The sound of our new Nike 2026/27 home and away kit, the track is N17.
Dreamt of, crafted and produced in Tottenham, ‘Homegrown’ is a song about our community, for our community, with Nippa, a 26-year-old, Economics graduate and Spurs fan, who was born and raised just off White Hart Lane, the voice and artist behind it.
A song with purpose, of unity but crucially resilience, overcoming the odds, the tough times and coming out on top. It speaks to Tottenham.
And with Nippa’s style that of soulful R&B, his smooth, velvety delivery of the single, it perhaps breaks the mould of what is expected from Tottenham and its renowned music scene which has produced pioneering grime artists like as Skepta, Wretch 32 and JME.
“‘Homegrown’ is definitely a track that is about bringing everyone together, like, throughout the ups and the downs that we go through,” he explained. “Like, we're still homegrown, we're stronger together. This is who we are. This is where we're from. I guess that's what I kind of wanted to portray.
“This song is for the community, and the community involves everyone in the football club and outside the football club. The people who live in White Hart Lane, the people who live in Empire Parade, the people who go to Haringey Sixth Form College - that's where I went. For the people at the Tottenham Foundation. Every one of us who, you know, is born and bred, grew up in Tottenham or even, was born into the football club, Tottenham, loving it.
“I’m all about representing my home, representing where I am from, my people and my community and something that is dear for us is our football club. We're all homegrown. It's a song for all of us.”
The track, which is set to be released next month (July 10), is the sound to kickstart a new dawn, signalling our move into the 2026/27 campaign with a brand-new look in our new home and away kits, while our Premier League fixtures have been revealed.
It is a marker for new beginnings in N17 and a time of reconnection between the Club, its fans, community and heritage.
However, when planning began for this collaboration, the song ‘Homegrown’ wasn’t even an option being considered.
When conversations began with Nippa, whose Spurs idol is Jermain Defoe, ‘Homegrown’ hadn’t been released and plans were focused on another of the singer’s tracks. It was only when the Club’s project was laid out to him, he knew this single was the one. It was meant for this exact moment.
“We wanted to go with a different song at first, but I had this song, I had the song ‘Homegrown’ already,” he explained. “Being able to have this alignment with the Club and for this song in particular, for me, it is like a full circle moment. This is a dream come true. I feel like there was no other time. There was no other song that this could have been for, this was meant to be. This feels like it was meant to be for Tottenham.”
The song is for the community we are part of. And it is the community that inspired this song, especially the incredible efforts of Nippa’s mum, Lisa Dean, who has worked tirelessly to bring the community together, looking after people as a Family Outreach worker with Haringey Council.
Whether it be helping with the Tottenham Carnival, the organisation of PlayDay or hosting afternoon tea meetings at our former home, White Hart Lane, Lisa has always been ready to help the local area.
Seeing the incredible care and passion shown by his mum in our community had a profound effect on Nippa and he attributes her efforts to not just his uber positive outlook on life and love for the community but, most poignantly, his ever-growing sense of responsibility to N17.
“I've lived here all my life, White Hart Lane. I grew up in the community. My mum was heavily involved in Tottenham Carnival and PlayDay in putting all of that together for the community. They would do a lot of visits to the old stadium, White Hart Lane, you know, my mum would hold a lot of like, we call it crèche times, but I think like it's basically like afternoon tea and that, in the stadium. So, she was very much in the community, a community worker and that kind of like, you know, influenced me to really hold the community dear to me and it kind of gave me that kind of ethos of wanting to bring the community together, as I saw my mum do it. And that kind of opened my eyes to it being with Spurs, with anything to do with football because that was, you know, the closest thing to us. The stadium was right around the corner.”
“I started doing music at 21 and from then, how I would make my videos, it would be bringing everyone together, unifying with positivity. I’m a person who loves to give back, for the generation after me. If I can do that with my music or influence and show the community that there are possible ways to do what you are doing with resilience, persistence and hard work.”
“And success for me is knowing that I have been able to spark a new generation in the most positive way I can. To be the best version of myself and continue to be. The best thing for me would be to be able do a show in Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. That would be the most full circle moment ever. That is super Homegrown. Like Homegrown times a thousand.”
