Skepta searching for an actor to play his youthful self

Grime artist Skepta is searching for an actor to play younger Skepta for a brand new unnamed undertaking. 

With a put up captioned, “Where is young Skepta?,” the grime MC took to Twitter to share the casting name. The “big smoke corp casting call” seeks male actors aged 16-21 based mostly in the UK. 

Actors who match the transient can apply by sending showreels, portraits and knowledge to the listed e-mail, together with their age, peak and socials. 

Skepta is but to disclose the rationale for the casting name, offering no particulars on the undertaking actors can be making use of for. 

The rapper has not launched a full-length album since 2019, when he put out Ignorance Is Bliss. Since then, Skepta has collaborated with the likes of Gorillaz and WizKid. Most not too long ago, he paid tribute to Amy Winehouse with ‘Can’t Play Myself (A Tribute to Amy)’, a tune that samples ‘Tears Dry on Their Own’. 

Exterior of music, Skepta launched his personal file label, Huge Smoke Information, final autumn. The label goals to “nurture and invest in the next generation of young creative talent” and “focus on signing new talent who represent and champion the ethos of Big Smoke Corporation; trendsetters, who break the mould and do things differently.” 

Learn the total casting name for younger Skepta beneath. 

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The place is younger Skepta? pic.twitter.com/zoXJnAzhjz

— Huge Smoke – (@Skepta) October 17, 2023