Antix (rapper)

Born in London, Antix grew up living in the UK, France, Jordan and the United States. His early musical influences came from his diverse upbringing, as well as hip-hop artists of the early 1990s onwards such as Nas, 2Pac, the Wu-Tang Clan, Eminem, and Outkast.{{cite web|url=http://spindlemagazine.com/2014/02/introducing-antix/ |title=Introducing Antix |work=Spindle Magazine |access-date=3 February 2014}} Antix lost his mother to cancer at the age of seventeen and is now an ambassador for the Rarer Cancer Foundation.{{cite web |url=http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/leisure/interviews/9865374.Freetime_chats_to_Wycombe_s_hip_hop_star_Antix/ |title=Freetime Interviews |publisher=Bucks Free Press |access-date=11 August 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140416141842/http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/leisure/interviews/9865374.Freetime_chats_to_Wycombe_s_hip_hop_star_Antix/ |archive-date=16 April 2014 |url-status=live }}

His debut studio album, Flammable Grammar was released during 2010. Pandora Radio in the United States gave regular circulation to the album and in particular the track 'Hands Up'.{{cite web|url=http://www.pandora.com/antix-hip-hop/flammable-grammar-explicit/hands-up |title=Antix – Hands Up |publisher=Pandora Radio |access-date=1 January 2011}} Antix played a number of high-profile shows in Los Angeles such as Hollywood's Whisky a Go Go, performing with artists such as Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Tha Dogg Pound.{{cite web|url=http://www.ukhh.com/event/antix-skillet-shan/ |title=Antix-Skillet-Shan |publisher=UKHH |access-date=19 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417032830/http://www.ukhh.com/event/antix-skillet-shan/ |archivedate=17 April 2014 }}

In 2013, Antix released 'You're Crazy (2012)' as the lead single from his second studio album Question Everything.{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/robert-bradley/welcome-back-rare-warm-fuzzy-feeling_b_3644353.html |title=Welcome Back, Rare Warm Fuzzy Feeling |work=Huffington Post |access-date=24 July 2013}} The track saw commercial success, reaching No.17 on the UK Music Week Urban Charts.{{cite web|url=http://www.music-house.co.uk/soulfood/news_article.html?newsitem_id=2600|title=Music Week Urban Chart (Aug-2013) |publisher=Soulfood Music |access-date=22 August 2013}} The song, which sampled White Town's 1997 hit "Your Woman", also received airplay on BBC Introducing{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00cv4f9 |title=BBC Introducing |publisher=BBC}} and was performed on BalconyTV.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFnfl9EiiW4 |title=Antix – You're Crazy |publisher=BalconyTV |access-date=14 September 2013}} MTV named Antix as a shortlist nominee for MTV Brand New 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.thelifeofstuff.com/index.php/new-release-antix-bad-dreams/ |title=New Release: Antix – Bad Dreams |publisher=The Life of Stuff |access-date=17 February 2014}}

In February 2014, Antix entered the Music Week Urban Charts again, in the top ten, with 'Bad Dreams'.{{cite web |url=http://www.music-house.co.uk/soulfood/news_article.html?newsitem_id=2687 |title=Music Week Urban Chart (Feb-2014) |publisher=Soulfood Music |access-date=13 February 2014 |archive-date=16 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416192027/http://www.music-house.co.uk/soulfood/news_article.html?newsitem_id=2687 |url-status=dead }} Antix was a featured artist on VEVO with this and his next releases 'Smile'{{cite web |url=http://music-house.co.uk/soulfood/news_article.html?newsitem_id=2700 |title=Music Week Urban Chart (Apr-2014) |publisher=Soulfood Music |access-date=3 April 2014 |archive-date=16 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416182045/http://music-house.co.uk/soulfood/news_article.html?newsitem_id=2700 |url-status=dead }} and 'Breathless', the latter which also saw support from Record of the Day and Tom Robinson's Fresh on the Net.{{cite web|url=http://www.recordoftheday.com/record-of-the-day/2014-08-18/breathless2014 |title=Record of the Day – Antix/Breathless |publisher=Record of the Day |access-date=18 August 2014}} His next release 'Come Home' in 2015 was chosen as the BBC Introducing Track of the Week with BBC Three Counties Radio and saw additional support from the likes of Clash Music and Red Bull Music. Antix was also added to the Field Day 2015 line-up, alongside the likes of FKA Twigs, Django Django and Chet Faker,{{cite web |url=http://www.tradiio.com/blog/tradiio-x-field-day-first-artists-announced |title=Tradiio – Antix |publisher=Tradiio |access-date=10 April 2015 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20150426003046/http://www.tradiio.com/blog/tradiio-x-field-day-first-artists-announced |archive-date=26 April 2015 |url-status=usurped }} and saw support from publications such as the Huffington Post for his 'Afshin's Song' project.{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/cohan-chew/afshins-song-antix-politi_b_7770894.html |title='Afshin's Song' – Antix Political Antics |work=Huffington Post |access-date=13 July 2015}} The 'Afshin's Song' project was funded through the PledgeMusic platform.

In June 2021 Antix sent out an email containing links to his final album 'Everything's Alright.' Available on Spotify, Amazon, Apple Music, and Tidal, the album focuses on love, religion, politics, life and failed plans, unexpected successes, and Antix's exit from rap as a whole.

;Singles

• 2017: When It Falls
• 2015: Is It Too Late For Us? (Spoken Word)
• 2015: Afshin's Song
• 2015: Come Home
• 2014: Breathless
• 2014: Smile
• 2014: Bad Dreams
• 2013: You're Crazy

;Albums

• 2021: Everything's Alright
• 2012: Question Everything
• 2010: Flammable Grammar

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• {{Official website|http://www.antixofficial.com}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20140419210124/http://spindle.com/ Antix Interview – Spindle Magazine]

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