Townsend grew up in Tottenham in North London and attended Finchley Catholic High School.
[9] He and rapper Headie One became frequent collaborators, including co-releasing the mixtapes Sticks & Stones (2016) and Drillers x Trappers (2017).
[10] Together they formed part of OFB, a UK drill group based in the Broadwater Farm estate.
[11] While in prison, he and other OFB members had released music videos where they warn their rivals that they will grab and stab them.
[23] In 2012, he and other North London gang members were convicted of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon in a stabbing of a 15-year-old boy at a barber shop in Wood Green.