Merky ACE | |
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Birth name | Aisa Sampson-Spencer |
Also known as | Splurt Diablo |
Born |
Peckham, London, England |
February 29, 1992
Origin | Lewisham, London, England |
Genres | |
Occupation(s) | MC |
Years active | 2009–present |
Labels |
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Associated acts | Family Tree, Tizzy Gang, MIK, Faze Miyake, Cadell, Tre Mission, Vic Santoro, Dizzee Rascal |
Merky ACE is an English Grime MC from Lewisham in South London. He was a founding member of the grime collective Family Tree, and later Tizzy Gang. He also produces beats under the pseudonym Splurt Diablo. For a brief spell in 2015, he was signed to Dizzee Rascal's Dirtee Stank record label, with whom he released the Footsie-produced Peak Levels EP.
Merky ACE first came to prominence on the UK underground scene as part of grime's "new wave" in 2011. In the same year he independently released his first mixtape Blue Battlefield and followed it up with Catch Up EP in the same year. In 2012, Merky ACE recorded features for Dizzee Rascal's Dirtee TV 2 mixtape which was released on Christmas of that year. In 2013, he released two mixtapes - All Or Nothing and Play Your Position - through grime label NoHatsNoHoods.
In 2014, Merky ACE was signed to Dizzee Rascal's label Dirtee Stank. Merky ACE's first project on the label Peak Levels EP was released on 17 July 2015. In late 2015, Merky ACE formed a new crew Tizzy Gang alongside Tre Mission and Cadell, following this news Family Tree disbanded shortly after in early 2016.