Lewis Bygate (19) has always been into rap music, and began writing his own lyrics back in 2007, he got into recording a few years ago and gained rapid recognition from working with several other north east artistes.
He has performed throughout the north east area icluding his home town Aycliffe also performing in Manchester twice and in London.
Back in late 2014 he released a song dedicated to his home town ‘’B.Y.G – Aycliffe Town’’ and has now gained very good recognition within the area and slowly but surely building a nice big fan base, with a good team of friends who help him run his facebook page and work on music with him.
Lewis tole Newton News: “I have always had a passion for music from about 6 or 7 years old. I began trying to write my own lyrics when I was 11, then when I hit 15, myself and a few friends started finding instrumentals to rap on and playing together. I then met someone who had a studio in their bedroom and recorded my first official track. It then took off massively and is now more of a business.”
Later this year he will be releasing ‘’B.Y.G – Aycliffe Town Part 2’’ which will have a music video too. He is inspired by many Grime MC’s who usually hail from the London area but there is also many from the Manchester area such as Bugzy Malone etc. He has always been a huge hip hop fan and loves people like Biggie, Tupac, Ice Cube, The Game, but also liking modern American stuff such as Machine Gun Kelly type vibe.
He would also like to put out a message to any potential musicians who are maybe struggling with lyric writing etc or even building their confidence, to message him and they can talk and work together, ‘NEVER hide a talent if you have one, be the best you can and prove people wrong, don’t be shy!’
BYG has a gig coming up very soon and people should check his facebook page for further details and drop it a like.
