="row"| "Woman's World"<br><span style="font-size:85%;">(Selah featuring [[Sadie Ama]] and Cleo.)</span> |
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|rowspan="3"| 2010 |
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|''Non-album single'' |
|''Non-album single'' |
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! scope="row"| "Go Hard"<br><span style="font-size:85%;">([[Fugative]] featuring |
! scope="row"| "Go Hard"<br><span style="font-size:85%;">([[Fugative]] featuring Cleo. and [[Wiley (rapper)|Wiley]])</span> |
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| ''No Goin' Home'' |
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! scope="row"| "Game Over – Female Takeover"<br><span style="font-size:85%;">([[Tinchy Stryder]] featuring Ruff Diamondz, [[Amplify Dot]], Envy, CherriV, BabyBlue, RoxXxan, Lioness, |
! scope="row"| "Game Over – Female Takeover"<br><span style="font-size:85%;">([[Tinchy Stryder]] featuring Ruff Diamondz, [[Amplify Dot]], Envy, CherriV, BabyBlue, RoxXxan, Lioness, Cleo. and [[Lady Leshurr]])</span> |
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! scope="row"|"Ouch" |
! scope="row"|"Ouch" |
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| 2011 |
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| [[Dionne Bromfield]] <small>(featuring |
| [[Dionne Bromfield]] <small>(featuring Cleo.)</small> |
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| ''[[Demons Never Die]]'' |
| ''[[Demons Never Die]]'' |
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|<ref>{{cite web|title=News: Stars Hit The Red Carpet For Demons Never Die Premiere|url=http://www.4music.com/news/film/1668/Stars-hit-the-red-carpet-for-Demons-Never-Die-premiere|publisher=[[4Music]]|date=11 October 2011|accessdate=1 November 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020072614/http://www.4music.com/news/film/1668/Stars-hit-the-red-carpet-for-Demons-Never-Die-premiere|archivedate=20 October 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |
|<ref>{{cite web|title=News: Stars Hit The Red Carpet For Demons Never Die Premiere|url=http://www.4music.com/news/film/1668/Stars-hit-the-red-carpet-for-Demons-Never-Die-premiere|publisher=[[4Music]]|date=11 October 2011|accessdate=1 November 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020072614/http://www.4music.com/news/film/1668/Stars-hit-the-red-carpet-for-Demons-Never-Die-premiere|archivedate=20 October 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |
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[[Category:Grime music artists]] |
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Latest revision as of 16:53, 31 December 2024
Cleo. | |
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Birth name | Cleopatra Humphrey |
Born | Bow, London, England | 4 November 1988
Genres | Grime, electronic, UK funky |
Occupation(s) | Rapper, singer |
Years active | 2006–present |
Labels | Universal/All Around The World/ Atlantic Records/A-List Music/Sony |
Cleopatra Humphrey (born 4 November 1988) formerly known by her stage name Mz. Bratt and currently known as Cleo., is an English rapper and singer.[1]
History
[edit]Cleo. was born in Bow, London. Later, she moved to Hainault and started producing her music. Her talent impressed the urban producer Terror Danjah who took her under his wing after hearing her at local MC battles and seeing her Myspace profile. Cleo. was selected to be part of the T4 entertainment show the Musicool, in which she was the lead female, at one point reducing guest judge Jamelia to tears with her exceptional talent and vocal ability. Following this, Cleo. embarked on a US and European tour with The Count & Sinden, which included shows at the Glastonbury Festival and at Bestival.
Cleo. has a mixed race ethnic background.[2][3]
Music career
[edit]Cleo.'s first single, "Who Do You Think You Are?", was released on All Around the World Productions on 27 July 2009, and received plays on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra. The second single, "I Like You", followed in November, and was also played by Radio 1Xtra.
In February 2010, Cleo. joined a new collective group formed by Wiley called A-List.[4]
She released her third single, "Selecta", in mid-2010, under A-List Music Ltd, produced by Redlight. She is expected to release her first album at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida, in February 2012 alongside the likes of Usher and Nicole Scherzinger.
I describe my music and sound as "fun, cheeky, endorsing female empowerment".
Cleo. has also appeared on remixes and records with other artists including Wiley, Taio Cruz, Sadie Ama, Dionne Bromfield and Jazmine Sullivan. A remix of Tinchy Stryder's "Game Over" was promoted online in November 2010 under the name "Female Takeover Remix", with the female MCs Ruff Diamondz, Envy, Lioness, Cherri V, Baby Blue, A.Dot, Lady Leshurr, RoXXXan and Cleo.
In 2015 she announced her professional name would be Cleo.[6]
2012 and album
[edit]Cleo. released a video for her upcoming single "Falling Down", on 16 April 2012 on YouTube.[7] The single is officially released on iTunes on 6 May 2012.[8] Cleo. has confirmed that she is recording songs for her first studio album, but won't release the album until there's a demand and people want the album.[9] She has so far recorded about 50 tracks, but she only wants 5 tracks to be used on her album.[10] She has also confirmed that she wants features on her songs, but only after she has recorded all of her songs.[9] Mz Bratt has also stated in various interviews that she would love to work with Chris Martin from Coldplay,[11] Labrinth[9][12] and Wretch 32[12] on her new album. That album was expected to be released in 2013, but it was never released.[9]
Personal life
[edit]Cleo's father is MC Scallywag from the early 1990s acid house sound system Spiral Tribe.
Discography
[edit]Extended plays
[edit]- 2015: Beauty For Ashes
Mixtapes
[edit]- 2007: Give It To Em, Vol. 1
- 2009: Give It To Em, Vol. 2
- 2011: Elements
Singles
[edit]Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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UK |
UK Urban Chart | |||
"I Like You" (featuring Sadie Ama) |
2009 | – | — | Give It to Em Vol 1 |
"Who Do You Think You Are?" | – | — | ||
"Selecta" | 2010 | – | — | Non-album singles |
"Get Dark" | 2011 | – | — | |
"Speeding" (featuring Dot Rotten) |
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"Tear It All Down" | – | — | ||
"Falling Down" (featuring Khalaeliah) |
2012 | – | — | Non-album single |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. |
As featured artist
[edit]Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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UK | |||
"Woman's World" (Selah featuring Sadie Ama and Cleo.) |
2010 | — | Non-album single |
"Go Hard" (Fugative featuring Cleo. and Wiley) |
— | No Goin' Home | |
"Game Over – Female Takeover" (Tinchy Stryder featuring Ruff Diamondz, Amplify Dot, Envy, CherriV, BabyBlue, RoxXxan, Lioness, Cleo. and Lady Leshurr) |
— | Non-album single | |
"Teardrop" (as part of The Collective) |
2011 | 24 | Charity release |
"Battle" (Danny Byrd) |
2013 | Golden Ticket |
Soundtrack appearances
[edit]Song | Year | Artist(s) | Movie | Ref. |
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"Ouch" | 2011 | Dionne Bromfield (featuring Cleo.) | Demons Never Die | [13] |
Filmography
[edit]- 2011 Anuvahood (as Shay)
References
[edit]- ^ Lester, Paul (29 May 2009). "Guardian". Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ "CLEO. on Twitter: Sometimes people ask me where did I get the slight tan from its confusing I'm mixed race I was born like this lol :s". Twitter.com. 12 December 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ^ "CLEO. on Twitter: @skitzbeatz I'm mixed race Aidz of course my hairs water proof lol, i have sheep hair". Twitter.com. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ^ "Westwood – Wiley introducing the A-List (Radio 1)". YouTube. 4 March 2010. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Mz. Bratt Interview". femalefirst.co.uk. 23 July 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ "Cleo Bids Farewell to Mz Bratt on New 'Beauty for Ashes' EP | Complex UK". Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ "Mz Bratt – Falling Down Ft. Khalealiah". YouTube. 6 May 2012. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Mz Bratt – Falling Down (feat. Khalealiah) EP". iTunes. 6 May 2012. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ a b c d "TaleTela Interview: Mz Bratt On Breaking The Industry". YouTube. 6 May 2012. Archived from the original on 7 May 2014.
- ^ "Mz Bratt – "Tracks For Album, Future Ambitions & Critiquing Her Music" Amaru Don TV". YouTube. 6 May 2012. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Mz Bratt interview with Marcus Bronzy (Part 2 of 2)". YouTube. 6 May 2012. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021.
- ^ a b "The Sunday Show TV – Mz Bratt Interview". YouTube. 6 May 2012. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021.
- ^ "News: Stars Hit The Red Carpet For Demons Never Die Premiere". 4Music. 11 October 2011. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
External links
[edit]- Living people
- 1988 births
- 21st-century Black British women singers
- 21st-century British women singers
- Grime music artists
- People from Bow, London
- People from Hainault
- Rappers from the London Borough of Redbridge
- Rappers from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- Black British women rappers
- Singers from the London Borough of Redbridge
- Singers from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets