Aaron Daniel Davies (born 20 December 1990), known professionally as Bugzy Malone, is a British rapper and actor from Manchester, England.

Malone was born Aaron Davies in Withington Community Hospital and grew up in Crumpsall, Manchester, in a family of career criminals.

[10] He grew up being influenced by his family members who were involved in criminal activities, including his uncle whose murder he witnessed.

[6] He continued a life of criminal behaviour until he was arrested when he was sixteen years old and sent to HMP Stoke Heath;[12] he was unable to complete his GCSE exams.

[13] After leaving prison when he was 17 years old, Davies took up boxing as a hobby in an attempt to find a career and avoid returning to crime.

[14][11] While he was boxing as a career, Davies moved close to his biological father in Marple, Greater Manchester, before they eventually lost contact.

[6] Davies was inspired to start rapping from the influential "Risky Roadz" DVD series that featured artists such as Dizzee Rascal, Wiley and Skepta early in their careers.

[16] Davies received the nickname "Bugz" from a gang he was in when he was 13 years old, before developing into "Bugzy Malone" when he was serving his prison sentence.

After leaving prison, Davies began to take music seriously as a side hobby to his then-growing boxing career.

[19] The lead single from the mixtape "Hip Hop Heavy Metal" was released on 21 September 2011 and the music video currently has 1.3 million views on YouTube.

[24] On the topic of creating a campaign consisting of videos to promote the mixtape, Malone listed Quentin Tarantino as an influence and said: "I felt as if I wanted to tell a story loosely based on reality and used the raw emotion of the songs as an excuse to create a mini-horror movie.

[31] On 7 September 2014, Malone released a "Spitfire" freestyle on JDZmedia which procured his first million views on YouTube and gave him more popularity outside Manchester; it later earned him a performance on Fire in the Booth with Charlie Sloth on BBC Radio 1Xtra.

"[37] before replying to his critics including Davies lyrically on the song "Pepper Riddim" which was released on 20 March 2015.

[45] In July 2017, Davies released a documentary-style vlog in promotion for his EP King of the North where he directly references the feud, saying: He phoned me saying "Yo listen, we can do this thing like a, back and forth ting and shine some light on your career" but you know yourself, I've been grinding at this point for six years.

[54] Davies was announced as one of the artists performing at the Manchester Evening News Arena reopening[55] and posted on his personal Twitter account following his performance: "I've told them before and I'll tell them again Manchester is the home of the brave..."[56] A photo of Davies and Chip pictured together at Giggs' birthday party was uploaded to Instagram on 13 December 2017.

The line was sold at retail chain JD Sports[65] and has dropped three sets of the Supply & Demand collaboration.

[67] On 15 September 2020, Bugzy appeared in court after being charged with two counts of wounding to inflict grievous bodily harm.

[69] In December 2020, Manchester-born Bugzy Malone and his team have bought 50 underprivileged children a sack full of presents each.

Footage circulated on Twitter of the rapper riding a quad bike and was followed by videos of him lying on the ground in the aftermath of the collision.

[72] He was revealed to have crashed into a car at 70 mph whilst not wearing a helmet, which led to him subsequently suffering a brain bleed.