British rapper ‘Russ Millions’ takes the spotlight this week

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Shylo Batchelor Ashby Milwood (born 20 March 1996), known professionally as Russ Millions (formerly Russ, Russ Splash or RussMB), is a British rapper. In December 2018 he released his single “Gun Lean”(which was the opening track at number Four) on Virgin Records. The track peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart,  becoming the first UK drill track to reach the top 10.

 

No. 4. Gun Lean: With over 15 Million views on its official video, the song was released in 2018 and was Written By Lethal Bizzle, Ms Banks, LD, Taze (UK), Digga D & Russ Millions. Gun and Lean was certified Gold by the BPI

 

No. 3. Keisha & Becky with Tion Wayne: In April 2019 his follow-up single “Keisha & Becky” with Tion Wayne entered the UK Singles Chart at number 19, and later peaked at number seven. The song was later certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry and Its official video hit the massive top of 75 Million Views.

 

No. 2. Reggae & Calypso with Buni and YVWith over 7.5 Million views on youtube, the zimmz engineered song was released on the 10th of February, 2022 and serves as his most recent release. Its video was directed by Akash Bagga.

 

FYI: The dance that Russ performs in the music video became a “dance craze” and was mimicked by footballers including Jesse Lingard. It was ranked by The Guardian at number 10 on their list of “greatest pop music dance crazes”.

 

Russ has 2 EPs:
– Russ Hour (2020)
– My Son: The EP (2020)

 

No. 1. Body with Tion wayne:It was released on the 25th of  March 2021 through GDS Records and Atlantic Records. The song was produced by Gotcha, and promoted with a TikTok dance challenge. It’s been certified 2x Platinum in Australia, Platinum in both Canada & Uk, and Gold in Denmark.