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About Young Fathers
Young Fathers are a Scottish progressive hip-hop group formed in Edinburgh in 2008. Their second EP, Tape Two, was released in 2013 and won the Scottish Album of the Year Award. In 2014, they received the Mercury Prize for their debut album Dead. Their second album, White Men Are Black Men Too, followed in 2015. The third album, Cocoa Sugar, was released in 2018 and peaked at number 28 on the UK Albums Chart; it also earned the band their second Scottish Album of the Year Award. Their fourth album, Heavy Heavy, was released in 2023 and earned their third Scottish Album of the Year Award. The band composed the soundtrack for the 2025 horror film 28 Years Later.
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