Giggs teams up with Diddy for ‘Mandem’ and announces new album ‘Zero Tolerance’

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Giggs has released his first single of the year ‘Mandem’ from his upcoming sixth album ‘Zero Tolerance’, featuring Diddy. Check out the video below.The ‘Peckham Landlord’ hasn’t put out much solo music since his 2020 second mixtape ‘Now Or Never’, which featured Meek Mill, Ray BLK and Ghetts, but last year hopped on Aitch’s ‘Just Coz’ and Tion Wayne’s ‘Suffer’.Today (August 4), Giggs dropped ‘Mandem’ and its accompanying music video.

The Louis Aura-produced track harks back to his signature “road rap” style made popular by his breakthrough hits ‘Look What The Cat Dragged In’ and ‘Hustle On’, but with a modern trap revamp.

The song even interpolates the Hollaman’s flow on ‘Lock Doh’: “Up hill’ed it / Tough world, but we levelled up / Upscaled it / Expelled him / That yout’s kinda full of bullshit / And I smelled it.” In the Buck and Myles Whittingham-directed video, you can see Giggs standing tall with various ethnic groups, all of which represent the “mandem” he’s befriended in life.The track sees Diddy ad-libbing over Giggs’ verses, leading a chant of “Black king gods” towards the end of the track.

Afterwards, he compares the 40-year-old to himself: “You like me, longevity n**** / We ain’t here to play with y’all motherfuckers, we’re Black king gods.”Giggs has also announced his sixth studio album ‘Zero Tolerance’, which will be released on August 14 via No BS Music Limited / Island Records.