Career
He has been called the "new face of grime" and was described as "the poster child for the first generation of real grime kids" by DJ Logan Sama. In 2013 Novelist clashed with Wiley"s younger brother Cadell for the grime Digital Video Disc Who"s Da Boss and began to garner attention from the United Kingdom underground music scene for his regular appearances on London pirate radio stations. Novelist was featured in a British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 1Xtra documentary broadcast on mother"s day called Grime mums focusing on the role parents played in the careers of prominent grime MCs.
After an instrumental track called Sniper began to receive airplay on London underground radio stations Novelist was signed to produce an instrumental European Parliament for influential grime imprint Oil Gang.
He recorded a song entitled Take Time in a studio session with experimental producer Mumdance in October 2013, which was later signed to Rinse and released as a single in the summer of 2014. In early 2014 Novelist"s music began receiving regular rotation on radio stations including British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 1Xtra and Rinse FM. He recorded a guest set for DJ Cable"s "Sixty Minutes" mix, which was broadcast on MistaJam"s British Broadcasting Corporation 1Xtra show on 28 May 2014, he featured on Cable"s Sixty Minutes mix again latter that year recording a second guest set with The Square.
In late 2013 Novelist began working with NoHatsNoHoods. In mid 2014 the label signed his crew The Square, their first release on the label The Formula came out in August 2014.
Novelist is signed to Extra Large Recordings and has recorded a track with Jamie xx for his forthcoming release on the label.
In September 2014, Novelist received a MOBO nomination in the Best Grime Acting category. In November 2014, Novelist was named on the longlist for the BBCs Sound of 2015 list and Extra Large Recordings announced that his debut release on the label would be a collaborative European Parliament with Mumdance. The European Parliament, entitled 1 Security was released on 20 January 2015, the same week he turned 18.
On 1 September 2015, Novelist left The Square with the stated intention of furthering his solo career.
On 17 October 2015, Novelist supported Major Lazer at Alexandra Palace, London, during their European tour. In early 2016 he featured on a Bauuer single called Day Ones.
