Alexander Choat
- Actor
AC is a well-known versatile MC from the UK Drum n Bass scene. He was awarded Best Breakthrough MC at the 2018 Drum & bass Awards and has sold over 50,000 copies of his hip-hop cds on the streets of the UK. He has had top 10 videos on MTV Base, Channel U / AKA, B4U, Zee Music and Britasia. He has had his hip-hop songs played on 1xtra, Radio 1, Kiss FM, Choice FM and has had top 10s on the BBC Asian network chart. In 2012 he was awarded and I.K.W.R.O. True Honour award for his song 'True Story'.
He performed in the modern opera "Pop'pea" as a rapping Praetorian Guard of Emperor Nero, with Carl Barat of the Libertines and Marc Almond of Softcell. He has had main acting roles in the online series 'Bad Karma' 2009 and 'The S State' 2012 and on stage in Ben Elton's Popcorn in 2011. AC has made his return to acting in Neilson Black's 'Inside the Machine' as the main protagonist Maximillian, and looks forward to taking part in more productions. He has also provided main character voice-over work for the motion-comic 'Legacy of the Sky' 2023.
From BBC Maida Vale live sessions to worldwide tours, performing on the same bill as artists like Wu-tang Clan, Capone and Noreaga, Common, Akala, The Outlawz, Sway, Jay Sean, Juggy D, Chip, N-dubz, Klashnekoff, Panjabi mc, Neyo, Marques Houston, AC has been an active presence in music for years.
This led him into the world of teaching and passing on his knowledge at the Academy of Contemporary Music, on the first ever Rap & MC degree course in the UK, tutoring and mentoring students in the various stage craft and performance techniques, and songwriting.
In the Drum n Bass scene he has emceed for djs like: Brockie, Andy C, SS, Mickey Finn, Ego Trippin, Grooverider, Fabio, Mampi Swift, Nu Elementz, Nicky Blackmarket, Kenny Ken, Hedex, Bou, Jumpin Jack Frost, Logan D, Heist, Majistrate, Twisted Individual, Culture Shock, Frankee, Turno, Friction, Shy fx, Bryan G etc, performing in numerous clubs in the UK and abroad, and at festivals like Glastonbury, Boomtown, Nass etc.
AC has been releasing full vocal drum n bass songs recently with a variety of top producers and has been racking up streams in the hundreds of thousands on Spotify. His tracks 'For Certain' and 'Drop the Knife' were featured by UKF and more is yet to come!
He performed in the modern opera "Pop'pea" as a rapping Praetorian Guard of Emperor Nero, with Carl Barat of the Libertines and Marc Almond of Softcell. He has had main acting roles in the online series 'Bad Karma' 2009 and 'The S State' 2012 and on stage in Ben Elton's Popcorn in 2011. AC has made his return to acting in Neilson Black's 'Inside the Machine' as the main protagonist Maximillian, and looks forward to taking part in more productions. He has also provided main character voice-over work for the motion-comic 'Legacy of the Sky' 2023.
From BBC Maida Vale live sessions to worldwide tours, performing on the same bill as artists like Wu-tang Clan, Capone and Noreaga, Common, Akala, The Outlawz, Sway, Jay Sean, Juggy D, Chip, N-dubz, Klashnekoff, Panjabi mc, Neyo, Marques Houston, AC has been an active presence in music for years.
This led him into the world of teaching and passing on his knowledge at the Academy of Contemporary Music, on the first ever Rap & MC degree course in the UK, tutoring and mentoring students in the various stage craft and performance techniques, and songwriting.
In the Drum n Bass scene he has emceed for djs like: Brockie, Andy C, SS, Mickey Finn, Ego Trippin, Grooverider, Fabio, Mampi Swift, Nu Elementz, Nicky Blackmarket, Kenny Ken, Hedex, Bou, Jumpin Jack Frost, Logan D, Heist, Majistrate, Twisted Individual, Culture Shock, Frankee, Turno, Friction, Shy fx, Bryan G etc, performing in numerous clubs in the UK and abroad, and at festivals like Glastonbury, Boomtown, Nass etc.
AC has been releasing full vocal drum n bass songs recently with a variety of top producers and has been racking up streams in the hundreds of thousands on Spotify. His tracks 'For Certain' and 'Drop the Knife' were featured by UKF and more is yet to come!
