

In March 2018, Don appeared on the front cover of the final print edition in the 66-year run of NME. On 29 November, Don took home the award for Best Female at the 2017 MOBO Awards. The EP was later released on 12 January 2018. On 15 August 2017, she released the lead single " Hurtin' Me" with French Montana from her debut EP titled Hurtin' Me – The EP, which reached number 7 on the UK Singles Chart. The trio performed the song live for the first time in June 2018 at the Summertime Ball. A few months later, she was featured on the dancehall track " Instruction" with Jax Jones and Demi Lovato. In the spring of 2016, Don was signed to 54 London a subsidiary of Universal Music Group that was created just for her. On 16 December 2016, Don released her first mixtape titled Real Ting. Don made her first appearance on an American song with the track "London" by singer Jeremih, and was later featured on Lil Yachty's "Better" from the album Teenage Emotions. "Fashion Killa (Papapapa)" by Mason, released 16 August 2016, was written by Stefflon Don and Mason (Iason Chronis). Career 2015–2017: Career beginnings and Real Ting ĭon first surfaced in 2015 by releasing a cover of Wretch 32's "6 Words" and went on to be featured on tracks such as Lethal Bizzle's "Wobble", Sneakbo's "Work" remix, Angel's Hop On and KSI's 2016 song "Touch Down", which appears on the soundtrack of the 2017 film Baywatch. She worked as a cake decorator and hairdresser before her career in music. At the age of 14, she returned to Britain to study at a London school. The song was never released, but she was surprised to hear her voice on the playback. At the age of nine, she recorded a "Hard Knock Life" hook for rapper U-Niq. Allen has been singing and writing music since primary school. When she was five years old, her family moved to Rotterdam, Netherlands. She has seven siblings, one of them being rapper Dutchavelli. Stefflon Don was born in Birmingham, England, and is of Jamaican descent. 2.1 2015–2017: Career beginnings and Real Ting.
