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Louise Lavigueur

EastEnders' Hunter Owen is unrecognisable after reinventing himself as a rapper

Eastenders actor Charlie Winter has reinvented himself away from acting and put himself out there as a rap artist.

The 26-year-old star, who played teenage terror Hunter Owen, burst onto our screens in 2018 alongside his mum Mel played by returning actress Tamzin Outhwaite.

Fans of the BBC soap will recall Hunter was at the heart of a dramatic storyline when he turned evil killer - following in psychopathic father's Steve Owen's footstep's - as he shot twisted bigamist Ray Kelly for trying to murder his mother Mel.

Programme Name: EastEnders - Portraits 2017 - TX: n/a - Episode: EastEnders - Mel & Hunter (No. n/a) - Picture Shows: Melanie Owen (TAMZIN OUTHWAITE), Hunter Owen (CHARLIE WINTER) - (C) BBC - Photographer: Kieron McCarron (BBC / Kieron McCarron)

Mel helped him cover up the crime but in the end he was caught and took the blame so Mel would remain free.

Then over a year after moving to the Square, Hunter's chilling crimes continued as he shot Ben Mitchell and Keanu Taylor before his character was killed off by police.

And although a lot less dramatic than his on screen role, since leaving the BBC soap, the young actor has made a mark on the music industry.

Appearing with a different look the actor turned rapper has changed his hair and his 'swagger' to appeal to a different crowd of fans.

Charlie is trying his hand at rapping (YOUTUBE/CHAZ)

The actor has erased his soap star past and goes by the stage name Chaz posing for several arty shots in a black and grey hoodie with a white chevron stripe while in the studio.

Captioning the pic, he penned: "It’s just been that sorta night, lately that’s all the time".

Charlie released his first rap single on YouTube in 2019 after recording it on a day off from filming in Albert Square.

The actor's first effort was called Cheeky Chappy Flow and its video was filmed in London's Regent's Park.

BACK AGAIN: Hunter is back, and he is carrying a gun (BBC)

The lyrics are free flowing as he raps out "keeping it simple smile and dimples," sending a message to his "haters," saying "girls see you and they blink and leave".

His subsequent track, which samples Ultra Nate's classic 90s track Free in his track Overdue Freestyle, was released in January 2019.

The musician donned a padded jacket for the video before changing into a slim fitted jacket and cladding his hands in Nike gloves.

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