Born Nathan Thompson in the early 1980s, raised by a single mum and the eldest of his siblings, he grew up in a less well off family in Peckham. Originally nicknamed 'Giggler' because of his tendency to laugh even in the most inappropriate situations, this was cut down to 'Giggs'. He became a father at the age of 21, but soon after spent two years in jail for gun possession.
He is known for rapping slowly in a low voice, which he described as "something different, enough to separate me from all the competing others".
Soon after being released from prison in 2005, Giggs started pursuing rapping as a career, instead of a hobby. Giggs and his SN1 crew started off releasing numerous mixtapes, including Hollowman Meets Blade, Welcome to Boomzville, Best of Giggs 1 and 2 and 3 and the hugely successful Ard Bodied, which featured the street anthem of 2008, "Talking the Hardest". His mixtapes have supposedly sold more than 100,000 units. This success helped his buzz expand outside London, however when Giggs first signed to XL Recordings, the record label was allegedly warned by members of Operation Trident to not back the London Rapper as Operation Trident is the Metropolitan Police's specialist team investigating gun crime within the black community in Peckham.
Giggs released the street anthem 'Talkin the Hardest' in 2008, which helped his growing buzz. The track features Giggs rapping over the beat from American hip-hop artist Stat Quo's track "Here We Go", originally produced by Dr. Dre. He then released his debut independent album Walk in da Park on 4 August 2008. The album had two official videos, for the tracks 'Uummm!!' and 'You Raised Me/Open Up'. Walk In Da Park received mainly positive reviews, and was very successful, selling out in most HMVs in the first two days of release.
Let Em Ave It is Giggs' second album and the first on a major label, under the XL Recordings label. "Look What the Cat Dragged In" was released on 7 June 2010 on XL Recordings, and is included on the album, which WAS released on 21 June 2010.
Singles released from the album include 'Slow Songs' featuring Mike Skinner and 'Don't Go There' featuring B.o.B.. In March 2010, "Don't Go There" entered the UK Singles Chart at #60. Giggs has been working with Atlantas JBizzy and produced around four tracks, "Whippin all day" (which can be downloaded for free from www.sn1giggs.com), "Background Ting" which can be heard on the official Giggs myspace www.myspace.com/trapstargiggs and two other which are going to be available on his album.
Giggs also has his own clothing brand, SN1 wear, including T-shirts, jackets and caps quoting previous lines from his songs such as "Talking the Hardest". These can be purchased from these SN1 store or the SN1wear website 'http://www.sn1wearltd.com/'.Giggs and the SN1 crew have opened a SN1 shop which can be found in Peckham Market. The shop sells clothing lines from the SN1 camp, as well as clothing from other designers. They also sell mixtapes and albums from SN1, Giggs and many UK artists.
Giggs has founded his own record label called SN1 Entertainment, it has not yet been confirmed whether or not it will be distributed through XL recordings. So far the only major releases on this label are Giggs debut album Walk in Da Park and Joe Grind Not Your Average Joe
Saw
Giggs Lyrics
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The G woke up phone right by him
Had a couple missed calls, last nights clients
Yawning scrathing ma balls, Rocks rang sighing
Said he's got the lowdown on that prat Ryan (Yeah?)
I'm like black ryan? (Yeah)
I'm like "wrap time, deep fat fry him" (Uuummmhh)
Jumped up getting gassed by it (gassed by it)
Said I'm coming on the ride, so I sat by him (Yes)
Strally tucked and I'm ballied up
Rocks black cap, black clothes looking Daffy Duck
Get ma strally out, of my coat, raised the strally up
If I see this faggot in the cut, Im'a grab his nut
Im'a grab a touch, bust a gut, let you grab a slug
Little mothafucks, insects, Im'a flatten bugs
Let you fuck with Buck, fling Tecs, in you faggot mugs
Show you little cunts in depth what ma 'matic does
Jumped out on foot looking
If a catch this little prick Im'a six foot him
No pigs looking
Something like a live PA, this a big booking
Over there, there's the prick, jook him
Got the toasta heated up for some quick cooking
Didnt even squeeze the trigger, heard the pigs pull in
Didnt even hit the nigga, cos the pigs took him
Tryna get away from the Jakes, feeling flipping bate
Tryna get this (?) crime scene with the sticky tape
Tryna slip away, might mean gotta hit a Jake
Rocky hit the brake, went left, threw the stick away
Feds are closing in, no stick, you're too flipping late
If they saw the stick, get dashed, thats a different game
Whiplash from the switching lanes
Rocks you're gonna crash, oh shit, hit the flipping brake
The lyrics of the song "Saw" by Giggs describe the story of the rapper and his associates going out to get revenge on someone named Ryan, who seems to have crossed them in some way. The song starts with Giggs waking up to missed calls from the night before and finding out from his friend Rocks that Ryan has done something wrong. The lyrics depict him as being angry and ready to take action against Ryan, suggesting that he could be violent towards him.
Giggs then describes how he and Rocks get ready for their confrontation with Ryan by arming themselves with weapons such as a "strally" (slang for a gun) and getting dressed in black clothes. They go looking for Ryan and when they find him, they try to shoot him, but the police show up before they can do it. The lyrics suggest that they try to escape from the police, with Rocks driving the car erratically to avoid them, which ultimately leads to them crashing the car.
Line by Line Meaning
The G woke up phone right by him
The singer woke up to his ringing phone beside him
Had a couple missed calls, last nights clients
He had a few missed calls from his clients from the previous night
Yawning scrathing ma balls, Rocks rang sighing
The singer was yawning and scratching his groin as Rocks rang him, sounding frustrated
Said he's got the lowdown on that prat Ryan (Yeah?)
Rocks told him that he had information about Ryan, and he asked if he meant the Black Ryan or another Ryan
I'm like black ryan? (Yeah)
The artist asks if Rocks meant the Black Ryan, and Rocks confirms.
He's like dat Ryan (Aaaahhh)
Rocks confirms that he meant Ryan, and the singer reacts with surprise or annoyance
I'm like "wrap time, deep fat fry him" (Uuummmhh)
The singer says it's time to wrap up Ryan and fry him like fast food
Jumped up getting gassed by it (gassed by it)
The artist was excited and energized by the thought of getting revenge on Ryan
Said I'm coming on the ride, so I sat by him (Yes)
The artist decides to join Rocks on their mission and sits beside him
Strally tucked and I'm ballied up
The artist prepares himself by hiding his gun and getting ready for action
Get ma strally out, of my coat, raised the strally up
The singer takes out his gun from his coat and raises it up
If I see this faggot in the cut, Im'a grab his nut
The artist plans to attack Ryan and possibly sexually assault him
Im'a grab a touch, bust a gut, let you grab a slug
The singer plans to attack Ryan, make him laugh, then allow Rocks to shoot him
Little mothafucks, insects, Im'a flatten bugs
The singer refers to his enemies as insects, and he plans to flatten them
Let you fuck with Buck, fling Tecs, in you faggot mugs
The singer threatens to attack anyone who messes with Buck and to shoot them in the face
Show you little cunts in depth what ma 'matic does
The artist plans to show his enemies the power of his gun
Jumped out on foot looking
The artist jumps out of the vehicle and starts looking for Ryan
If a catch this little prick Im'a six foot him
The singer plans to beat Ryan up if he catches him
No pigs looking
The singer checks to make sure there are no police around
Something like a live PA, this a big booking
The mission feels like a huge, important event
Over there, there's the prick, jook him
The artist sees Ryan and plans to attack him
Got the toasta heated up for some quick cooking
The artist has his gun ready and plans to use it to quickly kill Ryan
Didnt even squeeze the trigger, heard the pigs pull in
Before the singer could shoot Ryan, he heard the police arriving and didn't fire his gun
Didnt even hit the nigga, cos the pigs took him
The police took Ryan into custody before the artist could attack him
Tryna get away from the Jakes, feeling flipping bate
The singer is trying to escape the police and feels very nervous
Tryna get this (?) crime scene with the sticky tape
The singer is trying to make sure the crime scene is not incriminating
Tryna slip away, might mean gotta hit a Jake
The singer might have to attack the police to escape
Rocky hit the brake, went left, threw the stick away
Rocks slams on the brakes, goes left, and throws away the gun to avoid being caught by the police
Feds are closing in, no stick, you're too flipping late
The police are getting closer, and they don't have the weapon anymore, making it too late to use it
If they saw the stick, get dashed, thats a different game
If the police had seen the gun, the consequences would have been much worse
Whiplash from the switching lanes
The high-speed escape causes whiplash
Rocks you're gonna crash, oh shit, hit the flipping brake
Rocks is about to crash, so they hit the brakes to avoid an accident
Contributed by Brayden J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
MysticApril
Even in 2022 this is still a daily track for meβ¦ π₯
u 2ub
Literally
M Abbas
2023 and still a daily
Ben 11
2025
Jay Nes
Banging now 10 years later, ruthless π₯ miss the giggs tracks like this but just shows the distance mans come a long way πͺ
frenchy r
Come a long way from bangers to dead tunes
SHiFTySCoReR
Giggs new tape is fire but nothing will ever top this album, One of the hardest tracks ever, gun talk on this is wild
50ztej
Still one of the sickest songs i've ever heard in my life
kydanwot
Still best album he's ever done to hard
Sid Zidour
When you actually listen to the lyrics it reminds me of poetry π