PHREEDA SHARP – nicknamed ‘Sharp Shooter’ for her impressively rapidfire flow - is a French-Ghanaian 24 year old female rapper living in Hackney. Born and raised in Ghana, Phreeda began singing at 13 and fell in love with Hip Hop when she first discovered The Roots, Jay Z and Missy Elliott. Phreeda moved into rap when her brother formed a hip hop crew and wanted a female presence. She wrote a verse, delivered it… and lil’ sis was up and running.

She has since been developing her own sound and style as a solo artist and launched a series of online viral videos she calls “rap spills”. The videos to Bad Jane and Loose Cannon have caught the attention of fans and a growing clutch of producers, club DJ s, bloggers etc – and she is currently working on more tracks ready for a debut release early this year.

Her striking image, raw antagonistic yet playful sound actively promotes female empowerment which gives this innovative up and coming star an edge that sets her apart from the rest.

She describes her music as “pieces of me that happen to rhyme” and says, “I really just want to pull together a collection of songs that will make people feel powerful and almost invisible when they listen to it. I want to inject energy and ferocity into whoever is listening so when they come away from my gig or from listening to my track, they feel alive, brand new!”

As comfortable performing on stage with just an acoustic guitar or acapella, as with her all girl live band, Phreeda’s feminine assassin-like aesthetic and penchant for rapping about the opposite sex in the same manner male rappers often do about their female counterparts, is quickly becoming one of the most intriguing voices to emerge from the UK rap scene in a very long time.