The PPL Music Momentum Fund helped record and promote Bugzy’s second E.P, Facing Time, which went to Number 6 in the
UK album charts.
He explains that receiving Momentum funding is akin to being a painter and being supported to buy brushes, canvas and paints – enabling the artist to “just go ahead and paint”. Bugzy also talks of the importance of being endorsed by the Fund – as a grime artist from Manchester:
“It offered me a solid foundation and gave me an extra confidence in myself. It made such a difference people backing us.”
Bugzy complements his management for finding the Fund and going for it. Without the funding he doesn’t think he would be where he is and that the quality of the work would have suffered.
“There is a lot I want to do creative wise and now I feel ready for next level,” he says. “It (raising money) takes a lot of stress to the table so it has given me more creative freedom.”
