Tayo Jarrett (born 5 April 1986), better known as Scorcher, is a British grime MC, songwriter and actor from Enfield, London. He was previously a member of the grime collective The Movement and is signed to Blue Colla Music.[1][2]
He began his career in Cold Blooded where he became known for his "shank" bars, and would regularly attend pirate radio and work his way up through the North London grime circuit. Scorcher served a short prison sentence in 2006 for driving offences, and while in jail his mixtape Simply the Best was released and was greeted with good reviews from the grime scene.[3] After an incident with fellow Cold Blooded member Cookie, Scorcher left Cold Blooded to concentrate on a new collective known as The Movement, which featured Scorcher alongside Wretch 32, Devlin, Mercston, and Ghetts. At this point he was involved in a momentous clash that saw him and fellow movement members go up against rival grime collective Boy Better Know. Scorcher did three dubs directed at Wiley, Jammer and Frisco. Scorcher also produces beats, and Thunder Power was a release entirely his own production. He has produced beats such as 'Way Down The Road', 'Beef with T', 'Igloo Remix', 'Talk of the Ghetto' and others which have been big through the year of 2006. Scorcher won an Official Mixtape Award for best producer in 2009 and was also nominated for best Grime mixtape of 2010.[4][5]
Concrete Jungle is a 2009 debut album by Scorcher released independently. The album is seen as a critical success in electronic music,[citation needed] but a major disappointment to grime fans. The albums has spawned two singles, "I Know" and "Lipsin' Ting", neither of which charted. The albums has been widely anticipated by many in the grime scene, but disappointed many in the scene. It features collaborations with the likes of Wiley, J2K, and Wretch 32. The album was inspired by a short freestyle by Scorcher. The third single from the album is "Dark Knight". His debut single, "It's My Time", charted on the UK R&B chart at number 38. When Geffen's MD left for Sony and the bigger artist moved to other labels within Universal, Scorcher's deal was ended.
2011–2014: Blue Colla and acting career
In 2011, Scorcher began an acting career and played the major role of Kamale, in the 2011 Channel 4 drama, Top Boy.[6] "Making the transition from music to acting hasn't really been that hard for me, as you get used to performing its just performance in a different setting." He described his character as sinister, and an all-out bad man and is working with other rappers such as Ashley Walters, Kano and other first time actors. He has also played a part in the movie Offender which was released on 24 December 2012. After being released from Geffen Records in 2011, Scorcher was signed to independent label Blue Colla Music in 2012 and his first single of the year "It's All Love" premiered on MistaJam's 1XTRA show on 3 March 2012.
2015–present: The Intent and return to music
In 2016, Scorcher signed to RU Listening Limited. He, Scorcher starred in the 2016 film The Intent in which he plays small-time criminal called Hoodz, who finds success in robbing stores and small businesses, and finally catches the jackpot by attacking a big drug dealer for his stash of money and drugs.[7] He played the role of Diesel in the film Road (2017).
He returned to music in 2019 and released the singles "Gargoyle", "Could Be Worse", "9", "Sandpit" and was featured on the track "Hunnids" by Tizzy x Brandz. In October 2019 Scorcher attended the Christian Louboutin Palace Nights Collection Launch.[8]
Following the Death of Mark Duggan by Police in 2011, which resulted in the 2011 England riots, Scorcher revealed via Twitter that his grandmother was Cynthia Jarret, a 49-year-old Afro-Caribbean woman who was killed by Police on 5 October 1985 during the search of her home.[9][10] Together with the death of Cherry Groce the previous week (which caused the 1985 Brixton riot, her death is credited with being one of the main causes of the Broadwater Farm riot the following day.[11][12][13][14][15][16]
"[sic]25 years ago police killed my grandma in her house in Tottenham and the whole ends rioted, 25 years on and they're still keepin up fuckry.[17] Police R here 2 uphold the law & protect us leadin by example so wen they stop upholdin the law its natural reaction 4 there 2 B lawlessness."[18]
^"Scorcher – Leader of the New School". Ukrecordshop.com. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
^Hancox, Dan (12 August 2011). "Rap responds to the riots: 'They have to take us seriously'". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 January 2014. [a] leading Tottenham MC
^Clark, Martin (7 June 2006). "The Month in Grime / Dubstep". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
^"New Mixtape from (OMA Best Producer Award Winner 2009) Scorcher Audio Wave". Official Mixtape Awards. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
^"OMA Nominee/Host Hustle- G Frsh, Kele Le Roc & Scorcher Live @ G Shock East Sessions". Official Mixtape Awards. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
^Patterson, Joseph. "Scorcher: The Interview (Video)". MTV UK. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
^Bradshaw, Peter (28 July 2016). "The Intent review – pulsating south London crime thriller" – via www.theguardian.com.
^"Wallis Day Spotted at Christian Louboutin Palace Nights Collection Launch".
^Hancox, Dan (18 February 2016). "Party politics: why grime defines the sound of protest in 2016". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^Burtenshaw, Ronan; Flip, Novar (20 May 2017). "Grime for Corbyn". Jacobin Magazine. New York. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^Jarret, Tayo (6 August 2011). "25 years ago police killed my grandma in her house in Tottenham and the whole ends rioted, 25 years on and they're still keepin up fuckry". Twitter. @ScorchersLife. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^Jarret, Tayo (7 August 2011). "Police R here 2 uphold the law & protect us leadin by example so wen they stop upholdin the law its natural reaction 4 there 2 B lawlessness". Twitter. @ScorchersLife. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^"Scorcher's Spurs rap for the FA Cup". BBC Sport. 8 January 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
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Tayo Jarrett born 5 April 1986 better known as Scorcher is a British grime MC songwriter and actor from Enfield London He was previously a member of the grime collective The Movement and is signed to Blue Colla Music 1 2 ScorcherBirth nameTayo JarrettAlso known asScorcher SkywalkerBorn 1986 04 05 5 April 1986 age 36 OriginBush Hill Park London EnglandGenresBritish hip hop grimeOccupation s Rapper songwriter actorYears active2004 presentLabelsCreating Monsters Limited 2013 2016 RU Listening Limited 2016 present Contents 1 Career 1 1 2005 08 Early career 1 2 2009 10 Concrete Jungle and Geffen 1 3 2011 2014 Blue Colla and acting career 1 4 2015 present The Intent and return to music 2 Discography 2 1 Studio albums 2 2 Mixtapes 2 3 Guest appearances 3 Filmography 3 1 Film 3 2 Television 4 Personal life 5 Notes 6 External linksCareer Edit2005 08 Early career Edit He began his career in Cold Blooded where he became known for his shank bars and would regularly attend pirate radio and work his way up through the North London grime circuit Scorcher served a short prison sentence in 2006 for driving offences and while in jail his mixtape Simply the Best was released and was greeted with good reviews from the grime scene 3 After an incident with fellow Cold Blooded member Cookie Scorcher left Cold Blooded to concentrate on a new collective known as The Movement which featured Scorcher alongside Wretch 32 Devlin Mercston and Ghetts At this point he was involved in a momentous clash that saw him and fellow movement members go up against rival grime collective Boy Better Know Scorcher did three dubs directed at Wiley Jammer and Frisco Scorcher also produces beats and Thunder Power was a release entirely his own production He has produced beats such as Way Down The Road Beef with T Igloo Remix Talk of the Ghetto and others which have been big through the year of 2006 Scorcher won an Official Mixtape Award for best producer in 2009 and was also nominated for best Grime mixtape of 2010 4 5 2009 10 Concrete Jungle and Geffen Edit This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately Find sources Scorcher rapper news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Concrete Jungle is a 2009 debut album by Scorcher released independently The album is seen as a critical success in electronic music citation needed but a major disappointment to grime fans The albums has spawned two singles I Know and Lipsin Ting neither of which charted The albums has been widely anticipated by many in the grime scene but disappointed many in the scene It features collaborations with the likes of Wiley J2K and Wretch 32 The album was inspired by a short freestyle by Scorcher The third single from the album is Dark Knight His debut single It s My Time charted on the UK R amp B chart at number 38 When Geffen s MD left for Sony and the bigger artist moved to other labels within Universal Scorcher s deal was ended 2011 2014 Blue Colla and acting career Edit In 2011 Scorcher began an acting career and played the major role of Kamale in the 2011 Channel 4 drama Top Boy 6 Making the transition from music to acting hasn t really been that hard for me as you get used to performing its just performance in a different setting He described his character as sinister and an all out bad man and is working with other rappers such as Ashley Walters Kano and other first time actors He has also played a part in the movie Offender which was released on 24 December 2012 After being released from Geffen Records in 2011 Scorcher was signed to independent label Blue Colla Music in 2012 and his first single of the year It s All Love premiered on MistaJam s 1XTRA show on 3 March 2012 2015 present The Intent and return to music Edit In 2016 Scorcher signed to RU Listening Limited He Scorcher starred in the 2016 film The Intent in which he plays small time criminal called Hoodz who finds success in robbing stores and small businesses and finally catches the jackpot by attacking a big drug dealer for his stash of money and drugs 7 He played the role of Diesel in the film Road 2017 He returned to music in 2019 and released the singles Gargoyle Could Be Worse 9 Sandpit and was featured on the track Hunnids by Tizzy x Brandz In October 2019 Scorcher attended the Christian Louboutin Palace Nights Collection Launch 8 Discography EditStudio albums Edit 2009 Concrete JungleMixtapes Edit 2006 Simply The Best 2006 Tempo Specialists w The Movement 2007 Leader of the New School 2007 Thunder Power 2008 Simply The Best 2 2010 Jungle Book 2011 Audio Wave 2012 Simply The Best 3 2014 1 of 1 2016 Rocket x Scorcher EP w Rocket Guest appearances Edit Year Song Artists Album2006 Dealers also featuring Wretch 32 amp Ghetts Devlin Tales of the Crypt2006 Used To Be also featuring Ghetto amp Mercston Wretch 32 Learn From My Mixtape2006 Why s He Tryin It also featuring Skilla B Wretch 32 Learn From My Mixtape2006 Young Sammie also featuring Cell 22 amp Heady Wretch 32 Learn From My Mixtape2006 Sorry Remix also featuring P Nero Frisco Cell 22 amp Calibar Wretch 32 Learn From My Mixtape2006 16 Bar Rally also featuring Rage Esco Jammer amp God s Gift Wiley Tunnel Vision Volume 12006 Sometimes I also featuring Frisco Wiley Tunnel Vision Volume 12007 Big Love also featuring Big Narstie Bashy Chupa Chups Mixtape2007 The Youts also featuring Bashy Wretch 32 Teacher s Training Day2007 They Can t Like Us also featuring Calibar Wretch 32 Teacher s Training Day2007 Gully Flossing also featuring Bigz Danny B Calibar Heady Frisco amp Roman Wretch 32 Teacher s Training Day2007 Touching Music Wretch 32 Verses 3 And 2 Chapter2007 Testify Wretch 32 Verses 3 And 2 Chapter2007 Trying To Prevail Wretch 32 Verses 3 And 2 Chapter2007 DJ Tribute Wretch 32 Verses 3 And 2 Chapter2007 Flyboy also featuring Mercston amp Tinie Tempah Wiley Playtime is Over2007 U amp Me also featuring Wretch 32 Ghetto Ghetto Gospel2007 Biker s Anthem Ghetto Ghetto Gospel2007 Freestyle S K I T Z Beats In The Zone2008 Hustle Hard also featuring Slix Lightnin Young and Gifted2008 5AM Wiley See Clear Now2008 See Clear Now also featuring Kano Wiley See Clear Now2008 Chinese Whispers also featuring Chipmunk Wretch 32 Wretchrospective2008 Swaggalicious Wretch 32 Wretchrospective2008 Be Cool Remix also featuring Chipmunk Sway Bashy Wizzy Wow amp Tinie Tempah Wretch 32 For The Fun of It2009 Ransom also featuring Wretch 32 Bashy Catch Me If You Can2009 She Likes To Remix England Top 10 Wiley The Elusive2009 I m Not Alone Revolver The Lost Tape2009 Dark Knight Target Danny Weed Aim High The Revolution2010 Pass It Over Remix also featuring Ghetts G Frsh Wretch 32 amp Little Dee Sincere2011 Good As Gold Talay Riley Sergeant Smash2011 The City Remix Ed Sheeran 2013 Espanola Chica Lee Muldoon Espanola Chica2014 Wherever I Fall 2 0 also featuring Kid Bookie Richard Osborne Nothing Personal2016 M I L F Fergie Single2017 Yellow Bar RAII RAII Single2019 Hunnids Tizzy x Brandz Single2021 Make It Out also featuring Joe Black Rimzee amp Potter Payper Tion Wayne Green With EnvyFilmography EditFilm Edit Offender 2012 Essay The Intent 2016 Hoodz Road 2017 DieselTelevision Edit Top Boy 2011 Kamale season 1 You Don t Know Me 2021 SpooksPersonal life EditFollowing the Death of Mark Duggan by Police in 2011 which resulted in the 2011 England riots Scorcher revealed via Twitter that his grandmother was Cynthia Jarret a 49 year old Afro Caribbean woman who was killed by Police on 5 October 1985 during the search of her home 9 10 Together with the death of Cherry Groce the previous week which caused the 1985 Brixton riot her death is credited with being one of the main causes of the Broadwater Farm riot the following day 11 12 13 14 15 16 sic 25 years ago police killed my grandma in her house in Tottenham and the whole ends rioted 25 years on and they re still keepin up fuckry 17 Police R here 2 uphold the law amp protect us leadin by example so wen they stop upholdin the law its natural reaction 4 there 2 B lawlessness 18 Scorcher is a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur F C 19 Notes Edit Scorcher Leader of the New School Ukrecordshop com Retrieved 9 November 2012 Hancox Dan 12 August 2011 Rap responds to the riots They have to take us seriously The Guardian Retrieved 13 January 2014 a leading Tottenham MC Clark Martin 7 June 2006 The Month in Grime Dubstep Pitchfork Retrieved 13 January 2014 New Mixtape from OMA Best Producer Award Winner 2009 Scorcher Audio Wave Official Mixtape Awards Retrieved 13 January 2014 OMA Nominee Host Hustle G Frsh Kele Le Roc amp Scorcher Live G Shock East Sessions Official Mixtape Awards Retrieved 13 January 2014 Patterson Joseph Scorcher The Interview Video MTV UK Retrieved 13 January 2014 Bradshaw Peter 28 July 2016 The Intent review pulsating south London crime thriller via www theguardian com Wallis Day Spotted at Christian Louboutin Palace Nights Collection Launch Keith Tompson John Pilger 29 September 1988 Under Siege Racism and Violence in Britain Today 1st ed England Penguin Books ISBN 978 0140523911 Brain Dr Timothy 13 May 2010 A history of policing in England and Wales from 1974 a turbulent journey 1st ed New York Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0199218660 North London rappers on riots in their hometown The Voice London 8 August 2011 Retrieved 3 April 2019 Hancox Dan 12 August 2011 Rap responds to the riots They have to take us seriously The Guardian London Retrieved 3 April 2019 Hancox Dan 19 August 2011 Britain s summer of discontent simmers but what have we learned The National Abu Dhabi Retrieved 3 April 2019 Bramwell PhD Richard 2015 Conclusion UK hip hop grime and the city the aesthetics and ethics of London s rap scenes 1st ed Abingdon Routledge Advances in Ethnography p 144 ISBN 9781135085988 Retrieved 3 April 2019 Hancox Dan 18 February 2016 Party politics why grime defines the sound of protest in 2016 The Guardian London Retrieved 3 April 2019 Burtenshaw Ronan Flip Novar 20 May 2017 Grime for Corbyn Jacobin Magazine New York Retrieved 3 April 2019 Jarret Tayo 6 August 2011 25 years ago police killed my grandma in her house in Tottenham and the whole ends rioted 25 years on and they re still keepin up fuckry Twitter ScorchersLife Retrieved 3 April 2019 Jarret Tayo 7 August 2011 Police R here 2 uphold the law amp protect us leadin by example so wen they stop upholdin the law its natural reaction 4 there 2 B lawlessness Twitter ScorchersLife Retrieved 3 April 2019 Scorcher s Spurs rap for the FA Cup BBC Sport 8 January 2017 Retrieved 19 February 2021 External links EditScorcher at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Scorcher rapper amp oldid 1107727537, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
