Nines - full name Courtney Leon Freckleton - has collaborated with grime's most exciting new talent for years, but today at Harrow Crown Court on Friday, October 1 was jailed for two years over a conspiracy to import drugs into the UK.And, in a bizarre twist, this music prodigy's dodgy dealings were brought into the spotlight when French authorities managed to crack a sophisticated messaging service helping criminal gangs smuggle drugs all over Europe.Nines burst onto the English rap scene with a string of critically acclaimed mix-tapes between 2011 and 2015.What followed was a swift rise to fame that saw him mix with some of the best and brightest in the British music industry.He appeared on a track with rap sensation AJ Tracey in 2018,.
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