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Also known as Oakley Neil H T Caesar-Su, Oakley Neil H. T. Caesar-Su

British rapper (born 1998)

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Central Cee, born Oakley Neil H T Caesar in Shepherd's Bush, is a British rapper, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional work in 2014 and is a citizen of the United Kingdom. His musical output spans UK drill, UK rap, trap music, pop rap, grime, and hip hop. He is signed to Columbia Records and performs primarily in British English.

The artist is a follower of Islam and supports Chelsea F.C. His music has accumulated over 5 million social media followers and more than 60 million plays on Last.fm. Central Cee has released five works and is referenced by 310 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 29 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
England
Active from
1998
2020sgrimehip hoptrapuk drill

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,342,707
Total plays
60,819,905

Tags

rapdrillHip-Hophip hopUK Drill

Oakley Neil H T "Cench" Caesar-Su (born 4 June 1998), known professionally as Central Cee, is a British rapper and songwriter from Shepherd's Bush, London. He saw success in 2020 with the release of the singles "Day in the Life" and "Loading". His first mixtape Wild West was released on 12 March 2021, which debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart. His second mixtape 23 was released on 25 February 2022 and debuted atop the UK Albums Chart. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Central+Cee">Read

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Key facts

Also known as
Cench
Born
Oakley Neil Caesar-Su , ( 1998-06-04 ) 4 June 1998 (age 28) , Ladbroke Grove , London, England
Origin
Shepherd's Bush , London, England
Genres
UK rap trap UK drill
Occupations
Rapper singer songwriter
Works
Discography
Years active
2014–present
Labels
CC4L Columbia (current) Live Yours ADA (former)
Website
centralcee .com

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Neil
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Shepherd's Bush
Occupation
songwriter
Languages spoken
British English
Religion
Islam
Genre
pop rap
Instrument
voice
Record label
Columbia Records
Official website
centralcee.com
Image
Central cee-5.jpg
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date of birth
1998-06-04
social media followers
5700000
start of work period
2014-00-00
Commons category
Central Cee
birth name
Oakley Neil H T Caesar
supported sports team
Chelsea F.C.
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Encyclopedic overview

Oakley Neil Caesar-Su (born 4 June 1998), known professionally as Central Cee, is a British rapper from Shepherd's Bush, London. Regarded as a leading figure in UK rap, he rose to prominence in 2020 with the release of his drill singles "Day in the Life" and "Loading". His first mixtape, Wild West (2021), debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, while his second, 23 (2022), debuted atop the chart.

Central Cee achieved further success with his 2022 single "Doja", which peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and became the then-most-streamed UK rap song on Spotify. In June 2023, he released the single "Sprinter" (with Dave), which became his first UK number-one single and preceded their collaborative EP, Split Decision (2023). The song also became the longest-running number-one rap song in the UK, holding the position for 10 weeks. In April 2024, it became the most streamed UK rap song ever, surpassing "Doja". That May, Central Cee released the single "Band4Band" with Lil Baby, which became the highest charting UK rap single in Billboard Hot 100 history, reaching number 18, as well as reaching number 3 in his home country.

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