Central Cee Bio

Full Name	Oakley Neil Caesar-Su
D.O.B	4 June 1998
Origin	Ladbroke Grove, London, England
Label	Live Yours ADA Columbia

Central Cee Bio tells us he achieved further success with his single “Doja” in July 2022, which peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and eventually became the most streamed UK rap song on Spotify.

He released his first major-label EP No More Leaks in October 2022. In June 2023, he released the single “Sprinter” with Dave, which became his first UK number-one single and preceded their collaborative EP Split Decision. The single also became the longest-running number-one rap song in the UK, holding the position for 10 weeks.

2014–2019: Career beginnings

Caesar-Su made an early public appearance on a now-deleted episode of Charlie Sloth’s Fire in the Streets series in 2014, where he adopted the rapper name “Central Cee” (first listed as Central C). His first song appearance was on the “Ain’t On Nuttin Remix” alongside J Hus and more in January 2015. He released his “StreetHeat Freestyle” in February of the same year.

In 2015, Central Cee Bio tells us he appeared on music platform BL@CKBOX and performed verses to Tupac instrumentals alongside MoWest. In February 2016, Central Cee was featured alongside Dave and others on the remix to the song “Spirit Bomb” by AJ Tracey. He later released the single “Pull Up” in August 2016. Central Cee released his first projects, the EP 17, and the now-deleted EPs Nostalgia and CS Vol. 1 in 2017. His “Next Up?” freestyle was released in October 2019, following a number of singles that released that year.

2020–2021: Viral success and Wild West

“Loading” and February 2021’s “Commitment Issues” both reached the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart. Central Cee self-released his debut mixtape Wild West in March 2021, which debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart and number one on the UK R&B Albums Chart.

2021–2022: 23 and No More Leaks

In September 2021, the single “Obsessed with You” reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart, and would become the lead single to his second mixtape, 23, announced in November 2021. Central Cee’s Daily Duppy was released on Christmas of 2021.

The second and third singles from the mixtape, “Retail Therapy” and “Cold Shoulder”, were released on 6 and 27 January 2022. On 25 February 2022, 23 was released and became his first number one on the UK Albums Chart.

Following previews at concerts and on social media, his single “Doja” released on 21 July 2022 alongside a music video directed by Cole Bennett. It became his highest charting song of his career, debuting at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The song also reached number 12 on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. On 14 October 2022, Central Cee surprise released his EP No More Leaks, which was supported by the single “One Up” which released the day before.

On 16 December 2022, he released the single “Let Go”, which samples the Passenger single “Let Her Go” and peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart. In 2022, Central Cee became the first UK rapper to achieve 1 billion Spotify streams in a single year. On 9 February 2023, he released the single “Me & You”.

2023–present: Split Decision

On 1 June 2023, Central Cee and Dave released the joint single “Sprinter”. It was the lead single to their collaborative EP Split Decision, which was surprise-released on 4 June. “Sprinter” became Central Cee’s first number-one single, and broke the record for the biggest streaming week for a rap song in UK history.

The single also broke the record for the number longest running number-one rap single in the UK. In late June, Central Cee appeared on XXL magazine’s 2023 Freshman Class. Days later, it was announced that he had signed to Columbia Records. On 21 July, Central Cee released his “On the Radar Freestyle” with Drake.
The track debuted at number 80 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his first song to reach the chart. On 20 October, Central Cee was featured on a song alongside Australian rapper The Kid LAROI and Korean pop star Jungkook called “Too Much“.

On 21 December 2023, Central Cee released the single “Entrapaneur”. On 11 February 2024, he released the single “I Will”. On 5 April 2024, he appeared on J. Cole’s surprise mixtape Might Delete Later on the track “H.Y.B” alongside Bas. In May 2024, he released a grime song on YouTube titled “CC Freestyle”. On 23 May, he released the track “Band4Band” alongside Lil Baby.

The track debuted at number 4 on the UK Singles Chart and number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his highest entry on the latter. Two weeks later, the track reached number 18 on the Hot 100.