KONAN RELEASES FREESTYLE ‘LAST NIGHT IN KINGSTON’ TODAY

By Rishma • On What is New

KREPT & KON­AN ANNOUNCE INTIM­ATE LIVE SHOW AT OUT­ER­NET LON­DON ON MARCH 6TH TO MARK THE RELEASE OF NEW STU­DIO ALBUM ‘YOUNG KINGZ II’

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New free­style Last Night In King­ston is the second teas­er from record-break­ing rap duo Krept and Konan’s upcom­ing album Young Kingz II. Con­tinu­ing their long-stand­ing tra­di­tion of releas­ing solo free­styles, this track fol­lows Krept’s recent Daily Duppy ‘New Snap City” fea­tur­ing Chip.

Last Night In King­ston serves as the sequel to Konan’s 2016 legendary free­style Last Night In LA. Fol­low­ing his trade­mark for­mula, the track draws inspir­a­tion from Konan’s recent vis­it to King­ston, Jamaica and is pro­duced by long-time col­lab­or­at­or Adot­Skitz. Lean­ing into Konan’s roots the free­style is accom­pan­ied by an offi­cial music video filmed between King­ston Jama­cia and Thornton Heath, South London.

Kon­an says; “I’ve been doing these kind of free­styles since I was a kid. Doing free­styles with choirs has become my ring entrance over the years, when I go away, I come back and this is my sig­na­ture, my stamp, to remind every­one who the best is!”

Set for release via their inde­pend­ent label, Play Dirty on the 7th Feb­ru­ary 2025, Young Kingz II marks Krept & Konan’s first album since top‑5 chart­ing Revenge Is Sweet, a pro­ject which cemen­ted their place in music his­tory as UK rap roy­alty and saw them become the first Brit­ish rap act to head­line the O2 Lon­don. It also fol­lows the duo’s equally ground-break­ing 2017 release of 7 DAYS and 7 NIGHTS, which saw them become the first act ever to have two mix­tapes sim­ul­tan­eously enter the Top 10 of the Offi­cial UK Albums chart, and their 2015 debut album The Long Way Home which deb­uted at no. 2 on The Offi­cial UK Albums Chart,  becom­ing the highest chart­ing Brit­ish Rap album in UK chart history.

With Young Kingz II, Krept & Kon­an are set to con­tin­ue their leg­acy and undis­puted rel­ev­ance in the Brit­ish music scene. Return­ing to their inde­pend­ent roots, they come full circle with the fol­low up to their 2013 released Young Kingz mix­tape which cata­pul­ted the duo into the Top 20 of The Offi­cial UK Albums Chart, earn­ing them a Guin­ness World Record for the highest chart­ing UK album by an unsigned act.

Young Kingz was pivotal in estab­lish­ing Krept & Kon­an as trail­blazers in the UK rap scene, kick­start­ing their repu­ta­tion for repeatedly break­ing records and con­sist­ently break­ing ground. With a broad-ran­ging rollcall of fea­tured artists, it her­al­ded their sig­na­ture approach to col­lab­or­a­tions of enlist­ing fledgling artists (such as a then little-known MC  Stormzy), along­side more estab­lished ones (George The Poet, Chip, Tine Tem­pah and Giggs). It also saw Krept & Kon­an gain trac­tion across the Atlantic with US rap­pers French Montana, Chinx Drugz, Lil Durk step­ping up on the remix of the mixtape’s second single release, “Don’t Waste My Time”, and garnered them a BET Award (Best Inter­na­tion­al Act) and MOBO Award (Best Hip-Hop Act).

‘Young Kingz II’ is poised to be yet anoth­er mile­stone in Krept & Kon­an’s unstop­pable career. As unapo­lo­get­ic pion­eers in UK hip-hop, they con­tin­ue to push bound­ar­ies and set new bench­marks in Brit­ish music.

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Rishma

Edit­or / PR Con­sult­ant at No Bounds
Rishma Dhali­w­al has extens­ive exper­i­ence study­ing and work­ing in the music and media industry. Hav­ing writ­ten a thes­is on how Hip Hop acts as a social move­ment, she has spent years research­ing and con­nect­ing with artists who use the art form as a tool for bring­ing a voice to the voiceless.

About Rishma

Rishma Dhaliwal has extensive experience studying and working in the music and media industry. Having written a thesis on how Hip Hop acts as a social movement, she has spent years researching and connecting with artists who use the art form as a tool for bringing a voice to the voiceless.