Curtisy
Curtisy | |
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| Birth name | Gavin Curtis |
| Born | 1999/2000 Dublin, Ireland |
| Origin | Tallaght |
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| Years active | 2020–present |
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| Website | kojaque |
Gavin Curtis (b. 1999/2000),[1] known professionally as Curtisy, is an Irish rapper from Tallaght.
Early life
[edit]Curtis grew up in Jobstown, Tallaght.[2]
Career
[edit]Curtisy became popular on Soundcloud and during the Covid lockdowns.[3] In January 2022 he released "Men on a Mission," a collaboration with Ahmed, With Love.[4]
He cites Earl Sweatshirt, Kojaque and Wiki as influences.[5]
Curtisy released What Was The Question, his first album, in 2024, which reached #3 on the Irish Independent Albums Chart and was nominated for the Choice Music Prize.[3] The Irish Times praised it, saying "For someone at the start of a creative career, it’s a brilliantly accomplished album. The sound and feel, if not coming wholly from the depths of the wooziness of pandemic-era lockdowns, is certainly informed by a sort of existentialism or purgatorial state. And yet it’s neither wallowing nor a drag." His mixtape Beauty In The Beast followed in 2025.[6]
Discography
[edit]Albums
- What Was The Question (2024)
Mixtape
- Beauty In The Beast (2025)[7]
PErsonal life
[edit]Curtis still lives in his family home, in a garden shed, due to the high price of housing in Ireland.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Contributor, Lauren Murphy (12 April 2025). "Dublin rapper Curtisy: from working in a petrol station to staging a UK national tour". www.thetimes.com.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Byrne, Niall (7 March 2025). "Curtisy announces new Beauty In The Beast mixtape and drops new song and video". Nialler9.
- ^ a b Zimmerman, Randi (18 December 2024). "Top Symphonic Hip-Hop Artists of 2024".
- ^ "Dublin rapper Curtisy: 'I'm an emotional guy. I'm always trying to figure some stuff out'". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Curtisy". MPI Artists.
- ^ "Curtisy". www.breakingtunes.com.
- ^ O'Mahony, Jake. "Curtisy announces listening party for Beauty In The Beast". Hotpress.
- ^ O'Toole, Lucy. "Curtisy: "I didn't know a lot of rap was coming from Tallaght, but I knew we all listened to rap there. That's what we resonated with"". Hotpress.