Meridian Dan (born Daniel Lawrence London) is a grime MC from Tottenham, North London. He is best known for his 2014 single "German Whip".Lawrence first started MCing at age 10, having had music around him throughout his childhood and being inspired by hip-hop and reggae. JME and Big H, who both feature on "German Whip", were both childhood friends.Meridian Dan was a peripheral member of Meridian Crew along with President T, Skepta, JME, Big H, Bossman Birdie and Paper Pabs in the early noughties. During his time in the group he made regular appearances on the crew's show on pirate radio station Heat FM show and later on Déjà Vu FM. He featured on Skepta's "Private Caller" single in 2005. In 2005, Meridian Dan took a hiatus from music after Meridian Crew disbanded - with other crew members going on to form Boy Better Know and Bloodline Family - to pursue other interests and careers. During this time, he worked as a boxer, waiter, a steward at Tottenham Hotspur, a plasterer, an electrician, a steel erector, and a coded welder. In a 2014 interview, Meridian Dan said that his hiatus was because he wasn't getting paid for his music and had outside stresses to attend to. Wikipedia
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