Jonathan James Wrate (born 12 February 1985), known professionally as Blade Brown[2] is a British rapper and songwriter from Battersea, London.
[3][4][5][6][7] XXL has compared his style to that of early Young Jeezy and Gucci Mane.
He released his debut mixtape entitled Nothing Long Volume 1 under Defenders Entertainment in 2004, but he took a break from music following a spell of both underground and commercial success through the mixtape which was played on mainstream radio stations such as Choice FM, BBC Radio 1Xtra and Kiss FM, as well as street DVDs in circulation at the time such as Streetz Incarcerated, Streetz Is Raw and Welcome to the city.
[10] Between 2005 and 2006 he recorded material for a second mixtape, which was initially entitled Nothing Long Volume 2, but it was never released due to the legal troubles Wrate was experiencing at the time, as well as a change in his own preferences as he has stated that he did not want to release many of the songs he had recorded.
Blade Brown is the owner of the clothing label BXB LDN.