LD (rapper)

Cassiel Wuta-Ofei was born in 1991 or 1992 and was raised by his mother and grandmother.[2][6] He has three brothers and two sisters.[2]

In 2014, 67 would rise to fame, with Wuta-Ofei – under the alias Scribz – acting as its frontman. In the same year, he was handed an ASBO,[7] which forbid him to perform in public under the name Scribz; this would result in him changing his alias to LD. In addition, he would start wearing a "Phantom of the Opera-style" mask – according to Dazed – which was discovered in an office during an SB.TV session.[5][8]

In 2014, he would release "Live Corn"; the song, according to Huck, "had the wider industry paying attention [to LD] almost instantly".[4] It was followed in 2016 by "Let's Lurk", which was made alongside 67 and featured Giggs; the song was named within XXL’s best drill songs over 5 years, with Kemet High writing that the song was "the start of a movement that would later be led by rappers like Loski".[9]

In September 2018, LD released an album called The Masked One spending one week in the UK Albums Chart at position 69.[10] Following its release, an article by HotNewHipHop noted that he "contains the image, flow and delivery to become [67's] defining breakout artist".[11] The mixtape would be followed in 2021 by Who's Watching.[12] In an interview with VICE, he stated that that it was named as such because "you never know who's watching you", also saying that it was his last story of him against the police.[7] He would also release several remixes of his single "Rich Porter" following Brexit; an article by GRM Daily states the remixes were made in order to "keep his musical connections there [in the European Union]".[13]

In 2014, Wuta-Ofei was issued an ASBO that banned him from making and performing music for two years.[14][6] Following this, Wuta-Ofei donned a mask and changed his artist name to LD, with his first tune under the new moniker being "Live Corn".[15] In 2016, Wuta-Ofei's ASBO order came to an end, resulting in him releasing a song called "Wicked and Bad", in which he sent for opposing gangs. Within the song, he mentions that Scribz and LD are the same person. In 2017, Wuta-Ofei was jailed for possession of a knife.[16][17]

In December 2019, Wuta-Ofei was found guilty of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs (crack cocaine and heroin) and jailed for 4 years and six months.[18][19] He was released from prison in November 2021.[20]