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Evening Standard
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Casey Cooper-Fiske

‘It’s been incredible’: Little Simz ends Meltdown festival with orchestral show

Little Simz has closed her 2025 Meltdown festival with an orchestral performance (Thibaut Grevet/Southbank Centre/PA) -

Rapper Little Simz has closed her “incredible” 2025 Meltdown festival at London’s Southbank Centre with a performance with Chineke! Orchestra.

The 31-year-old, whose real name is Simbiatu Ajikawo, brought out guests including rapper Wretch 32, Nigerian artist Obongjayar, and singer Miraa May, during a show which saw her backed by Europe’s first majority black and ethnically diverse orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall.

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