“Apologies in advance.” He might be the first British rapper in history to clock up more than one billion streams, but explains, “I don't go out of my way to make people want to talk about me.” His west London accent is softer in real life than on his monster hits, which so far include “Doja” and “Let Go”.

Born Oakley Neil HT Caesar-Su to an Irish mother and a Guyanese father, Cee was raised in Shepherd's Bush, west London.

Central Cee and Digga D are said to have attended Chelsea Academy in London together, before Digga D was kicked out of school in Year 8. Central Cee was a couple of school years higher than Digga. Whilst it's unclear whether the two crossed paths in school, they collaborated on the song 'Back2Back' together in 2021.