Instantly recognizable by his signature Deadpool balaclava, London driller V9 rose to prominence in 2018 with single "Charged Up." Homerton collaborators KO and Unknown T, V9 established himself in 2019 with freestyles for Kenny Allstar and Tim Westwood along with the release of his debut mixtape, Homerton Sensei. Growing up in Hackney's Homerton district, rapper V9 got his start in music in January 2018, releasing debut single "Glide" on popular U.K. rap hot spot Mixtape Madness. Using a Deadpool-inspired balaclava to deliver cold threats and violence-driven bars, the drill rapper quickly established himself as one to watch, garnering hundreds of thousands of views on late-summer singles "Tiger Woods," "DMC," and "Japan." In September that V9 truly broke out: the single "Charged Up," opens with the brutal verses, "Violence and swervings, lean out the ride and burst him/Of course I'm rolling, don't ask me twice if I'll burn him." The song became the rapper's first major hit, racking up millions of views and coining his renowned "V9 too devilish" sequence of bars. Working locally alongside Unknown T and KO under the #Homerton banner, V9 became the blunt force of the trio, eschewing KO's technical lyricism and Unknown T's eccentric flows for brutal, evocative imagery. His sophomore tape, Yudokuna, arrived in early 2020: with appearances from Homerton's KO, Jimmy, & Unknown T, the rapper's second project saw him embrace more experimental drill production.