Slowthai, the chart-topping rapper who has received nominations for a Grammy award and the Mercury prize, has appeared in court on two charges of rape.
The 28-year-old appeared before Oxfordshire magistrates court via video link on Tuesday charged with oral and vaginal penetration of a woman without her consent in Oxford in September 2021.
He spoke only to confirm his real name of Tyron Frampton, date of birth, and an address in Northampton.
The prosecution lawyer Adam Yar Khan told the magistrates that the charge of rape was an indictable-only offence and the case must be heard at crown court.
Frampton was bailed to appear before Oxford crown court next month.
Slowthai was nominated for best dance recording at the Grammy awards in 2021. His second album, Tyron, reached No 1 in the UK charts that year.
His first album, Nothing Great About Britain, was nominated for a Mercury prize in 2019 and reached the Top 10.
Slowthai’s stage name combines a reference to his slow speech in childhood with a homonym of an abbreviation of his first name.