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USG member K Koke has been found to be the third most listened to amongst British inmates on the National Prison Radio 2012 playlist.
The station broadcasts to all of it’s 84,000 inmates around the country and 4,000 of them requested songs.
Other UK artists to appear on the list were grime rappers Devlin and Giggs, the two are in 19th and 20th position respectively.
Roc Nation’s K Koke taking the 3rd position isn’t as bad as it sounds.
He finished above heavyweight artists such as Biggy Smalls, Drake, Lil Wayne and Eminem.
Now back on the streets, K Koke did finish top of the UK charts, but he was selected behind fellow prison attendees Tupac and Vybz Kartel.
First spot in the NPR charts went to the late great Tupac.
The US gangsta rapper beat Jamaican reggae singer Vybz Kartel into second place.
Check out the Top 20 of the National Prison Radio 2012 playlist below.
Check out K Koke’s interview aired on Xposure Radio whilst he was in prison on remand for murder in 2011.
Dynamic, The industry stalker, talks to K koke live from jail on his wrongful arrest, his record deal and coming home.
An award-winning education charity, the PRA runs National Prison Radio in partnership with the National Offender Management Service.
The service is available to prisoners across England and Wales directly in their cells.
Prison radio offers a unique, innovative and effective way to communicate with prisoners and engage them in education, debate and community.
Working alongside serving prisoners and focusing on speech radio, the PRA produces and delivers National Prison Radio.
Broadcasting information and educational materials which support the National Offender Management Service reducing reoffending agenda, covering:
Check out the National Prison Radio website.
Written by: ColumBo Bells