Giggs is a British rapper who made his critically acclaimed solo album debut in 2008 with
Walk in da Park. Born Nathan Thompson in 1983 and hailing from Peckham, South London, he is affiliated with the group SN1 and is also known as Hollowman. His back story includes a two-year prison sentence for gun charges. Following numerous mixtape releases and a much-touted freestyle called "Talking the Hardest,"
Giggs made his full-length solo debut in 2008 with the independently released album
Walk in da Park. Later in the year, he won the 2008 BET Award for Best U.K. Act, beating out popular favorites
Dizzee Rascal and
Chipmunk. He subsequently signed a recording contract with XL Recordings and made preparations to release his major-label album debut,
Let Em Ave It, in 2010. Returning three years later,
Giggs released his follow-up, When Will It Stop, in 2013, which saw him working with the likes of
Ed Sheeran,
Anthony Hamilton, and
Styles P.
Giggs returned in 2016 with his critically lauded third studio album
Landlord, which reached number two on the U.K. Album Chart. After appearing on a pair of
Drake tracks in early 2017,
Giggs followed up with the
Wamp 2 Dem mixtape in October of that year. A handful of collaborations marked his 2018 output, with
Giggs featuring on tracks by Bebey,
Mr. Eazi, and
GASHI, before returning in early 2019 with his next solo full-length
Big Bad.... A mixtape,
Now or Never, appeared in November 2020 and featured
Jorja Smith,
A Boogie wit da Hoodie,
Kyze,
Aystar, and others. ~ Jason Birchmeier