Oakley Neil H T Caesar-Su (Central Cee); Biography Overview

Central Cee; Biography

Oakley Neil H T Caesar-Su, professionally known as Central Cee, has the artistic instincts and benovelent nature that is sure to enable him win countless hearts in future. Hailing from Shepherd`s Bush in London United Kingdom, he is a gifted songwriter, rapper and singer. Heavily inspired by his community`s rich culture and history, Oakley has proved that determination and hard work can out weigh luck. The release of the singles ‘Day in the Life’ and’Loading’ brought him to the limelight in 2020.Come March 12th 2021 he released his first mixtape ‘Wild West’ which made it to number two 0n the UK Albums Chart.

Central Cee; Age

Oakley Caesar celebrates his birthday on the 4th of June year. He was born in 1998 in Ladbroke Grove, London to an English mother and a father with Chinese-Guyanese origin. His zodiac sign is Gemini.

Central Cee; Family

Rachel Caesar met Central Cee`s father when she was fifteen years of age and began dating him against the will of her parents. Her parents then decided to cut her of financially due to her disobedience. When Oakley was seven years old his parent separated and together with his two brothers and mother began living in Shepherd`s Bush. Central Cee would occasionally visit his father Caesar-Su who introduced him to American hip-hop. Notting Hill carnival exposed young Central to reggae and dancehall. Juke Caesar ,one of his younger brothers featured on the 23 mixtape under a musical name ‘Lil Bro’.

Central Cee; Education

Oakley and Digga D attended the same school. He admits that he kept to himself in school though he would occasionally lose his temper and misbehave. At 16 years of age Central left school.

Central Cee; Career

He once worked at a shoe store for three weeks only to find out his wage didn`t meet expectations and quit. He took to selling drugs which was “as normal as learning to ride a bike where he was coming from” as he puts it. Oakley made his first public appearance on a now deleted episode of Charlie Sloth`s Fire in The Streets in 2014 from where he adopted the stage name ‘Central Cee’ (traditionally ‘Central C’). In January 2015 he made his debut song appearance on the ‘Ain`t On Nuttin Remix’ featuring J Hus. February the same year he dropped ‘Street Heat Freestyle’. Additionally he performed verses to Tupac Instrumentals alongside Mo West on the music platform BL@CKBOX.

Oakley met his manager YBeeez in 2019.The same year he switched from auto-tuned hip-hop to a style similar to UK drill. He went ahead to release ‘Day in Life’ in June 2020 followed by ‘Molly’ in July. Further success came with ‘Loading’ on 22 October 2020. Debuting at number two in the UK Albums Chart and ranked one in the UK R&B Albums Chart came his self-released mixtape, ‘Wild West’.

Oakley  started modelling on 6 April 2021 for Drake`s Nike X Nocta ,fronted ‘Neve World’ in December 2022. He also worked for JD, a sport clothing shop in the UK.

Central Cee; Awards

Central Cee has collected several awards thanks to his melodic and upbeat approach to UK drill. Amongst them, Songwriter of the year award at Ivor Novello Awards, Best International Flow award at BET Hip Hop Awards in 2O23 standout.

Central Cee; Net worth

The ‘Commitment Issues’ rapper is estimated to have a net worth of around $5 million as at 2024.

Central Cee; Marriage

Rumor has it that Oakley could be dating model Kenza Boutrif. He has never addressed them leading us to believe he is single.

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Central Cee; Physique

Oakley stands 5 feet 10 inches(177cm) tall and his weight is around 67kgs. He has light brown hair, black eyes a charismatic personality and clever word play.