"As a child he was acting opposite Beverley Knight in The Bodyguard in the West End and toured the production around China. He had a main role in four seasons of CBBC football drama Jamie Johnson and appeared on Casualty. You can see him dancing in the video to Stormzy's 2017 single Vossi Bop, a baby-faced scamp swinging a baseball bat into the camera lens."
"By 17, he had signed to major label Atlantic Records so young that his mum had to chaperone him to the signing. But after Edmund had released two tracks, the person who signed him left, and he was left in limbo. For everything to just go cold, you start second-guessing yourself, he says, speaking with expansive, gentle gestures on a Guardian office sofa, his features still almost as boyish as in that Stormzy video."
Keaton Edmund, known as Kidwild, transitioned from a childhood acting career into a fast-moving music trajectory and views himself in a comeback at age 20. Early stage credits included The Bodyguard in the West End, an international tour, four seasons on CBBC's Jamie Johnson and an appearance on Casualty, plus a cameo in Stormzy's Vossi Bop video. He experienced loneliness and early exposure to adult environments, which altered his outlook. He began making rap during Covid after buying a microphone. A brief major-label signing ended abruptly, leaving him freed to self-release music that later achieved millions of streams.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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