Yungun a.k.a. Essa was born in North London where he lives
and works today. He began his musical career as a host and
MC on pirate radio station Parlay in Harrow during the mid
1990s. There he formed the group Dupa Styles with fellow MC
Devise. The duo began making noise on the fiercely competitive
open mic circuit at spots across London, forging an alliance
with other emerging MCs such as Ricochet (Universal Soldiers)
and Jargon (MI5, Natural Born Spittaz).
In 1998 Yungun made contact with Harry Love (Kung Fu, Formerly
of Scratch Perverts) who began to play the vital role of Dupa
Styles DJ/Producer. Whilst still recording with the group,
Yungun began a solo career, appearing on projects by LG &
Lopez ("City Breaks"), Evil Ed ("The Art of
Celebration") Doc Brown ("Out There") and Tommy
Evans ("Four Horsemen", "Silent Mobius").
His affiliation with the Low Life Records collective led
to appearances on the "Food" LP (the Harry Love
produced "That’s What Eye see") and on the remix
of Jehst’s “Adventures in New Bohemia”. Much of his work with
the YNR Productions camp is featured on the label’s compilation
album "Young N Restless Vol. 1". Yungun, now also
known as Essa, is set to make big noise this year on solo
projects featuring production by Harry Love, Lewis Parker,
Mr. Thing, and Ben Grymm
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