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At the tender age of 17, Junior Akerele aka “Realist” is already well on his way to fulfilling his potential as one of the brightest young talents to emerge from the UK Urban Music Scene. As a young teen he took influence from collectives 'Pay as you go', 'More Fire Crew' at the height of the UK Garage era… to the more recent wave of Grime acts such as Nasty Crew as well as many others. It was then in early 2004 that he began to take a keen interest in writing lyrics in his spare time and around his peers at school. He began to receive much positive feedback and through encouragement through his friends and family began to take his new found talent more seriously and decided to explore a career within the arts. In July 2005, he and friends from his local area took it upon themselves to form a collective called ‘Off Limits’. His time within the group was short lived and due to creative differences, Realist decided to move on to pastures new, which would later result in him joining a new crew full of hungry and talented MC’s that would get him the notice and recognition he deserved. In February 2006, Realist joined underground Grime Collective ‘Mucky Wolf Pack’, and received guidance and mentoring from the likes of Wiley, God’s Gift & other established Grime artists. His name then started to spread on the underground circuit and as result has seen him appearing on National radio shows including the Tim Westwood Rap Show. He also began to build a moment of radio appearances on Pirate & Online Radio sets and in it was in You Tube video that in late 2007 caught the attention of Former So Solid Crew member & Actor Ashley Walters aka Asher D, who promptly signed Realist to his own Record Label & Production Company AD82 Productions. Realist is currently working on his debut EP “TBC”, and is set to cause a real stir in the industry… this title is set to be released off of the AD82 imprint.
Ashley Walters (born June 30, 1982 in London, England), also known as Asher D, is an English rapper, musician and actor./nHe was born in Peckham, London and raised by his mother, Pamela Case, a local government officer. He attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School, in London, from the age of 7. After graduating from the Sylivia Young Theatre School, Walters starred in some of the more popular stage productions at the time./nHe has two sons (Shayon and Paniro) and a daughter (China), with wife Simone Walters./nMusically, he is best known as Asher D in the group So Solid Crew. He enjoyed relative success as a lyricist, particularly for the number 1 hit 21 Seconds. After the group split, he went on to focus on other projects, most recently 2006's In Memory of the Street Fighter, featuring the single "Andrea"./nAsher D released a new studio album in 2008 on AD82 records, entitled "The Appetiser", a full 12 track album produced by both Asher D and Laurence Ezra./nWith Dewi Bruce Konuah, he co-owns a production company, AD82 Productions, specialising in talent in the British music and film industries./nAsher D challenged famous grime rapper Dizzee Rascal to a rap contest at one stage./nAsher D did not escape the gun controversy that surrounded So Solid Crew. Following an argument with a traffic warden in July 2001, he was found to be carrying a loaded Brocock air pistol modified to fire live ammunition. He was arrested and, in 2002, jailed for 18 months, in a young offenders' institute. Having spent the previous nine months in custody, he subsequently served an additional nine months to complete his sentence./nAsher D is also an actor, appearing under his full name, Ashley Walters. He appeared in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles at age 10 and Grange Hill at age 14 (in the role of "Andy"). He appeared in Bullet Boy, where he played Ricky who just came out of jail to start a new life/role, and was named Best Newcomer for the role, at the British Independent Film Awards. He also appeared in Get Rich or Die Tryin' alongside rapper 50 Cent./nHe played the role of "Wolf" in teenage spy film Stormbreaker, and "Danny" in the film Life and Lyrics from which he has received many plaudits. He has recently filmed WΔZ, alongside Selma Blair and Melissa George, and Sugarhouse Lane. He played Lacey in the BBC Three drama pilot West 10 LDN./nFrom episode 2 of the fourth series of BBC TV drama Hustle, he has played the character Billy Bond (replacing Adrian Lester who played Mickey Bricks). He was also cast as Bugzy on MTV series Top Buzzer and played the role of "Al B" in the 2006 production House of 9 alongside Dennis Hopper./nHe has appeared on stage at the National Theatre and the Royal Court Theatre. Another feature film, Tuesday, sees him playing a jewel thief alongside John Simm, Philip Glenister and Cristian Solimeno. He appeared in Bola Agbaje's new play Off the Endz at the Royal Court Theatre during February and March 2010./nHe has also made appearances in cop show The Bill and firefighting drama London's Burning./nAsher D's Grange Hill history & autobiography was referenced by the comedian Stewart Lee on 16 March 2009 on the BBC2 show "Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle" in the episode themed on "Toilet Books". He also appeared in 2009's TV adaptation of Small Island.
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