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Birth name
  
Maka Agu

Website
  
ti2bs.com

Labels
  
Kemet, From Da Soul

Name
  
Maka Agu

Years active
  
2001–present

Instruments
  
Rapping


Ti2bs

Born
  
12 January 1982 (age 42) Tottenham, London, England (
1982-01-12
)

Occupation(s)
  
Rapper, songwriter, composer

Albums
  
Nobody's Perfect, Charity / How You Living, Inner City Rap / No Need To Be Extra, Keep It Moving / Adrenaline

Genres
  
Hip hop music, Grime music, Electro, Electronic dance music, British hip hop

Associated acts
  
Skinnyman, RZA, Sway, Rodney P, Al Shux

Similar People
  
DJ Skitz, Skinnyman, Harry Shotta, Dynamite MC, Orifice Vulgatron

Maka Agu, (born 12 January 1982), better known by his stage name Ti2bs or Mr Ti2bs, is an English rapper. He released his first mixtape North Stars Rising in 2002; and his first album, Nobody's Perfect, in 2007 on Kemet Entertainment Records.

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Early career

Ti2bs started his professional career in 2001 as a member of the seminal British Hip Hop group The One Crew with Sway (rapper), Al Shux, Bigz and Pyrelli. The One Crew released their debut album, called Onederful World which was subsequently nominated by the MOBO committee for the "MOBO Unsung" award. This resulted in the group reaching the final five of the competition. They did not win, however, DJ Tim Westwood of BBC Radio 1 and DJ Semtex of BBC Radio 1Xtra began giving them airplay as a result of the exposure.

TI2bs left The One Crew and joined Mud Family alongside Skinnyman, Chester P, Farma G and Sincere. Ti2bs featured on all four tracks on their debut EP - the Mud Family EP - Expressions, In Da Park, My Life and Fuck A Concept

Working with the Mud Family led Skinnyman to ask Ti2bs to appear alongside him and Blade (rapper) on the track Boing, Boing taken from the 2003 RZA album The World According to RZA

2002–Present: Going Solo

Since leaving The One Crew and Mud Family Ti2bs has enjoyed a successful solo career. He has released eight mixtapes and an album. He has also toured the country extensively with Rodney P.

In June 2013, the instrumental version of his song I'm Over, Over The Top was used in the McDonald's We All Have McDonald's In Common - Parallel Lives television advertising campaign in the United Kingdom.

Mixtapes

  • 2002 - North Stars Rising
  • 2003 - From My Manor To Your Manor
  • 2004 - Mixtape Madness
  • 2005 - From My Manor To Your Manor Vol. 2
  • 2006 - From The Soul (SK Vibemakers)
  • 2007 - Keep It Moving (DJ Silk)
  • 2009 - Blood Sweat and Tears
  • 2013 - SuperTi2bs
  • 2013 - The Best Of
  • Album

  • 2007 - Nobody's Perfect (Kemet)
  • References

    References

    Ti2bs Wikipedia