Central Cee and 21 Savage link up for hard-hitting new collaboration ‘GBP’

Central Cee has released a hard-hitting new single, ‘GBP’, featuring 21 Savage – check it out below.

Last night (January 16), Central Cee dropped the track soon after first teasing it earlier in the day. The song is due to feature on Cench’s highly anticipated debut album, ‘Can’t Rush Greatness’, which is set for release on January 24 via Columbia Records and available for pre-order and pre-saving on digital streaming platforms.

On the track, Central Cee and 21 Savage trade sharp and witty verses that spotlight their respective styles and the differences between UK drill and US trap rap flows – though 21 was born in London but raised in Atlanta.

Cee raps about never straying from the streets while 21 echoes that he’s always ready to throw down if things get messy. Cench raps “If I pay a man a hundred thousand pounds, I could get man bun right in front of a crowd/That’s GBP” before 21 jumps in: “The price go up if it’s USD/Better watch your words, I’ll get you X’d ’bout the shit you tweet/I told lil’ bro if it’s personal, he better jump out and do it on feet“.

Check out Central Cee and 21 Savage’s ‘GBP’ below.

‘GBP’ is the third and final song to be previewed from ‘Can’t Rush Greatness’ ahead of its release next week. When the album was announced in November, it was confirmed that his May 2024 single ‘BAND4BAND’ featuring Lil Baby would appear on the album. Later, a new single ‘gen z luv’ was shared in the build-up to the album’s release.

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The BRIT Award-nominated rapper is also set to take over London’s KOKO on January 30, six days after the release of his highly anticipated debut album ‘Can’t Rush Greatness’. Tickets for the show are set to go on sale this Friday (January 17) at 3pm. Visit here to purchase tickets.

‘Can’t Rush Greatness’ is listed in NME‘s list of the 50 most anticipated albums of 2025. In it, NME wrote: “In the years since he broke into the mainstream with 2022’s ‘Doja’, Central Cee has been omnipresent thanks to chart-scaling collaborations with the likes of Dave, PinkPantheress and Raye. He’s not really a newcomer – but his debut studio album, ‘Can’t Rush Greatness’, will still feel like a grand arrival.”