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PLAN B LISTEN BACK: Little Simz Chats About Being Cast In Netflix's Top Boy

Little Simz Fans were devastated when Channel 4 did not renew Top Boy for a third season in 2013. When Netflix started streaming the first two seasons it picked up even more fans – one of them was Drake who, like every one else, couldn’t understand why there wasn’t more. "It’s important for people to listen and take time to watch what’s going on in these shows, especially the ones like TOP BOY that are painting an accurate picture.” - @AshleyWalters82 | TOP BOY: The Legacy Documentary pic.twitter.com/3dumAuKxh1 — Top Boy (@topboynetflix) September 9, 2019 He took matters into his own hands and got the ball rolling for a third season. He is now executive producer on Season 3 which lands on Netflix on 13th September. What's it worth to get to the top? TOP BOY arrives 13th September pic.twitter.com/WbMaIB9Asc — Top Boy (@topboynetflix) August 27, 2019 Many of the old cast are back but there are also new additions like rapper Little Simz, who plays Shelley, “a driven, independent single mum who wants to break out and do better in life”.   View this post on Instagram   going somewhere nice? A post shared by simz (@littlesimz) on Aug 20, 2019 at 8:41am PDT Little Simz on Plan B Little Simz told Sarina on Saturday’s Plan B that she was a massive fan of the show when it first aired. She was at school and everyone was talking about it. “Finally there was something on TV that represented us – our story, our culture and us as a people.”   View this post on Instagram   I’ll be playing ‘Shelley’ in the new series of Top Boy. @topboynetflix only on @netflix this autumn #TopBoy A post shared by simz (@littlesimz) on May 17, 2019 at 1:07pm PDT Being such a big fan it was very exciting and surreal for Little Simz to get to be a part of Top Boy. What was even more surreal was filming in areas where she grew up and hung out in and she says it is a true representation of what is happening today.   View this post on Instagram   September 13th @topboynetflix ✨ A post shared by simz (@littlesimz) on Sep 3, 2019 at 2:07pm PDT Little Simz was in the audience when Drake played out the cast announcement trailer at his concert at the O2 Arena in London, and the crowd went wild.   Listen back to the full interview by hitting the play button above. see more