AjForty7, Scotland On Sunday, 19 January 2025
AjForty7 | Dragon Soop Artist of the Week in Scotland On Sunday, 19 January 2025
Serial collaborator AjForty7 is planning to step things up this year with a “snowball of singles”, write Derick Mackinnon and Olaf Furniss read Scotsman.com
We first saw AjForty7 at the Pitch hip-hop showcase where he put in a high-energy performance which was reciprocated by the audience. Hailing from Clydebank, his debut single Tien Shan in 2020 was a brooding calling card reminiscent of Edinburgh pioneers, Penpushers, a generation earlier. It mocked Scottish rappers who feign English accents, and set out AjForty7’s lyrical stall, which draws on personal experience from his early life up to the present day.
A serial collaborator, he has worked with numerous people in Scotland’s scene, including Eugene, Sherlock and McRoy, as well as producers Kid Robotik and Koren. Further afield, he had garnered overseas airplay and built his international connections, thanks to support slots for well-established acts such as ONYX, Dezzie and Australia’s Complete.
This year will see AjForty7, who is an occasional model and is studying bricklaying part-time, plans to step things up with what he describes as a “snowball of singles” which will be released in physical formats at the end of the year. In the meantime, regular visits to London are being lined up, as well as a showcase at FOCUSWales in May. He’s also part of the innovative Lab Raps project from The Glasgow Barons. The Scottish hip-hop community joined forces with award-winning musicians from classical, jazz and folk worlds - the results is an eclectic, ground-breaking 12-track album released on 28 February 2025 https://ajforty7.com/
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