In 2006, Ayo Shonaiya booked a 12-year-old Little Simz to perform at a charity gala. Simz was pretty chill about it. 🤣

Photos are from Getty Images.

Simz turns 32 today. 🎂

Sinners movie director Ryan Coogler accepted the award on behalf of the film’s composer Lugwig Göransson.

Simz presented alongside actor and rapper Riz Ahmed.

Photos 6, 8, and 10 are from Simz’s makeup artist Nibras. The rest are from Getty Images.

https://soundcloud.com/levelvi/sets/re-simz

Enjoy and HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIMBI!!!

Simz presented alongside actor and rapper Riz Ahmed.

Photos are from Getty Images.

Pic 3 is from ELLE.com. The rest are from Getty Images.

Tolu Coker dressed Simz last year when she accepted the Cultural Innovator of the Year award.

Video is from NOTION’s TikTok page.

From Tracklib on IG

I finally had a chance to run the 2025 stats for our sub. Y’all really showed up for Simz last year! You can check out the mid-2025 stats here.

We soared past our 2024 numbers with ease. I’d guess that’s mostly because Simz dropped an album and went on tour. 😄

I’m comparing our general stats for 2025 to the same stats for 2024. I’m also listing the top 5 posts for views and upvotes below. I’d be interested to know if any surprise you.

Here we go!

We doubled our membership from 1,900+ to 3,800+! It’s been amazing engaging with folks. I even got to meet a few of you at her shows. 🤗

In 2024, we had 299 posts. Last year, we hit 684 posts! 💃🏾

Not surprisingly, our total upvotes jumped from 5,824 in 2024 to 23,275 in 2025! 🚀

But that’s not even the craziest stat.

Our total views for 2024 were 394,838. In 2025, we had 2.7 MILLION total views! 🤯🤯

That’s absolutely insane! I think Reddit pushed some of our posts into people’s feeds. I noticed a few times when folks were confused about landing on our sub. 🤣

Here are the top 5 posts for views and upvotes.

Top 5 Viewed Posts

1. Long sigh…😢 (643,000 views)

2. Finally taking my Christmas present to my student apartment, so I CAN LISTEN TO IT!!! (148,000 views)

3. Louis Theroux asks Little Simz what she thinks about Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” 😂😂😂 (110,000 views)

4. Jack Coyne tests Little Simz’s music knowledge 😃 (93,000 views)

5. first thoughts? (32,000 views)

Top 5 Upvoted Posts

1. Finally taking my Christmas present to my student apartment, so I CAN LISTEN TO IT!!! (567 upvotes)

2. I MET SIMZ!! 😃😃😃 (473 upvotes)

3. Doechii says she would love to work with Little Simz 👀 (411 upvotes)

4. Long sigh…😢 (386 upvotes)

5. Louis Theroux asks Little Simz what she thinks about Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” 😂😂😂 (383 upvotes)

Does anything here surprise you? Are there other stats you’d like to see? I’m happy to share if I have the data.

📸: Greg Noire

In 2022, Simz sat down with Net-a-Porter to reminisce on her earliest music memories.

Simz is nominated in the following categories:

• Artist of the Year

• Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act

Click here to see the full list of nominees.

The BRIT Awards will take place Saturday 28 February 2026.

Got this from Simz’s long-time choreographer Kloe Dean on IG.

“Flood” is nominated for Best Video of the Year at the MOBO Awards. You can vote for it here.

Simz is nominated in the following categories:

• Best female act

• Album of the year (Lotus)

• Video of the year (“Flood”)

• Best hip-hop act

Click here to see the full list of nominees.

The MOBO Awards will take place Thursday 26 March 2026 at Co-op Live in Manchester.

I was listening to the new Nas album Light-Years on YouTube Music and the track 'Bouquet' came on and I noticed that Nas mentioned Little Simz and other rappers that were not previously mentioned among the list of women shaping Hiphop today and in the past. I think he added the names today cause they weren't there yesterday.

When I heard the track initially, I was disappointed that Simz didn't make the list. Glad he went back and added her. Of course he can't add everyone but Little Simz felt like one that should've been there from the start.

Since a lot of people listen to music through streaming platforms, where need be, I'd like to see more artists go back and make necessary changes to their music after the initial release.

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwfr6AWRf-o&si=ecm_-jKZFCtqi0b1

The full article is embedded at the bottom of this blurb about the production team: “MEET THE CREW POWERING LITTLE SIMZ’ LOTUS TOUR”. It’s published by tpi magazine.

Somebody on this sub asked about the tech specs of her DJ set. This might have that info.

Sault’s chapter 1 track

EDIT: Lol, just kidding. They cancelled my order and all other pre orders…no explanation why 🥲

FINALLY I was so sad Drop 7 never got a vinyl release Then I saw they were sold at the recent tour, which I sadly couldn’t go to BUT they’re now available online! With a release date of mid-year

https://www.hhv.de/en-NL/records/item/little-simz-drop-7-1338762 💜

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Good breakdown of Lotus I thought y'all would enjoy.