Dire aka Direman is a West London born recording artist who has been in and around the underground music scene for 15 years, his talents range from songwriting and live performance, to music composition and photography/videography. He was formerly a member of the well known garage/grime collective Hot Off Da Block (H.O.D.B) who were residents of local station Laylow fm 106.9fm. He has worked behind the scenes and publicly with a number of artists and producers from the U.K and Jamaica, Gappy Ranks, Bling Dawg, 6figuremusic, BGZ, and PredzUk, just to name a few. He is currently working on international features, and an album which has been highly sought after by his supporters.