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SR (rapper)

British rapper

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ116205445
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Carl Latricio Brown (born 29 May 1999), known professionally as SR, is a British rapper who went viral for his single "Welcome to Brixton" in 2020. His follow-up song, "Practice Makes Perfect", was named in the top 10 songs to come out of the United Kingdom by DJBooth in May 2021.

Career

SR released his debut single "Brucky" in June 2020. "Welcome to Brixton", his breakout single, was released in July 2020, which charted on the UK Singles Chart on 20 May 2021 and peaked at number 93. As of January 2022, “Welcome to Brixton” has received over 65 million views on YouTube and over 200 million streams on Spotify and Apple Music.

In 2021, he released "Snap It"; a remix of the song was later released in September the same year, featuring Loski, Sus, SD, and Trap.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1999, 2020, 2021, 2022—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1999-05-29. The account is most persuasive where rapper and British can be independently traced.
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