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Riko Dan

1978–

United Kingdom

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Zane Benson Williams, better known by his stage name Riko Dan and formerly by the mononym Riko, is an English multi-genre MC from Mile End, East London. He rose to prominence in 2004 as a member of the pioneering grime collective Roll Deep, of which he remains an active member, and is also established in other sound system genres including bashment, jungle, and dubstep, with a prolific discography as a featured artist. He has charted on the UK singles chart with the 2024 Rudimental, Skepsis and Charlotte Plank collaboration "Green and Gold".

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