Rapper Solo has been found guilty of raping and assaulting women repeatedly

A fast-rising rap artist who was found guilty of repeatedly raping and assaulting four women against their will has been sentenced to jail for 24 years by a British court on Thursday.

Andy Anokye, known by his stage name Solo 45 had featured with music stars such as Wiley and Stormzy before he was caught in 2017.

The 33-year-old was convicted of 21 rapes and five counts of false imprisonment by a court in the southwestern city of Bristol.

Judge William Hart told Anokye during sentencing that the rapper had “become addicted” to “perverted pleasure”.

“You were part of a well-known collective – Boy Better Know. The fellow artists from that collective have achieved great success,” the judge said.

“They are in no way tarnished by your misdeeds which you carried out in a private way.”

The collective was founded in London by musicians known as Jme and Skepta.

One of Anokye’s victims testified in a newspaper that she was water-boarded.

“He put me on the bed and put a flannel over my face and poured a bottle of water over it, which made made feel like I was drowning,” she said.

Another said she was stabbed in the thigh and held at knife point.

Anokye told the court that all his acts were consensual, it was a mutually agreed and a role play in a game called “catch me, rape me”.

Police discovered videos of some of the incidents on Ankoye’s phone after he was arrested on a rape complaint.