Little Simz on her rapid rise to fame and hopes for the Mercury Music Prize

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Little Simz has been rapping since she was a schoolgirl in Islington. Now aged 25, she has released her third album and been nominated for a Mercury Music Prize.

Despite all her success so far, she raps about how she doesn't have all the answers and is trying to figure life out, just like everybody else.

In her song '101 FM' Little Simz talks about growing up in Islington, north London where she realised music would be an important part of her life.

Little Simz also made her mark on the new series of Top Boy as single mum Shelley which means she's now juggling and acting and singing career.

The series tackles important issues including social exclusion, poverty immigration and mental health.

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Some of her songs tackle the same issues, such as 'Wounds'.