Biography
fakemink & Skepta is the pairing behind the October 2026 single "Chiltern Firehouse", a collaboration between two London rappers from different generations of British rap.[1]
fakemink (Vincenzo Nischal Camille Bhatia) was born in 2005 in Ilford, east London, and raised in Basildon, Essex. A self-taught producer working in FL Studio from about age nine, he is associated with cloud rap and UK underground rap, and broke through in 2025 with the viral "Easter Pink". His 2026 album Terrified was entirely self-produced.[2][3]
Skepta co-founded the grime collective Boy Better Know in 2005 and won the Mercury Prize for Konnichiwa in 2016.[4] The two met at Warsaw's CLOUT Festival in 2026 and both appear in a Stone Island campaign.[1]
References
- Stereogum: fakemink & Skepta, "Chiltern Firehouse" — Review of the single covering production credits, sound, how the artists met, and album context.
- Fakemink (Wikipedia) — Biography, influences, genres and 2025-26 career timeline.
- Complex: fakemink songs, real name, new music — Primer on fakemink's background, production habits and the Terrified album.
- Skepta (Wikipedia) — Skepta's career background, Boy Better Know and Mercury Prize.