Versatyl & Pilgrim

UK based hip hop duo Versatyl & Pilgrim emerged from the Birmingham underground hip hop and art scene in 2012. They are known for their golden age hip hop, soul, jazz and afrobeat inspired sound and exciting live performances. The duo met whilst they were students at the University of Birmingham. They started working together after Versatyl played Pilgrim some instrumentals during a meeting of the university’s hip hop society and have since released two mixtapes to critical underground acclaim.

Their first mixtape, Smart is the New Gangsta, was released in 2013 and was swiftly followed with their second mixtape, Wax n Facts, released in 2014. In 2015, the newly formed University of Birmingham student-run record label, New Street Records, announced the signing of Versatyl & Pilgrim as its third and final artist for the academic year and the duo released two songs, Underground Sound and Lessons, on the label that year before moving on as independent artists to work on solo projects.

Their newest album, Love Manifest is due for release in April 2020