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The Northern Boys are an English hip hop group formed by Liverpool-born rappers Norman Pain and Patrick Karneigh Jr. in Sutton Coldfield in 2022. Pain and Karneigh are the group's only songwriters and performers, but they are considered a trio as they are always accompanied by a dancer known only as Kevin.
They are known for creating the group in their 70s, Pain's gravelly voice, their distinctive lyrical style and northern accents, and performing dark and vulgar comedy hip hop songs about taboo topics.
The Northern Boys were put together in 2022 by the London-based music collective Sindhuworld, which itself began as a corner shop whose Instagram page went viral for its musings on everyday life. Karneigh and Pain reportedly met while working as teachers at Bishop Vesey's Grammar School in Sutton Coldfield, though both are originally from Liverpool, which inspired the group's name as Liverpool is in Northwest England whereas Sutton Coldfield is in the West Midlands.
Prior to forming the Northern Boys, both had solo music careers and had released music via Sindhuworld, as well as making guest appearances on Pete & Bas tracks as part of the Snooker Team collective.
On 15 September 2022, The Northern Boys released the music video for their debut single "Party Time" (titled onscreen as "Northern Boy") on YouTube. The music video, filmed locally in Sutton Park, gained over 400,000 views on YouTube and 2 million on TikTok within a week. The song's highly vulgar lyrics were rapped over the instrumental to Estelle's song "American Boy". Kevin had suggested that they choose a dance beat for the song rather than a more typical hip hop track so that he could dance to it.
Reception of the song was largely positive. Entertainment.ie described the song as "one of the darkest yet funniest songs we've heard in a long time" and praised the music video as a "work of art".
Vulture called "Party Time" a "certified banger" with "disarmingly frank, funny lyrics about sex, drugs, partying, and the crippling mental health issues stemming from repressed white English masculinity".
The Northern Boys have described their writing process as "bang[ing] out ideas in drunken stupors" that results in a distinctive stream-of-consciousness lyrical style. The White Pube has described the band's depiction of class, gender, and race as a key part of their appeal. Kevin, the third member of the group, does not appear on vocals but is always featured in the band's music videos as a dancer.
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Also Known As: The Northern Boys, Pete & BasThey are known for creating the group in their 70s, Pain's gravelly voice, their distinctive lyrical style and northern accents, and performing dark and vulgar comedy hip hop songs about taboo topics.
The Northern Boys were put together in 2022 by the London-based music collective Sindhuworld, which itself began as a corner shop whose Instagram page went viral for its musings on everyday life. Karneigh and Pain reportedly met while working as teachers at Bishop Vesey's Grammar School in Sutton Coldfield, though both are originally from Liverpool, which inspired the group's name as Liverpool is in Northwest England whereas Sutton Coldfield is in the West Midlands.
Prior to forming the Northern Boys, both had solo music careers and had released music via Sindhuworld, as well as making guest appearances on Pete & Bas tracks as part of the Snooker Team collective.
On 15 September 2022, The Northern Boys released the music video for their debut single "Party Time" (titled onscreen as "Northern Boy") on YouTube. The music video, filmed locally in Sutton Park, gained over 400,000 views on YouTube and 2 million on TikTok within a week. The song's highly vulgar lyrics were rapped over the instrumental to Estelle's song "American Boy". Kevin had suggested that they choose a dance beat for the song rather than a more typical hip hop track so that he could dance to it.
Reception of the song was largely positive. Entertainment.ie described the song as "one of the darkest yet funniest songs we've heard in a long time" and praised the music video as a "work of art".
Vulture called "Party Time" a "certified banger" with "disarmingly frank, funny lyrics about sex, drugs, partying, and the crippling mental health issues stemming from repressed white English masculinity".
The Northern Boys have described their writing process as "bang[ing] out ideas in drunken stupors" that results in a distinctive stream-of-consciousness lyrical style. The White Pube has described the band's depiction of class, gender, and race as a key part of their appeal. Kevin, the third member of the group, does not appear on vocals but is always featured in the band's music videos as a dancer.
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Members:
Norman Pain
Patrick Karneigh Jr.
Kevin
From: Sutton Coldfield, England
Genre(s): British hip hop, comedy hip hop, rap rock
Instrument(s): Vocals
Active From: 2022-present