Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer is a UK chap hop and hip hop artist who works in received pronunciation, with elements of acid house, acid ragtime and comedy in his material. He is based in the United Kingdom and performs as a solo act.

Style and performance

His performances centre on a banjolele and a deliberately formal stage persona. The songs focus on pipe-smoking, high society, cricket and sexual misadventure, alongside reworked versions of familiar hip-hop pieces presented in chap-hop style. The act combines hip-hop references with an old-fashioned English gentility, using mannered delivery and comic characterisation.

Act name and approach

Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer presents himself as a performer bringing manners back into popular culture, with an emphasis on entertaining and amusing audiences through his own stylised take on rap and spoken delivery.