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NSG (group)

British hip hop collective

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ107342359
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NSG is a British afroswing collective from Hackney, East London. The group consists of six members: OGD, Kruddz, Mojo, Dope, Papii Abz, and Mxjib They released their first Album "AREA BOYZ" (2023) an EP, Grown Up (2016) and mixtape Roots (2020) — which includes their most successful singles "Options" featuring Tion Wayne and "Yo Darlin" featuring Geko. They released their second album, "The Big Six" on 28 February 2025, and third album "Sounds Of The Diaspora" in 2026. NSG is an acronym with multiple meanings such as: Nipple Sucking Gang, Non-Stop Grinding, Never Stop Growing, Nice Silly Guys, No Sleep Gang, and Nigeria Slash Ghana.

History

NSG are a collective of childhood friends who grew up in Hackney, London, attended the same high school, the Arts and Media School, Islington. One of the members studied at the University of Hertfordshire. The group consists of three artists of Nigerian heritage and three of Ghanaian heritage. Two of the members, OGD and Kruddz, are the younger brothers of producer Jae5. OGD is also part of a production team named 4PLAY.

NSG released their first single, "Whine and Kotch", in December 2013, and collaborated with English rapper J Hus in 2015. In 2017, NSG released their EP, Grown Up.

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