Daniel Lena, known professionally as Unknown T, is a British rapper, singer, and songwriter. In early 2018, Unknown T made an impactful entrance to the scene with his ‘Mad About Bars’ freestyle. Since then, he has steadily created a name as one of the UK’s most versatile and exciting new talents. His debut single, "Homerton B", peaked at number 48 on the UK Singles Chart in October 2018. Though it was originally released without a label, its chart performance led to him being signed by Island Records through Universal Music Group and appeared at Wireless festival in 2019. It was included in a number of publications "best of 2018" lists, including The Guardian, Mixmag, and Complex. In March 2019 "Homerton B" became the first UK drill track to be certified Silver by the BPI. Follow up tracks ’Throwback’, ‘Meat’ and ‘Leave Dat Trap’ featuring AJ Tracey have accumulated over 5 million views. Unknown T has continued to amass millions of views, notably for his authenticity, unique style, undeniable flows and intricate layered wordplay. Unknown T's first album, "Rise Above Hate" released on 17th July 2020
Discography
Singles
As lead artist
List of singles as a lead artist, showing year released, peak chart positions, certifications and album name As featured artist
Title
Year
Album
"9er Ting"
2018
This Sh#ts Ments
"Medusa"
2019
"Dumpa"
2020
Single
"Drip Drip"
2020
Single
"Ride & Clutch, Pt 2"
2020
Single
Guest appearances
Legal Issues
In 2017, aged 17, Lena was cleared of hiding a 4mm revolver and ammunition under his bed after claiming the gun was foisted upon him by a stranger. More recently Lena was cleared of murdering Steve Narvaez-Jara, 20, at a house party near Old Street, Islington, London in the early hours of 1 January 2018. Speaking to the Guardian in 2018, Lena complained that the drill scene – long the subject of criticism in the media – was being unfairly attacked. “They don’t understand the reality,” he said. “It’s not about the music, it’s about what’s behind the music. You can’t blame the music, or say you’re giving a helping hand with no aid. They’re pointing the finger at us but forgetting there’s three fingers pointing back.” Daneil Lena remains part of the "Homerton" gang along with other member, notably drill artists/rappers, KO, V9 as referenced in his music consistently. Homerton has a high violent crime rate and a high property crime rate for London.
First Album, released on 17th July 2020. 16 songs are incorporated in the album, which will be Unknown T's first album. The long awaited trio from Homerton Hackney : KO, V9 and Unknown T came together releasing "AVEN9ERS". This significant as they are all from the same gang, Homerton gang.
