Rizzle Kicks was founded in 1996 when the two members played together as children. They reunited in 2004 after meeting at a Sunday football match and realizing their musical styles worked well together. They officially became Rizzle Kicks in 2008 while working on a mixtape sampling songs by artists like Gorillaz and Lily Allen. As a new duo, they started making their own music videos and hustling for beats from local producers. Their debut album Stereo Typical was released in 2011 and sold over 1 million singles and 300,000 albums in the UK by 2012.

1. About
Technically, Rizzle Kicks was founded in about 1996, when both
members, in their miniature form, used to play together round
Rizzle's auntie's house. It wasn't until eight years later that the
pair reunited after both moving to Brighton and facing each
other head-on in a Sunday league football match. Four years
later, they ended up going to the same college and one day
Rizzle got Sylvester to 'Lalala' all over a track. They soon realised
how nicely their styles fitted together. Rizzle was just finishing
off his own mixtape, rapping over samples of some of their
favourite artists (Gorillaz, Lily Allen, Arctic Monkeys etc) when
they officially became Rizzle Kicks.
As a newly formed duo, they started to hustle for beats from
local producers and started making their own music videos with
a friend of theirs.
Having finally been able to get into a proper studio with some
talented producers, Rizzle Kicks are now working on their
albums, a mixture of pop and hip hop incorporating the fun
elements of the old school hip.

2. Their debut album Stereo Typical was released on 31 October
2011. As of May 2012, Rizzle Kicks have sold 1 million singles
and 300,000 albums in the UK.
Rizzle Kicks have released songs that Their first official single,
"Down with the Trumpets", was released on 12 June 2011
in the manner of on air on sale, entering the UK Singles
Chart at #84 and going on to eventually peak at #8 in
September 2011. The single spent a total of 13 weeks in the
Official Top 40. They featured on "Heart Skips a Beat"
by Olly Murs, which was released on 21 August 2011,
entering the chart at #1 on 28 August 2011. On 23 October,
they released their second official single "When I Was a
Youngster" which peaked at #8. The video features a cameo
from Ed Sheeran. Their debut album Stereo Typical was
released a week later on 31 October 2011, entering the
chart at #9 and peaking at #5. Their third single "Mama Do
the Hump" (produced by Norman Cook) was released on 16
December, peaking at #2 and has been certified platinum.
The lo-fi video features a cameo from James Corden. Their
fourth single "Traveller's Chant" was released on 8 April,
2012. To date they have sold over 1 million singles and
Stereo Typical was certified platinum in June 2012.