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Karl 鈥楰onan鈥� Wilson & Casyo 鈥楰rept鈥� Johnson are often referred to as Play Dirty and better known as Krept & Konan, the English Rap duo from South London.

The pair, from neighbouring London boroughs, attended different secondary schools however through mutual friends they became acquainted and as their friendship grew, so did their interest and talent in music which resulted in the release of their first mixtape 鈥淩ed Rum鈥� under their artist names 鈥淜rept & Konan鈥� in 2009. Filmed freestyles were uploaded to new urban website, 鈥淪BTV鈥� by Jamal Edwards and over the following two years, Krept, Konan and Jamal continued to release footage via the music site, resulting in an ever-growing fan base.

Their notorious freestyle cover of Jay-Z & Kanye West鈥檚 鈥淥tis鈥� gained 3 million views within one day resulting in Skepta asking Krept & Konan to join him on his sell out UK tour and coverage across news sites and music blogs throughout the world.聽

In early 2013 Krept & Konan released a string of mainstream club hits including 鈥淏oy Better Play Dirty鈥�, alongside Grime heavyweight JME from Boy Better Know, and club track 鈥淣umb鈥�, both of which saw the duo achieve playlist success from MTV, 大象传媒 Radio 1Xtra, Choice FM and Kiss TV. In September 2013 the 鈥榊oung Kingz鈥� mixtape was released featuring Tinie Tempah, Chip, Giggs, Fekky and G FrSH and with no national radio or TV playlisting, no label backing and promotion care of their social networks, Krept & Konan independently charted the mixtape in the top 20 Official Album Chart.聽