A Guy Called?

Album: single release only (2025)
Charted: 25
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Songfacts®:

  • In the grand tradition of music awards leaving at least one nominee fuming, the 2023 BRITs were no exception. When the gong for Best Hip Hop/Rap/Grime Act went to Aitch, it did not sit well with Central Cee. His irritation found its way onto his track "5 Star."

    I felt like a pr--k when I went to the BRITs
    They gave the award to a guy called Aitch


    Aitch responded with this diss track pointedly titled "A Guy Called?"
  • Throughout "A Guy Called?" Aitch methodically dismantles Central Cee's gripes. Among his key points:

    Aitch challenges Central Cee's credibility, accusing him of using ghostwriters: "Not wrote one verse since '022, them ghostwriters made you a star."

    He revisits the BRITs snub, rapping: "We can go bar for bar, BRIT for BRIT."

    He accuses Central Cee of being mildly obsessed with him: "We both know that you're Aitch-obsessed, I've been runnin' since your entrance."

    Aitch even throws in a dig at Central Cee's ex, Madeline Argy, and her hairstyle, because no feud is complete without dragging in someone who probably just wanted a quiet night in.
  • Aitch bookends the track with two well-placed samples. It opens with footballer Declan Rice announcing his BRITs win, as if to say, "Yes, I really did win, and I've got receipts," and closes with a snippet from Central Cee's 2020 track "Molly, "where Cee himself once compared his rise to Aitch's - back when they were presumably on speaking terms.
  • The song sent the UK rap scene into a frenzy, with fans and media outlets breathlessly dissecting every bar like scholars poring over ancient texts. Central Cee's initial response? A breezy "fair enough" accompanied by laughing emojis on Aitch's Instagram post, which is perhaps the most British way possible to acknowledge a public trashing.
  • Whyjay, a longtime Aitch collaborator, produced the track. In a delicious twist, he also co-produced Central Cee's hit "Doja."

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