Wretch 32  Jermaine Scott Sinclair (born 9 March 1985), better known by his stage name Wretch 32, is a British rapper, singer and songwriter from Tottenham, North London. He was a member of the grime collective "Combination Chain Gang", before forming The Movement with Scorcher, Ghetts, and Mercston. In 2011, Wretch 32 had three top-five charting songs from debut album "Black and White" and amassed over a million record sales, including the single "Don't Go" which peaked at number-one on the UK Singles Chart. In 2012 he was employed by both Adidas and Coca-Cola as one of the main faces of their London 2012 Olympics campaigns and on 1 July 2012, he won 'Best International Act' at the 2012 BET Awards. Born in March 1985 to a Jamaican family, Scott grew up alongside crews Combination Chain Gang and The Movement, the latter of which featured himself, Scorcher, Ghetts, Mercston and Devlin. Continuing his MC career in 2006, Scott under the name "Wretch 32" released a series of mixtapes, including "Teacher's Training Day" – which featured guest appearances from Ghetts, Bashy and Scorcher. His mother was from Jamaica, where "wretch" meant slim or skinny. She called him "Wretch" as a child, and the name stuck. 32 is his lucky number and he thought it would be fun to have a number as a surname, so he added 32 to the end of Wretch. His debut studio album, Wretchrospective was released in the United Kingdom during 2008, prior to Wretch's signing with record label Ministry of Sound. On 6 December 2010, Wretch 32 was named as one of the nominees for BBC's "Sound of 2011", an annual poll which predicts artists that will progress during the upcoming year. In 2010 Wretch 32 won an Official Mixtape Award for the 'best hiphop mixtape of 2009. On 16 January 2011, Wretch released "Traktor" as the lead single from his second studio album "Black and White". through Ministry of Sound as both a digital download and a CD single. The track saw commercial success, having been selected as BBC Radio 1's Reggie Yates "Weekend Anthem" on 19–20 December 2010, before debuting at number five on the UK Singles Chart as the third highest entry of the week. "Unorthodox", featuring British rapper Example, was released as the second single from the album on 17 April 2011.