Lukman Olanrewaju Odunaike (b. 17 April 1998), is a British rapper-singer of Nigerian heritage, hailing from Hackney London and is more commonly known as Not3s (pronounced “Notes”). The stage-name sports the ‘E’ being replaced to a ‘3’ due to the three distinct meanings it holds: “money notes”, “music notes”, and “take note of me”.

Varying between genre and style, Not3s possesses the lyrical finesse and singing ability to escape pigeonholing as he drifts between UK Rap, Soul and R&B expertly. He cites the late-great Long Beach, California artist Nate Dogg as one of his main inspirations due to his melodies.

Not3’s breakthrough came in the form of his October 2016 single “Addison Lee”, which became a viral hit and landed on the UK Singles Charts at Number 57. Showing off his versatility from R&B to UK Rap, he followed up with 2017 singles “Notice”, “Aladdin” and “My Lover”, the latter in which landed at Number 17 on the UK Singles Chart – and all featured on his debut mixtape Takes Not3s, released in November 17 2017. His follow-up mixtape, Take Not3s II, came up 8-months later and released in July 13 2018. The mixtape included the hit-single “Sit Back Down” featuring Maleek Berry.

After an assorted three years flowing through 2019 and 2020 in which time he was preoccupied back-and-forth in Miami, FL with the birth of his first son and the public issues with his son’s mother, he only resorted to dropping a few singles and a string of features. In early 2021, Not3s started to tease his debut album, later confirming 3 Th3 Album in July 2021, set to be released in August 27.