Jim Legxacy
about the artist
Today, generational talent Jim Legxacy releases his long-awaited new mixtape black british music (2025) on XL Recordings. A rapper with intensity, a vocalist with passion and a producer who harnesses nostalgia to command the future, the project is poised to define a new era. It follows on from the release of new single '3x' which calls upon Mercury Prize-winning rapper Dave, joining a tracklist of new-gen stars including Fimiguerrero and dexter in the newsagent.
An essential voice in 2025, Jim's prolific output forever tells an important story. His songwriting holds a mirror up to the Black British experience – one…
MoreToday, generational talent Jim Legxacy releases his long-awaited new mixtape black british music (2025) on XL Recordings. A rapper with intensity, a vocalist with passion and a producer who harnesses nostalgia to command the future, the project is poised to define a new era. It follows on from the release of new single '3x' which calls upon Mercury Prize-winning rapper Dave, joining a tracklist of new-gen stars including Fimiguerrero and dexter in the newsagent.
An essential voice in 2025, Jim's prolific output forever tells an important story. His songwriting holds a mirror up to the Black British experience – one shared by himself and his peers. Standing proudly but humbly at the forefront of a new generation of storytellers and sonic pioneers, he champions complexity, sensitivity and experimentation, creating space for new voices emerging out of the underground. With black british music (2025), Legxacy doesn't just reshape what UK music can sound like, but what it can stand for.
The mixtape follows recent single 'stick', released with a glitchy, fast-cut visual by Rohan Dil and partly shot on a Blackberry – a warp-speed portrait of Jim's London coming of age. The track debuted via Plaqueboymax's now-mythical livestream, featuring fellow underground heavyweights YT, Fimiguerrero and Len. He previously kicked off the mixtape with one of his most resonant tracks to date, 'father', before ramping up the anticipation for black british music (2025) by doing his first ever video chat on Kids Take Over.
A musical shape-shifter, Legxacy is an artist with an internet's worth of influences, 'new david bowie' draws on a warped harpsichord as the baroque sits next to Dungeons and Dragons references; 'wayne rooney 06' sees Legxacy breeze into indie-rock with supreme confidence, as an artist who famously cites Mitski as a major influence. Countering crowd-igniting cuts like 'i just banged a snus in canada water,' there also is a radical vulnerability woven throughout the mixtape. Its narrative details an extraordinary story, charting the loss of his sister and grappling with the whiplash of being homeless to becoming one of the artists defining the UK landscape today.
Previously, in 2024 he released 'nothings changed (!)' – a heartfelt tribute to his sister's life and legacy before he played his first ever show at The Albany in Deptford. Later that year he released 'aggressive' the first real glimpse of the black british music (2025) sound, and his debut release on XL.
Music has always formed part of Legxacy's identity, with his ever evolving, kaleidoscopic sound pulling from RnB, soul, pop, grime, Midwest emo, Afrobeats and alternative. Since 2018, he has dropped multiple singles and two longer form projects (Dynasty Program: A Metrical Composition Inspired by the Nights Spent as The Raiider; and Citadel) which displayed his artistic growth, versatility, and vulnerability, all whilst battling homelessness. 2023 saw him release his latest mixtape homeless n*gga pop music to widespread critical acclaim. Jim has already garnered support and cosigns from fellow artists including Dave, Stormzy, Central Cee, Headie One, Skepta, Loski, Jack Harlow and recently Fred again…
black british music (2025) is out now on CD and as a limited edition NFC card from Jim Legxacy's official store.
Praise for Jim Legxacy:
"From Aphex Twin to Jai Paul, the UK has a proud tradition of tinkerers creating whole worlds in their bedrooms. Legxacy could be the next in that lineage" P4K's 100 Best Albums of 2020's So Far
"Gliding over a lightly-crafted beat, Legxacy dodges explosive words thrown his way and lobs his own ammunition back, questioning how many more times he can feel this way. It's a song fueled by spite and malice, while also capturing the British artist's ability to capture emotional turmoil and render it in technicolour." FADER
"With "aggressive," Jim Legxacy continues to push the boundaries of UK music, delivering something fresh yet rooted in familiar influences." GRM
"What Legxacy is building is more than fandom, it's community… At his first live show, his prowess is palpable, but it's his radical tenderness and resilient optimism which makes his glow all the brighter." CLASH
"One of Britain's brightest talents, Jim Legxacy is a paradigm of modern artistry." Wonderland
"The track showcases Jim's melodic vocals over a smooth, melancholic dancehall beat, cementing his place as a unique voice in the new wave of Black British music." DMY
"The fast-rising multi-hyphenate's latest single pairs forward-thinking production with his own unique falsetto vocals." RA
"The British singer-producer continues to make gorgeously singular and fleet-of-foot pop-R&B" The Guardian
"Black British Music is almost upon us and when it drops we could well see an already blossoming career emerge in full flourish." Mixtape Madness
"As British music as a whole begins to articulate a future beyond these genres, Jim Legxacy is a welcome presence on the scene, imagining a distant yet intimate sonic future in which influences from grime, drill, afrobeat and pop all intertwine." Dazed