Che Lingo

CHE LINGO (SHAY LIN-GO)

LABELLED BY MTV AS ‘THE MASTER OF TEMPO’ THE SOUTH LONDON EMCEE IS MAKING A REAL AND LASTING IMPRESSION WITH HIS MUSIC, CREATING WAVES WITHIN IN THE CITY’S URBAN CULTURE AND APPEARING AT POPULAR VENUES ALL OVER THE CITY AND BEYOND SUCH AS. PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS FOR CHE LINGO ALREADY INCLUDE HEADLINING AT NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL, PERFORMANCES AT THE INFAMOUS INDIGO 02 ANDHEADLINE SHOWS IN SCOTLAND AND THE NETHERLANDS.

PRAISED FOR HIS VERSATILITY AND ENGAGING SHOWMANSHIP, CHE LINGO, HAS SEEN HIS PRESENCE IN THE UK MUSIC SCENE HEAVILY INCREASE OVER THE PAST YEAR AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE HUGE SUCCESS OF HIS DEBUT EP ‘THE RISK IS PROOF’. DUE TO HIS HIGH CALIBRE REPUTATION AS A PERFORMER, 

WITH OVER 100,000 PLAYS ON HIS MUSIC ACROSS SOUNDCLOUD, IT WASN’T LONG BEFORE BLOGS AND OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS BEGAN PICKING UP ON CHE LINGO’S TALENTS. CHE LINGO HAS NEVER BEEN A STRANGER TO INDEPENDENT WEBSITES, BUT NOW SINCE THE RELEASE OF THE RISK IS PROOF EP AND SEVERAL APPEARANCES ON SBTV, EVEN LARGER SCALE OUTLETS, SUCH AS MTV AND COMPLEX UK, ARE SHARING CHE LINGO’S MUSIC.

IN ADDITION TO BLOGS AND MEDIA, CHE LINGO’S RADIO PLAY HAS ROCKETED SINCE HIS EP RELEASE WITH REGULAR AIRPLAY ON STATIONS SUCH AS 1XTRA, BANG RADIO AND REPREZENT RADIO, FURTHER EXPOSING CHE LINGO’S MUSIC TO A MUCH WIDER AND MORE DIVERSE AUDIENCE.

SPARKING INTEREST FROM LOCAL RADIO STATIONS AND NICHE UK BRANDS AS A RESULT OF HIS INDIVIDUALISM AND STYLE BOTH ON AND OFF THE MIC, CHE’S MOMENTUM THEN LANDED SPONSORSHIP FROM DESIGNER EYEWEAR BRAND PLAYN UK. THIS SOON MANIFESTED INTO HIS FIRST INDEPENDENT SHOW [#APNWCL] LOCATED IN LONDON’S CREATIVE HUB, BOX PARK

CHE LINGO WAS ALSO NOTICED BY APPLE MUSIC’S VERY OWN, JULIE ADENUGA, AND HAS SINCE BEEN FEATURED ON HER ‘PLAY IT’ COMPILATION, ALONGSIDE SOME OF THE HOTTEST ARTISTS IN THE UK AT THE MOMENT INCLUDING STORMZY, MS BANKS AND PAIGEY CAKEY.

TIMEOUT MAGAZINE ALSO NAMED CHE LINGO AS ONE OF THE MOST STYLISH NEW COMERS IN LONDON, A WELL-DESERVED TITLE THAT IS ALSO A REFLECTION OF THE RECOGNITION CHE LINGOIS EARNING, NOT JUST FOR HIS MUSIC, BUT AS AN INFLUENTIAL FASHION ICON WITHIN THE CREATIVE HUB OF LONDON.