Kupid the King: the Man and the Music

"My music is a reflection of the things that I've been through and a celebration of the things that I've overcome."

Kupid the King started writing at the age of 13 and has always been heavily influenced by life experiences and the nature of the world around him.


More than words

Along his journey many challenges have arisen; from losing family members to becoming a victim of police brutality, from witnessing relationships breakdown to becoming the breaking factor in his own relationships. Kupid writes from a familiar perspective of all these situations and insists on staying true to himself while accepting that he is not the only one who has been faced with struggles.


“If you say that I'm troubled, yeah I'm troubled as they're made, see my trouble tells a story of the struggle that they made, the troublesome I am is from the trouble that they made, so the trouble tells a story of the struggle that's in me.”

Kupid's songs include recitals of true experiences of love, heartbreak, trust, betrayal & mental breakdowns among family, friends and acquaintances, written in a way that is personal to him and yet relatable to so many others. He has also been known to write about his view on the state of the world and the community he was raised in, an opinion formed from the strength of many years of modest research, an interest in humanity and a range of extensive case studies from children and adults that he has crossed paths with and spoken to.

Eclectic influence 

When it comes to musical influences Kupid enjoys a full range of music from being raised listening to artists such as Kirk Franklin and Al Green and later being introduced to the likes of Usher, R Kelly & The Fugees and then naturally gravitating towards the sounds of Outkast, Tupac & Jay-z. During his teen years Kupid attended many live blues and rock and roll jam nights and became a resident rapper known around the city as a rapper who can flow over any style of music.


"The King becomes the King after he wins a war and I've been subconsciously battling against myself for years. I realised that the only way to truly embrace my eclecticity was not to combine styles but to divide them and conquer each one separately."


Kupid the Man

Kupid the King is one third of the one man trilogy, primarily a solo Hip-Hop and R&B artist focused on sharing his personal journey through his music. He is also the frontman and lead vocalist in the six piece pop rock band The City Hippies. Kupid the Gentleman is an eccentric model and community leader who takes part in supporting charity events and social causes. Kupid the Mentor works to engage young people through creativity and inspire through sharing stories of real life experience.

Kupid the King has recently released singles “The Fall” and “Sellotape Kisses” on all major platforms and is recording his debut ep “Lost Boy" produced by Spock & Nathan Neone, it includes special guest features from Priscilla Cameron, Vycke G, Neone, Ellisse Daley, Hassan James, Joy B and more. “Lost boy” is scheduled for release towards the end of 2018. He is working hard behind the scenes and collaborating with a variety of highly talented artists, dancers, DJs, producers, videographers and brands to deliver a full professional experience.

Kupid has performed at venues and festivals all over England and Wales including Brecon Jazz & Fringe Festival, Festival8 and Acoustic Festival of Britain and performs with a DJ, acoustically or with a band.

“As soon as I started taking music seriously, people started to take me seriously.”

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Bruno Da Silva, better known by his stage name, TooClassical, is an English rapper. He released his first mixtape in 2009 with his group NMG (No More Games); which sold a successful 2000 physical copies.
In 2011, TooClassical released a collaboration mixtape with fellow Wolverhampton based rapper, Cornstar , titled Face Off; which was again, well received by the local community.
More recently, in 2013, TooClassical released his first solo mixtape; Who's About This. This body of work gained 1000 downloads throughout all major mixtape websites in UK and contains some of TC’s best lyricism and music.
In October 2013, he released his major singles, titled ‘Head Down’, featuring Cornstar, preceded with Who's About This track and many other freestyle videos on YouTube. 
Many of these videos, especially Head Down had a hit of 18 thousand views.

Early life

Bruno Da Silva was born in Luanda, Angola, on 20 May 1991. Bruno came to the UK at the age of 12 in 2003 and lived for a year in London before moving to Newport, South Wales At the age of 18 he moved to Wolverhampton and attended Wolverhampton Paget Road College, before earning his Diploma in Art and Design as well as many other certificates and qualifications in excellence.
At the age of 18, Bruno conceived his stage name through his obsession for olden music, such as Blues, Jazz, Rock ‘n’ Roll and many other influential historical genres. Some of TC’s greatest influences are the likes of Ray Charles, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Little Walters, Muddy Walters and many others .
TooClassical began to developed his own sound by combining Hip Hop , RnB, Rock, Jazz and Blues which has allowed him to prosper as an artist, create his own lane and uniqueness, as well as enabling him the ability to create great music.

Early career

TooClassical started out his career in 2007 when he joined a group of four young rappers named, Flow Yungerz. He also founded a partnership with Urban Circle Records (a community centre record label) which allowed him and Flow Yungerz to record a huge amount of songs during the year he spent with them.
In 2008 he left both the group and the label and began to take the initial step towards his independent career; which consisted of freestyling and performing throughout many festivals and music sets across the country.
After moving to Wolverhampton, he began to take his music much more seriously; producing more focus and effort, missing College classes to partake in freestyle battles. Through these freestyle battles, TC was spotted by an individual who knew someone who was looking for members to join the Hip Hop group; NMG (No More Games). After taking up the offer, TC and the group went on to release a mixtape named Pen to Paper; which had a great impact in the streets of Wolverhampton and achieved great sales.
Throughout that year NMG became the word of the town and spread through many areas in West Midlands, which lead to the recognition of several independent record labels and contracts being put into place.
However, in 2011 TooClassical departed from the group on a positive note due to the ambition to fully focus on his solo career.
Throughout this time TC began to perform around the region at events, while planning his first solo mixtape entitled Who’s About This. However before taking major actions towards his this body of work, he wanted to develop his sound, so he teamed up with a local artist Cornstar; which lead to a joint project and mixtape. Face Off the mixtape, was released in 2012 gaining great rates and downloads throughout the internet.
In 2013 TooClassical attend Derby University to study Architectural Venue and through the year began to record, and finally release his first solo mixtape which helped widen his audience and build his diverse catalogue of music.

Vision for the future

While working on Who’s About This TooClassical was already on the process of his second mixtape "Vintage". This mixtape took approximately a year to complete because of TC’s obsession of wanting to perfect and define his sound.
With this project he has dug deep within himself to show his original sound and ability to compose songs; he did not want to release just another repetitive mixtape but believes Vintage could lead to the beginning of something special.

The concept of the Vintage is the true definition of his stage name, and his love for olden music. The songs, sounds and samples used are reminiscent of Blues and Jazz, which produces a ‘Classical’ feel.
The ambition to have a hit number one in the charts and touching people’s hearts with his music is strong within TooClassical, and with past success, determination for the future, and an exciting mixtape to release soon; he is not far from achieving this.

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