{"id":2697,"date":"2013-10-28T20:28:52","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T20:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/?p=2697"},"modified":"2016-02-07T13:13:28","modified_gmt":"2016-02-07T13:13:28","slug":"featured-artist-tha-deadeye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/featured-artist-tha-deadeye\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured artist: Tha Deadeye"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We talk to Tha Deadeye<\/h1>\n

Trevor Locke talks to the Leicester hip-hop artist who featured recently on Takeover Radio’s Made in Leicester<\/em>
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\"Deadeye\"<\/a>
Leicester singer Deadeye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Leicester artist Tha Deadeye<\/strong> has been growing in popularity since his breakthrough in 2011.\u00a0A turning point in Tha Deadeye’s career came when, in 2011, one of his tracks was played on Radio 1, when he\u00a0became the unsigned artist of the month.<\/p>\n

JP’s (Joseph JP Patterson) underground number one track of the month One Life by Deadeye featuring Nat Powers was\u00a0played on the DJ’s Radio 1 programme.\u00a0JP said “Back in the day, myself and Deadeye would drive up and down the country to bassline raves and he would\u00a0always freestyle – he was good. I remember always telling him to seriously consider jumping on the music thing\u00a0properly and focus – he clearly took the advice. On One Life, the rapper teamed up with Nat Powers – who produced\u00a0the track and sung the hook – for this very emotional, and quite inspirational, track about the ups and downs of\u00a0life. ”<\/p>\n

Deadeye told us that he follows other Leicester hip-hop artists including KY, Pinky GoGetta, J&I and others.\u00a0Keen on collaborating, Deadeye told me “we are all in this together. Artists should support each other’s work and\u00a0learn from each other.”\u00a0“We all neesd to work together to put Leicester’s hip-hop on the map”, he said. “Leicester is a great place but it\u00a0lacks direction.”<\/p>\n

Deadeye likes live music as well as being in the studio recording; he had a great time at the Oxjam Festival,\u00a0performing on the Urban stage which was organised by Cyrlene Braithwaite. “It was a great experience. One of my\u00a0best performances so far, it boosted my confidence”, Deadeye told me.\u00a0Deadeye has been recording at Leicester’s Yellow Bean Studio; he really likes it there “the whole set-up is\u00a0really good, it makes you feel comfortable and Jonno is very helpful and he is not scared to give advice when its\u00a0needed. He helps to produce the best possible sound”, Deadeye told me.<\/p>\n

I asked him what inspired him, Deadeye said: “Making music and writing songs and when people take notice of what\u00a0you are doing it is very gratifying.”\u00a0As a live performer he hopes that next year he will get more engagements out of town – “Leicester has a great\u00a0scene for hip-hop and it’s not just all about London.”<\/p>\n

Deadeye hopes that next year will lead to growing\u00a0recognition and that his music will get nominated.\u00a0He is working on an EP and more mixtapes. He also places great value on the people he has worked with such as \u00a0Uncle Frank (Frank Benbini) and Abbee Audio. “It’s important to meet people and network – in that way we can all\u00a0help each other”, he told me.\u00a0He hopes to get on to festivals next year and get his music out there to a wider audience of fans.\u00a0I saw Tha Deadeye perform live at City Link-Up Unsigned at the Music Cafe and was immediately struck by how good\u00a0he was and how much his performance and songs stood out.<\/p>\n

Links<\/p>\n

City Link-Up Unsigned show in September<\/a><\/p>\n

BBC Introducing<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow Dead on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

See also:<\/p>\n

Big show for rapper Jonezy<\/a><\/p>\n

The home page for our Urban Music section<\/a><\/p>\n

Latest tracks page<\/a><\/p>\n

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