{{Short description|English rap group}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{More citations needed|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Smoke Boys | image_size = | landscape = | caption = | origin = [[London Borough of Croydon|Croydon]], [[London]], England | genre = {{flatlist| * [[British hip hop]] * [[Trap music|trap]] * [[UK drill]] }} | years_active = 2010–2020 | label = Section | associated_acts = {{flatlist| * [[Stormzy]] * [[Chris Brown]] * [[Skepta]] }} | website = | current_members = Ghost<br /> Littlez<br /> Inch <br /> Sleeks <br /> Knine <br /> Swift <br /> Deepee | past_members = *Reeko Squeeze }}
'''Smoke Boys''' (formerly '''Section Boyz''' and before that '''Squeeze Section''') were a British [[hip hop collective]] started by British rapper Ghost in 2010. On 25 September 2015 the group's second mixtape ''[[Don't Panic (Section Boyz album)|Don't Panic]]''<ref>{{Cite web|title = Section Boyz debut 'Don't Panic' album hits Top 40 Charts|url = http://www.whatsgoodonline.co.uk/section-boyzdont-panic-album-hits-top-40-charts/|website = Whatsgoodonline.co.uk|accessdate = 2015-09-29}}</ref> entered at number 36, making their first [[UK Albums Chart]] entry.<ref>[http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/david-gilmour-scores-second-solo-number-1-album-with-rattle-that-lock-im-delighted-__10834/ David Gilmour scores second solo Number 1 album with Rattle That Lock: “I'm delighted”], Officialcharts.com</ref> On 4 November 2015, they won Best Newcomer at the [[MOBO Awards]]. They were considered to be highly influential in the [[UK drill]] scene.<ref>{{Cite web|title=When The Smoke Clears: Section Boyz Reflect on Their Legacy - VICE|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/section-boyz-break-up-reflect-on-legacy/|access-date=2022-01-22|website=Vice.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-12|title=Smoke Boys: 'We've influenced the whole world but people act dumb'|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/smoke-boys-section-boyz-grime-757922|access-date=2022-01-22|website=inews.co.uk|language=en}}</ref>
== History == The collective began in 2011 as a loose association of individual rappers from [[London Borough of Croydon|Croydon]] in South London. First the group called themselves ‘''Squeeze 4 P$‘'', and then ‘''Squeeze Section’.''<ref>[https://trenchtrenchtrench.com/news/heritage-before-their-names-changed-to-section-boyz-and-smoke-boyz-squeeze-section-were-doing-the-most-with-hard-freestyles-like-this-2011 ''HERITAGE: BEFORE THEIR NAMES CHANGED TO SECTION BOYZ AND SMOKE BOYS, SQUEEZE SECTION WERE DOING THE MOST WITH HARD FREESTYLES LIKE THIS (2011)''], Trench, 28. März 2019</ref> The group released their first [[mixtape]] titled ''Sectionly'' in 2014 as ‘''Section Boyz’''. With the second mixtape ''[[Don't Panic (Section Boyz album)|Don't Panic]]'', the group made it into the “Top 40” of the British Music Charts in 2015 and were subsequently honoured as best newcomers at the [[MOBO Awards]]. The group was also chosen to be on the list of the “Sound Of 2016” at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/Jkmyy4Qrvhkcwd5h4zZzYQ/section-boyz ''Sound of 2016: Section Boyz''], BBC, Januar 2016</ref>
In 2016, the group was awarded as the best hip-hop act of the year at the MOBO Awards. This was followed by further mixtapes every year. In 2018 the group changed their name to ''‘Smoke Boys’'' and released their fifth mixtape ''Don’t Panic II.'' The tape brought them into the charts once again. In October 2020 the group released their sixth, and final mixtape titled ''All The Smoke''.<ref>[https://grmdaily.com/smoke-boys-announce-last-project/ ''Smoke Boys Announce Last Ever Project ‘All the Smoke’''], Courtney Wynter, GRM Daily, 21. September 2020</ref>
==Discography== ===Mixtapes=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |+ List of mixtapes, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:9em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="3" | Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;" | [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] ! scope="col" style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;" | [[UK R&B Chart|UK<br />R&B]] ! scope="col" style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;" | [[UK R&B Chart|UK<br />DL]] |- ! scope="row" | ''Sectionly'' | * Released: 3 August 2014 * Label: Section * Format: Digital download | - || - || - |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Don't Panic (mixtape)|Don't Panic]]'' | * Released: 18 September 2015 * Label: Section * Format: Digital download | 36 || 3 || 15 |- ! scope="row" | ''Attack the Block'' <small>(with [[Chris Brown]] & OHB)</small> | * Released: 28 October 2016 * Label: OHB, CBE * Format: Digital download | - || - || - |- ! scope="row" | ''Soundcheck'' | * Released: 24 March 2017 * Label: Section * Format: Digital download | - || - || - |- ! scope="row" | ''Don't Panic II'' | * Released: 19 October 2018 * Label: Self-released * Format: Digital download | - || - || - |- ! scope="row" | ''All the Smoke'' | * Released: 30 October 2020 * Label: Self-released * Format: Digital download | - || - || - |- | colspan="5" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |}
===EP=== * ''Delete My Number'' (2016)
==Awards and nominations== *[[MOBO Awards]] Best Newcomer 2015 *[[MOBO Awards]] Best Hip-Hop 2016
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