Jeshi (UK) Auckland Headline Show Announced

Jeshi has swiftly established himself as a heavyweight figure in UK hip-hop, addressing such gritty themes as "life under austerity, knife crime, drug use, and the psychological impacts of social media" on his debut album Universal Credit, launched to rapturous acclaim (and remixes by the likes of Ross From Friends) in 2022. Following last month's 'Song 2'-riffing new anthem 'Total 90', the East London rap star has fitted a one-off Auckland / Tāmaki Makaurau performance into his hectic schedule, headlining the new Double Whammy on 11th October — his debut Aotearoa event. Local special guests are yet to be revealed, get ahead of the pack and nab tickets when they go live this Wednesday, brought to you by 100% Good...

Jeshi (UK)
Friday 11th October - Double Whammy, Auckland w/ special guests to be announced
Tickets on sale HERE via UTR

Watch the video for Jeshi feat. Obongjayar's hit 'Protein' from 2022's Universal Credit...

Watch the clip for Jeshi's new single 'Total 90'...

Press release:

Jeshi’s journey to making Universal Credit, his open-hearted and heavy-hitting debut album, began with a desire to take his music further, to say something he’d not yet said on EPs like 2020’s BAD TASTE or The Worlds Spinning Too Fast. He’d been making music his entire life but felt like he was coming up against the edges of what he had set out to do. There was only one answer; push and keep on pushing. The result is an album that acts as a radial act of empathy; looking out across society and attempting to bridge the divide between rich and poor. Universal Credit is an album that gifts humanity back to the demonised and lays bare the truth behind the prejudice; that nobody is immune from poverty or hardship and that luck plays a major role in everybody’s fate.