Loyle Carner

Benjamin Gerard Coyle-Larner{{Cite web|last1=Conrad|first1=Anna|url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/loyle-carner-ottolenghi-interview|title=Loyle Carner talks Ottolenghi on GQ's first digital cover|work=British GQ|date=10 December 2018|access-date=25 September 2020}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/apr/21/loyle-carner-i-was-raised-by-women-talk-about-feelings-every-day-not-waving-but-drowning|title=Loyle Carner: 'I was raised by women – they talked about feelings every day'|first=Tim|last=Lewis|date=21 April 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=20 August 2020}} was born on 6 October 1994 in Lambeth, South London.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/features/loyle-carner-owned-2017-yesterdays-gone-2166345|title=Loyle Carner: How the London rapper totally owned 2017|work=NME|date=1 December 2017|access-date=20 August 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/music/loyle-carner-house-of-vans-free-tickets-london-new-album-a4109401.html|title=Loyle Carner will play a free London gig to launch his new album|date=4 April 2019|work=Evening Standard}} He and his younger brother, Ryan, were raised in South Croydon by his mother, Jean, a teacher of children with learning difficulties, and his stepfather, Nik.{{Cite web|last1=Nayler|first1=Sophie|url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/14437589.croydon-rapper-loyle-carner-following-in-the-footsteps-of-bastille-and-clean-bandit-at-leefest/|title=Croydon rapper Loyle Carner – following in the footsteps of Bastille and Clean Bandit at LeeFest|work=Croydon Guardian|date=19 April 2016|access-date=4 February 2021}}{{cite news|last1=Famurewa|first1=Jimi|title=Loyle Carner: It was drilled into me from a young age that music had to have a story|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/loyle-carner-it-was-drilled-into-me-from-a-young-age-that-music-had-to-have-a-story-a3433156.html|access-date=7 January 2017|work=Evening Standard|date=5 January 2017}} He has contact with his biological father, Robert Nicholas Junior Carter, who is of Guyanese descent. Carner is mixed race.{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Patrick|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/loyle-carner-interview-therapper-dreams-shakespeare/|title=Loyle Carner interview: the Mercury Award-nominated rapper who dreams about Shakespeare|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=7 September 2017|access-date=20 August 2020}} His stage name is a spoonerism of his double-barrelled surname as well as a reference to his childhood struggle with his ADHD and dyslexia diagnoses.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/features/loyle-carner-south-london-rappers-album-may-tears-1949521|title=Loyle Carner: Why the South London rapper's album may have you in tears|first=Leonie|last=Cooper|date=18 January 2017|work=NME|access-date=17 August 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/adhd-isnt-my-disorder-its-more-like-my-superpower/ |title=ADHD Isn't My Disorder, It's More Like My Superpower |last=Bassil |first=Ryan |date=20 May 2016 |website=Noisey |publisher=Vice |access-date=2 October 2019}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/17/loyle-carner-life-on-a-plate-adhd-cooking-meditation-ottolenghi |title=Loyle Carner: 'I grew up with ADHD, and for me cooking is close to meditation' |last=Hind |first=John |date=17 November 2018 |work=The Guardian |access-date=2 October 2019}}

At the age of 13, Carner had a small role in the 2008 film 10,000 BC.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/a66479e7-25a5-49c8-90a8-d7a188e1a905|title=How you already knew Saturday's stellar lineup from film and TV|publisher=BBC Music|access-date=20 August 2020}} He started his secondary education at Whitgift School in South Croydon, having secured a scholarship, and moved on to study at the Brit School, and began studying for an acting degree at the Drama Centre.{{cite web|last1=Brown|first1=Helen|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/loyle-carner-interview-not-waving-but-drowning-adhd-jay-z-a8866901.html|title=Loyle Carner interview: 'I'd rather have a real life than lots of girls and drugs'|work=The Independent|date=13 April 2019|access-date=19 August 2020}} In 2014, he dropped out of the Drama Centre after his stepfather died of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), deciding to focus on his music.

Carner played his first official gig at The Button Factory in Dublin, Ireland in October 2012 supporting rapper MF Doom.{{cite web|title=Loyle Carner Interviewed: 'Grime Changed my Life'|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/loyle-carner-interviewed-grime-changed-my-life|work=NME|date=7 January 2015|access-date=12 November 2015}} He released his first extended play in September 2014, titled A Little Late, which was well received by music critics. Loyle Carner supported American rapper Joey Badass on his UK tour and went on to play the 2015 UK festival season, including Glastonbury Festival.{{cite news|title=Loyle Carner shares his family strife to create awkwardly confessional hip-hop|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/03/loyle-carner-shares-his-family-strife-to-create-awkwardly-confessional-hip-hop|work=The Guardian|access-date=12 November 2015|date=3 September 2015|last1=Mokoena|first1=Tshepo}}{{cite web|last1=Hillyard|first1=Kim|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/interviews/interview-loyle-carner-ones-to-watch-2016|title=Twenty-year-old Ben Coyle-Larner has been rapping and freestyling since he was ten; re-christened Loyle Carner, he's set to lead a new wave of inventive and self-aware British hip hop forward.|website=The Line of Best Fit|date=3 December 2015|access-date=21 August 2020}} He played on Huw Stephens' BBC Radio 1 show as part of their Piano Sessions series in October of that year.{{cite web|title=Loyle Carner – Heard 'Em Say (Radio 1 Piano Session, 17 Oct 2015)|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p034p0c8|publisher=BBC Radio 1|access-date=12 November 2015}} Carner was included in the BBC's Sound of 2016 list.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/34900634/sound-of-2016-all-about-the-music-stars-youll-be-loving-in-2016|title=Sound Of 2016: All about the music stars you'll be loving in 2016|publisher=BBC|date=30 November 2015|access-date=23 April 2020|first=Sinead|last=Garvan}} In August 2016, he supported American rapper Nas in his show at the O2 Academy Bristol.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife/review-mercury-prize-nominated-loyle-583616|title=Review: Loyle Carner shows why he's so highly regarded at Bristol's O2 Academy|first=Robin|last=Murray|date=5 October 2017|work=Bristol Post}} Later in the year, he collaborated with poet Kae Tempest for a performance.{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/personality-clash-kate-tempest-x-loyle-carner|title=Personality Clash: [Kae] Tempest x Loyle Carner|work=Clash|date=5 October 2016|access-date=21 August 2020}}

Carner's debut album, entitled Yesterday's Gone, was released on 20 January 2017.{{cite news|last1=Bingham|first1=Jaguar|title=Loyle Carner is dropping his debut album|url=http://mixmag.net/read/loyle-carner-is-dropping-his-debut-album-news|access-date=20 November 2016|work=Mixmag|date=19 November 2016}} It garnered acclaim from music critics,{{cite web|last1=Maher|first1=Amelia|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/interviews/loyle-carner-to-thine-own-self-be-true|title=Loyle Carner: To Thine Own Self Be True|website=The Line of Best Fit|date=19 April 2019|access-date=25 September 2020}} with The Independent naming it the album of the year.{{cite web|last1=Shepherd|first1=Jack|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/loyle-carner-bbc-radio-1-live-lounge-kanye-west-cover-kendrick-lamar-a8212306.html|title=Loyle Carner pulls out of BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge performance|work=The Independent|date=15 February 2018|access-date=19 August 2020}} The album was nominated for the 2017 Mercury Prize, which was won by Sampha for Process.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/2017/09/14/sampha-winner-2017-mercury-prize|title=Sampha Has Won The 2017 Mercury Prize|website=The Fader|first=Aimee|last=Cliff|date=14 September 2017|access-date=10 October 2017}} In 2018, he received two respective Brit Award nominations for British Breakthrough Act and British Male Solo Artist.{{cite web|last1=Nerssessian|first1=Joe|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/loyle-carner-celebrates-brit-nominations-by-taking-his-mother-to-the-football-36485403.html|title=Loyle Carner celebrates Brit nominations by taking his mother to the football|work=Irish Independent|date=13 January 2018|access-date=20 August 2020}} He was scheduled to perform on BBC Radio 1 in February 2018 but cancelled due to a disagreement over cover song choices. Loyle Carner's second album, Not Waving, but Drowning, was released on 19 April 2019.{{cite web|last1=Hilton|first1=Robin|last2=Madden|first2=Sidney|last3=Thompson|first3=Stephen|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2019/04/19/714781967/new-music-friday-our-top-6-albums-out-april-19|title=New Music Friday: Our Top 6 Albums Out April 19|publisher=NPR|date=19 April 2019|access-date=20 August 2020}} On 30 June, he performed as part of the year's Glastonbury Festival on its Other Stage, marking his second appearance after playing the John Peel Stage the year before.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/glastonbury-2019-loyle-carner-i-hate-boris-johnson-shirt-stormzy-video-a8981681.html|title=Loyle Carner wears 'I Hate Boris' T-shirt for Glastonbury performance|date=30 June 2019|work=The Independent|last=O'Connor|first=Roisin|access-date=20 August 2020}} The song "Angel" was listed as part of the FIFA 20 soundtrack playlist.{{cite web|url=https://www.ea.com/games/fifa/fifa-20/news/fifa-20-soundtrack-volta-football?cid=60103&ts=1578469147408|title=FIFA 20 Soundtrack, featuring Major Lazer, Diplo, Skepta|date=13 September 2019|publisher=EA Sports|access-date=20 August 2020}} In 2020, Carner and his brother co-directed a music video for the song "Eugene" by Arlo Parks.{{cite web|last1=Renshaw|first1=David|url=https://www.thefader.com/2020/02/12/arlo-parks-eugene-video|title=Arlo Parks battles complicated feelings and a broken bed in her 'Eugene' video|work=The Fader|date=12 February 2020|access-date=20 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127202311/https://www.thefader.com/2020/02/12/arlo-parks-eugene-video|archive-date=27 January 2021|url-status=live}}

Carner employs a "languid" style of rapping. His sound has been described as "confessional hip-hop", "introspective", "jazz-infused", as well as "sensitive and eloquent". He cites American hip hop and grime music as musical influences.{{cite web|last1=Renshaw|first1=David|url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/05/29/loyle-carner-field-day-interview|title=Loyle Carner: 'Because I Was Dyslexic, I Was Always Told I Shouldn't Write'|website=The Fader|date=29 May 2018|access-date=24 September 2020}}{{cite web|last1=Weiss|first1=Haley|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/loyle-carner-1|title=Loyle Carner|work=Interview|date=17 May 2017|access-date=24 September 2020}} He also regards American poet Langston Hughes and British writer Benjamin Zephaniah as inspirations.{{cite web|last1=Amin|first1=Ruhi Parman|url=https://indie-mag.com/2019/04/loyle-carner-rap-responsibility-youth/|title=Loyle Carner on food, fame and rewriting the rhetoric of rap|work=INDIE Magazine|date=1 April 2019|access-date=24 September 2020}}

As of January 2017, Carner lived in Croydon, South London with his mother and brother. He has one son (born late 2020) and one daughter (born 2024).{{Cite news |date=2022-07-19 |title=Loyle Carner: 'There's a whole other side to me that's darker'|first=Alex|last=Mistlin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jul/19/loyle-carner-coyle-larner-hate-hip-hop |access-date=2022-10-27 |newspaper=The Guardian |language=en}} He loves to cook and also runs a cooking school for children with ADHD called Chilli Con Carner.{{cite web|last1=Garvan|first1=Sinead|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/37175399/meet-rapper-loyle-carner-who-helps-teenagers-with-adhd-through-cookery-classes|title=Meet rapper Loyle Carner, who helps teenagers with ADHD through cookery classes|website=BBC Online|date=26 August 2018|access-date=19 August 2020}}{{cite web|last1=Cumming|first1=Ed|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/aug/21/rappers-delight-how-musician-loyle-carner-is-teaching-kids-to-cook|title=Rapper's delight: how musician Loyle Carner is teaching kids to cook|work=The Guardian|date=21 August 2016|access-date=19 August 2020}} He has titled songs after chefs Yotam Ottolenghi and Antonio Carluccio. Carner has nut and sesame allergies. In 2018, he appeared in a film for a project by the charity organisation Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), which aims to prevent male suicide.{{cite web|last1=Day|first1=Laurence|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/loyle-carner-stars-in-new-film-for-calms-best-man-project|title=Loyle Carner stars in new film for CALM's Best Man Project|website=The Line of Best Fit|date=12 March 2018|access-date=25 September 2020}} The following year, he curated an art exhibition and donated its proceeds to CALM.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-london-48041044|title=The hip-hop artist tackling male suicide|publisher=BBC News|date=24 April 2019|access-date=25 September 2020}}

Carner is a supporter of Liverpool F.C.{{cite web|last1=Barrie|first1=Thomas|url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/sport/article/loyle-carner-liverpool-interview-2020|title=Liverpool fan Loyle Carner on the title run-in: 'Until it happens, I can't think about celebrating'|work=British GQ|date=20 June 2020|access-date=19 August 2020}} As a tribute to his stepfather, who idolised Eric Cantona and was a passionate Manchester United F.C. supporter, Carner released a song titled "Cantona". He also named his 2016 tour after Cantona, and has worn his stepfather's Cantona shirt during concerts.{{Cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/music/loyle-carner-tour-review-charming-hero-of-hip-hop-lets-his-music-do-the-talking-a3470886.html|title=Loyle Carner, review: Charming hero of hip hop lets his music do the talking|date=20 February 2017|work=Evening Standard|first=Matilda|last=Egere-Cooper}} Carner used samples of songs written and performed by his stepfather alongside Misure La VerT for Yesterday's Gone{{'}}s hidden title track, which concludes the album.{{cite web |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |title=Loyle Carner: Yesterday's Gone review – melancholy vignettes for rainy afternoons |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/19/loyle-carner-yesterdays-gone-review-rap |work=The Guardian |access-date=5 January 2019 |date=19 January 2017}}

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