An Ayrshire rapper has been crowned BBC Introducing’s Scottish Act of the Year.
Jubemi Iyiku, who performs under the name Bemz, performed alongside three other finalists on Wednesday — from a longlist of nearly 500 acts — before being awarded the coveted title.
The awards ceremony, which was hosted by BBC Introducing Scotland’s Phoebe Inglis-Holmes and Shereen Cutkelvin, saw Bemz perform his 2021 single ‘26’, a song he wrote about navigating his 26th year, from the anxieties of a global lockdown to the joy of becoming a new father.
