British MC Loyle Carner delivers his rhymes with an intentional, poetic flow, buffered by warm jazzy production that recalls 1990s acid-jazz/hip-hop. He made his breakthrough debut in the late 2010s with the Mercury Prize-nominated Yesterday's Gone. Not Waving, But Drowning reached number three on the U.K. album chart. He returned with his third album, Hugo, in 2022.
Born Benjamin Coyle-Larner in South London, he began recording demos that -- when passed to friends King Krule and Rejjie Snow -- earned him a 2012 opening slot in Dublin in support of MF Doom. In 2014, he made h...