Swarmz

Brandon Scott (born 11 September 1996), known professionally as Swarmz, is a British rapper, singer and former semi-professional footballer from Greenwich, London.

Swarmz
Scott on Mixtape Madness in 2018
Background information
Birth name	Brandon Scott[1]
Born	11 September 1996 (1996-09-11) (age 23) Greenwich, London, England[2]
Genres	British hip hop Afroswing[3]
Occupation(s)	Rapper Singer
Years active	2017–present
Labels	Virgin Records
Associated acts	Aitch KSI Tion Wayne Cadet Deno

Early and personal life

Scott was born in Greenwich, South East London. He is of Jamaican and Bajan descent.[4] During his childhood, Scott was heavily inspired by the music his family was listening to, including a variety of Jamaican artists. By the time he was attending school, he and his friends had started rapping.[2]

On 24 May 2020, Scott was involved in a car crash near London's Trafalgar Square. A Ferrari 488 rented for a music video shoot crashed into a London bus on Northumberland Avenue. After the crash, he posted videos of the smashed car onto his Instagram account. No injuries were sustained and no arrests were made.[5]

Football career

During his teenage years, Scott was a talented footballer and played for the youth academies of Fulham, Charlton Athletic and Southend United. While at Southend, he had a short loan spell at National League South club East Thurrock United.[6] He was then released by Southend in 2016. After being released, Scott signed for Isthmian League side Cray Wanderers. In 2017, Scott signed for National League South club Whitehawk.[6] In 2018, he quit football to pursue his music career even further.[7]

Music career

Scott started making music as a hobby alongside his youth football career. He originally started making freestyles on Soundcloud, where he went by the name Swarmzy-B, which he later shortened to Swarmz when he started making music professionally. He released his first video, titled "Money" in 2017 which picked up over 200k views on YouTube. He then released another single, titled "Murda" in early 2018.[7] His breakthrough single, "Lyca", was released later that year. After the single went viral, he was signed to Virgin Records.[2]

In 2020, Scott featured alongside Tion Wayne in KSI's single "Houdini", which reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart.[8]

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		UK[9]
"Lyca"	2018	55	Non-album single
"Motorola" (with Da Beatfreaks and Deno)	2019	32	Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		UK[9]		"Drive By" (Tion Wayne featuring Swarmz)	2019	57	Non-album single
"Houdini" (KSI featuring Tion Wayne and Swarmz)	2020	6	Dissimulation
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

1. "10 Questions With Swarmz". Hunger TV. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
2. "Swarmz | Biography & History". AllMusic.
3. "Swarmz Links Up with Conducta to Cop Wavey Football Shirts in the Latest Episode of 'The Jersey Store'". Complex. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
4. "SWARMZ talks his new single 'Bally', The success of 'Lyca' and His upcoming EP". LDNRBS via YouTube. 30 January 2019.
5. "Rapper Swarmz 'involved in £250,000 Ferrari crash with London bus'". Sky News. 25 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
6. Whitney, Steve (21 September 2017). "Whitehawk Bring In Cray Winger". The National League.
7. "Swarmz Interview: Cadet's Impact, Quitting Football for Music, Bally Chart Success and More". Amarudontv via YouTube. 20 March 2019.
8. "SWARMZ | full Official Chart History". Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
9. "Official Charts: Swarmz". Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2020.