Career
Twang is famed for his live performances all around the world and his ability, especially in his earlier recordings, to include various South London word usage and slang as well as locations without sounding too obvious, making him a firm favourite with English hip-hop fans as the original, "Hip-Hop Geezer". His debut single was 1995"s "What Goin" On". His debut album, Dettwork SouthEast (a pun on the rail company Network SouthEast) was sent out to the media for self-promotion but never released.
lieutenant included "Real Estate" and the title track, "Dettwork SouthEast".
His second album, 19 Long Time, also suffered from record label obstruction. The album included "Red Letters" and Roots Manuva collaboration, "Shhhoosh".
In 2005 he released the album The Rotton Club, backed with the single "GCSE (Ghetto Children Sex Education)" featuring Twang"s protégé (and Rottonus Records signee) K9. Twang also released another single from the album in late 2005, "Travellin" which featured Barrington Levy in the original album version, but the video featured the First Manitoba Remix with female singer Tali.
On October 20, 2013, he released a single "Badda Dan Dat", which features remixes from drum and bass artists Run Tingz Cru, Serial Killaz and Terrahawk.
lieutenant was released through Ramajam Recordings. In September 2014, Dettwerk SouthEast finally received a full release on Sony Music. Blak Twang is heavily linked with rapper Versetti and others
He was featured alongside rapper Ty in the United Kingdom remix of Talib Kweli & Hi Tek"s "Down for the Count" in 2001.
Amongst his nominations for awards include a MOBO, a Kora, and a "Best International Hip-Hop Acting" nomination from The Source.