Jim Legxacy Announces New Mixtape Black British Music

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09-07-2025

Press Release – The Label
Generational talent Jim Legxacy announces the release of his long-awaited new mixtape, black british music (2025) on July 18th via 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 earn era-defining significance.
Critical to UK music in 2025, Jim's prolific output forever tells an important story. Always ahead of the game, his songwriting holds a mirror up to the Black British experience in which himself and his peers are reflected. He stands proudly but humbly at the helm of a movement; a new generation of storytellers and pioneers carving a path out of the comfort of the underground, always pushing upwards. Creating space for complexity, sensitivity, and experimentation, black british music (2025) not only reshapes expectations of what UK music can sound like, but what it can stand for.
The announcement succeeds his latest single ' stick ' which dropped alongside a video from Rohan Dil shot partly on a Blackberry, a warpspeed visual collage of Jim Legxacy's London through the lens of his coming of age. It was previewed on the since-mythologised livestream from Plaqueboymax which featured fellow underground heavyweights YT, Fimiguerrero and Len. He 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.
2024 saw Jim release ' nothings changed (!) ' – a heartfelt tribute to his sister's life and legacy before he played his first ever show at The Albany in Deptford to a sold out, mesmerised crowd. Later that year he released ' aggressive ' as the first real taster of the black british music (2025) sound, and his first release on XL Recordings.
Music has always formed part of Jim's identity. His ever evolving, kaleidoscopic sound draws influence from all genres, distinctly RnB, soul, pop, grime, midwest emo, afro beats and alternative. Jim's artistic journey properly began in 2018, dropping 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...