""A lot of artists can have a narrow viewpoint of love and relationships - but with Jim, there's this very wide viewfinder," says Radio 1's Jack Saunders. "You hear him talking about things you wouldn't ordinarily consider, or even see, when you're walking down the street but he puts a pinpoint accuracy on it that's impossible to ignore.""
""I think sometimes your emotions will speak to you in a different language," he told Rolling Stone. "But I feel like when I start making beats, or I start creating, I feel like Google Translate. I can write something that connects to myself.""
"Critics called it "unmissable", "a brilliant snapshot of black British culture" and "a landmark moment for UK music"."
Jim Legxacy rose from poverty to prominence after releasing the shapeshifting, ambitious mixtape Black British Music (2025). The mixtape blends vivid, evocative songs that find light in darkness while retaining an undercurrent of sadness. During its creation, his mother suffered two strokes, his brother received treatment for psychosis, and his younger sister died of sickle cell anaemia. He largely withdrew from public speaking and allowed the music to galvanise his recovery. The project drew strong critical praise and secured second place on BBC Radio 1's Sound of 2026, noted for expansive perspectives and pinpoint observational lyricism.
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