LITTLE SIMZ

Simbiatu "Simbi" Abisola Abiola Ajikawo, known by her stage name Little Simz, is a British rapper and actress born on 23 February 1994. She gained recognition through the independent release of her first three albums: A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons (2015), Stillness in Wonderland (2016), and Grey Area (2019). Grey Area was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize and won awards for Best Album at the Ivor Novello Awards and the NME Awards. Her fourth album, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (2021), received widespread critical acclaim and was considered by several publications as the best album of 2021; it won the 2022 Mercury Prize, the Brit Award for Best New Artist, and the Libera Award for Best Hip-Hop/Rap Record. Her fifth album, No Thank You (2022), was also critically well received. In 2024, she featured on Coldplay's single "We Pray," alongside Burna Boy, Elyanna, and Tini. Her sixth studio album, Lotus, was released on 6 June 2025. Outside her music career, Ajikawo has starred in the Netflix series Top Boy and appeared as herself in the film Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021).