His debut single, “Homerton B”, peaked at number 48 on the UK Singles Chart in October 2018. Though it was originally released without a label, its chart performance led to him being signed by Island Records through Universal Music Group and appeared at Wireless festival in 2019.
It was included in a number of publications “best of 2018” lists, including The Guardian, Mixmag, and Complex.
In March 2019, “Homerton B” became the first UK drill track to be certified Silver by the BPI. Follow up tracks “Throwback”, “Meat” and “Leave Dat Trap”, the latter featuring AJ Tracey, have accumulated over 5 million views.
Unknown T’s first mixtape Rise Above Hate was released on 17 July 2020 and peaked at 14 on the UK Albums Chart. On 7 January 2021, Unknown T released the single “WW2”. On 10 June, the second single “Wonderland” featuring M Huncho was released. On 25 June, he released the third single “Goodums”.
On 15 July, he released the fourth single “Driller sh!t”. On 30 July 2021, Unknown T released his second mixtape Adolescence, including guest appearances from Digga D, M1llionz, Potter Payper, and Nafe Smallz.
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