Aggro Santos

Yuri "Aggro" Santos (born 12 October 1989) is a Brazilian-born British rapper.^[1]

Aggro Santos
Birth name	Yuri Santos
Born	(1989-10-12) 12 October 1989 (age 33) São Paulo, Brazil
Origin	Balham, London, England
Genres	Hip hop UK garage
Occupation(s)	Rapper
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Mercury FOD Records
Website	aggrosantos.com

Career

Santos was discovered by ChannelAka, a music channel, after his song "Free Yard" was featured on the network. He was then signed to Future Records in 2010, and released his second mixtape, Rhythm N Flow. In 2010, he was nominated for an award at the Urban Music Awards.^[2]

Santos released his debut single "Candy", which features Kimberly Wyatt, on 2 May 2010, which was later certified silver by the BPI. His second single, "Saint or Sinner", was released on 22 August 2010 and his third, "Like U Like", (featuring Kimberley Walsh), was released on 14 January 2011. Santos's debut album, titled AggroSantos.com was released on 31 January 2011. In 2010, Santos participated in the tenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!^[3][4] and was voted off the show on day 19, finishing in fifth place overall.^[5] In 2013, Santos signed to FOD Records. In 2014, he began writing for upcoming music. On 23 March 2014, he released the video for "Selfie Selfie Selfie".

Personal life

Santos was born on 12 October 1989. He studied at Salesian College in Battersea, London, and went on to study at the BRIT School.

On 9 September 2011, it was reported that Santos had been accused of rape by a fan who returned with the rapper to his hotel room following two gigs. The first rape had allegedly taken place on 25 or 26 September 2010. The second attack allegedly took place on 7 May 2011 in Chichester, West Sussex. Santos and another man, 21-year-old Tyrelle Ritchie, were both charged to appear in court on the same date at Chichester Magistrates' Court on 19 September 2011.

On 3 May 2013, a jury of eight women and four men, found Santos not guilty of both accusations unanimously, and acquitted him in under two hours of deliberation.^[6] He has since called for rape suspects to remain anonymous until found guilty, as he felt the trial had "tarnished" his reputation for a short while, even though he was innocent.^[7]

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak
		UK ^[8]	UK R&B ^[9]
AggroSantos.com	Released: 31 January 2011 Formats: CD, digital download Labels: Mercury Records	155	24

Mixtapes

• Aggro Culture (2009)
• The Rhythm N Flow (2010)
• The Stamina (2010)^[10]

Singles

As main artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions

Title	Year	Peak chart positions							Certifications	Album
		UK ^[11]	EUR ^[12]	IRE ^[13]	LTV ^[14]	POL ^[15]	SCO ^[16]	US Dance ^[17]
"Free Yard"^[18]^[19]	2006	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		non-album singles
"Culo!"^[20]	2009	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Rhythm 'N' Flow"^[21]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Candy" (featuring Kimberly Wyatt)	2010	5	20	14	20	5	4	—	UK: Silver^[22]	AggroSantos.com
"Saint or Sinner"		19	—	—	—	—	27	—
"Like U Like" (featuring Kimberley Walsh)	2011	8	—	13	—	—	7	—
"So Sexy"^[23]	2012	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		non-album singles
"Love Like This"^[24]	2013	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Selfie, Selfie, Selfie"^[25]	2014	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Red Lips"^[26] (featuring Andreea Bănică)	2015	—	—	—	—	—	—	13
"Bomba"^[27]	2017	—	—	—	—	—	—	18
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

As featured artist

Title	Year	Album
"Monkey See Monkey Do"^[28] (Girls featuring Aggro Santos)	2013	non-album singles
"Party Vybz"^[29] (DJ Assassin featuring Aggro Santos and Blacfyah)	2017

Other appearances

Title	Year	Other artist(s)	Album
"Step the Levels Up"	2009	Kozzie	Straight of the Book
"Bem ou Mal 0.2"	2010	NX Zero	Projeto Paralelo

Music videos

List of music videos

Title	Year	Director(s)
"Candy"	2010	Emil Nava^[30]
"Saint or Sinner"		Orson Nava^[31]
"Like U Like"		Lennox Brothers^[32]

References

1. "If you ever doubted Aggro Santos was from Balham ... Read his post jungle interview here", Balham People, 14 December 2010. 20 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
2. "The Urban Music Awards 2010 annonunces UK nominees". Urban Music Awards. 6 January 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
3. Mirror.co.uk (10 November 2010). "I'm a Celebrity: Aggro Santos profile". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
4. Tanswell, Adam (3 December 2010). "Aggro Santos ('I'm A Celebrity')". Digital Spy. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
5. McLennan, Patrick (2 December 2010). "Aggro Santos booted off I'm A Celeb | News | Im A Celebrity". What's on TV. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
6. "Aggro Santos trial: Rapper cleared of raping girls". BBC News. 3 May 2013.
7. . Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
8. "Chart Log UK: New entries update". zobbel.de. 12 February 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
9. . Official Charts. Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
10. "Aggro Santos To Give Away Stamina Mixtape". Werk. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
11. "Aggro Santos – Top 75 releases". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
12. "European Hot 100 Week of May 22, 2010". Billboard. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
13. "Aggro Santos discography". Irish Recorded Music Association. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
14. "EHR top 40". Europeanhitradio.com. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
15. . Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
16. • "Candy": "Scottish Singles Chart - 09 May 2010 - 15 May 2010". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
    • "Saint or Sinner": "Scottish Singles Chart - 29 August 2010 - 04 September 2010". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
    • "Like U Like": "Scottish Singles Chart - 23 January 2011 - 29 January 2011". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
17. "Aggro Santos Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
18. "Sucesso leva o rapper brasileiro Aggro Santos para a mesma gravadora do U2". Extra. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
19. "Free Yard". Spotify. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
20. "Culo!". iTunes Store. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
21. "Rhythm 'N' Flow". iTunes Store. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
22. "Award – bpi".
23. "So Sexy". iTunes Store. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
24. "Love Like This". iTunes Store. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
25. "Selfie, Selfie, Selfie". iTunes Store. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
26. "Aggro Santos on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
27. "Bomba". iTunes Store. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
28. "Monkey See Monkey Do". iTunes Store. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
29. "Party Vybz". iTunes Store. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
30. . Promonews.tv. 13 April 2010. Archived from the original on 20 April 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
31. . Promonews.tv. 17 August 2010. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
32. . Promonews.tv. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2010.

External links

• Official website