Aitch

Harrison Armstrong (born 9 December 1999), though he is more commonly known as Aitch, is a British rapper and songwriter from Manchester. Aitch began rapping in school; after uploading his first video to YouTube, he gained 100,000 views in three months. His first track "Straight Rhymez" garnered over 12 million views and brought him to the attention of London rapper Stormzy.

Aitch has released three singles that have charted within the top 40 in the UK, including a feature on the Young T & Bugsey track "Strike a Pose" which peaked at #9, "Taste (Make It Shake)", which peaked at #2 and "Buss Down" featuring ZieZie which peaked at #8 on the UK Singles Chart. He also featured on the chart topping Sir Spiro remix of Take Me Back to London with Ed Sheeran, Stormzy, and Jaykae. He has supported rappers such as Cadet and Wiley on tour. The name "Aitch" derives from the pronunciation of the letter 'H' which is the first letter of his given name Harrison. On Friday 22nd November 2019 he featured on ZieZie's single entitled French Kisses marking the second time that the pair had collaborated with one another, as well as the second time during the year 2019 that they had done the above. Surprisingly the first collaboration was a song of Aitch's whereas the second collaboration was a song of ZieZie's. On Friday 29th November 2019 French Kisses entered the UK Singles Chart at #35. The following week on Friday 6th December 2019 the song departed from the chart. Additionally in 2019 he appeared upon Chicken Shop Date as a guest, Soccer AM as himself for an episode, and appeared as a guest upon an episode of Don't Hate The Playaz. On Saturday 11th January 2020 he appeared as a guest performer on The BRITs Are Coming!. On Thursday 16th January 2020 Aitch featured on DigDat's new single Ei8ht Mile, which entered the Official Chart Top 40 at #9 on Friday 24th January 2020. On Friday 21st February 2020 he released a new freestyle track entitled MICE. On Tuesday 10th March 2020 he featured on the AJ Tracey and Tay Keith song Rain. On Friday October 2nd 2020 he featured upon D-Block Europe's new single entitled UFO alongside Young Adz & Dirtbike LB. He later featured on Headie One's new single entitled Parlez-Vous Anglais. In 2020 he appeared upon Best of BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2020 as himself, served as a beats & visuals mentor upon The Rap Game UK, wrote the episode of Michaela Coel's I May Destroy You entitled 'Happy Animals' and also acted as writer and performer of a song feature in the show entitled Strike a Pose. On Friday 25th December 2020 Aitch performed 'Rain' on the Top Of The Pops Christmas Special alongside AJ Tracey.

On Friday 31st January 2020 Ei8ht Mile fell down eight places from #9 to #17. On Friday 7th February 2020 Ei8ht Mile fell down a further eleven places from #17 to #28. On Friday 14th February 2020 Ei8ht Mile went up two places from #28 to #26. On Friday 21st February 2020 Ei8ht Mile fell down seven places from #26 to #33. On Friday 28th February 2020 Ei8ht Mile fell down three places from #33 to #36, whereas elsewhere Aitch's new freestyle MICE entered the chart at #34. On Friday March 13th 2020 his Rain entered the charts at #3. In May 2020 he released a single entitled 30 alongside Tion Wayne. On Friday June 5th 2020 30 entered the Official Chart Top 40 at #36, and his EP entitled Polaris entered The Official UK Albums Chart at #7. On Friday 9th October 2020 UFO entered the chart at #11. The following week on Friday 16th October 2020 Parlez-Vous Anglais entered the chart at #24 & UFO fell down three places from #11 to #14. The following week on Friday 23rd October 2020 Parlez-Vous Anglais departed from the chart & UFO remained at #14. The following week on Friday 30th October 2020 UFO fell down six places from #14 to #20. The following week on Friday 6th November 2020 UFO fell down two places from #20 to #22. The following week on Friday 13th November 2020 UFO fell down three places from #22 to #25. The following week on Friday 20th November 2020 UFO fell down two places from #25 to #27. The following week on Friday 27th November 2020 UFO fell down five places from #27 to #32. The following week on Friday 4th December 2020 UFO departed from the chart. On Friday 2nd July 2021 Aitch's new single Learning Curve entered the Official Chart Top 40 at #27. The following week on Friday 9th July 2021 Learning Curve fell down four places from #27 to #31. The following week on Friday 16th July 2021 Learning Curve departed from the chart. In Early September 2021 Kennedy competed in Soccer Aid for UNICEF upon the England Team. In late September 2021 he released a new single entitled Party Round My Place which featured both Avelino & Toddla T. On Friday 15th October 2021 he appeared upon C4's 'Celebrity Gogglebox for Stand Up To Cancer' specials alongside footballer Kalvin Phillips. On Thursday 3rd February 2022 he released a new single entitled 'War' alongside fellow British rapper ArrDee. The following week on Friday 11th February 2022 War entered The Official Chart Top 40 at #6.

Track Discography

 * Blitzed (Aitch featuring Kay Rico)
 * Vibrising (Aitch)
 * Daily Duppy (Aitch featuring GRM Daily)
 * Trust Me (Aitch)
 * Straight Rhymez (Aitch)
 * Miss Me with It (Aitch)
 * Wait (Aitch)
 * On the Way Home (Aitch with Jaykae featuring Bowser Boss)
 * Taste (Make It Shake) [Aitch]
 * Buss Down (Aitch featuring ZieZie)
 * Strike a Pose (Young T & Bugsey featuring Aitch)
 * Kilos (Bugzy Malone featuring Aitch)
 * AitcH2O Freestyle (Aitch)
 * Already (Aitch featuring Tyreezy)
 * Know Better (Remix) (Kay Rico)
 * Keisha & Becky (Remix) (Russ splash, Tion Wayne, Swarmz, Savo, JAY1, Aitch)
 * Take Me Back to London (Sir Spyro Remix) (Ed Sheeran, Stormzy, Jaykae)
 * French Kisses (ZieZie featuring Aitch)
 * Ei8ht Mile (DigDat featuring Aitch)
 * MICE (Aitch)
 * Rain (AJ Tracey featuring Tay Keith and Aitch)
 * 30 (Aitch featuring Tion Wayne)
 * UFO (D-Block Europe, Young Adz, Dirtbike LB, & Aitch)
 * Parlez-Vous Anglais (Headie One featuring Aitch)
 * Learning Curve (Aitch)
 * Party Round My Place (Aitch, Avelino, & Toddla T)
 * War (Aitch & ArrDee)