Sweetlemondae

Releasing her first tracks eight years ago on SoundCloud, the 23-year-old Galwegian MC has stormed the likes of Body & Soul and Electric Picnic with R&B beats that are as sweet as her raps are uncompromising. Things got really interesting last year when she hooked up with the Diffusion Lab crew and released the exquisite ‘Never Gonna Be’, which was the missing link between Little Simz and Erykah Badu. No, really!

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