Gavin Curtis (born 1999/2000), known professionally as Curtisy, is an Irish rapper from Tallaght.
Early life Curtisy grew up in Jobstown, Tallaght.
Career Curtisy became popular on SoundCloud during the COVID-19 lockdowns. In January 2022 he released "Men on a Mission," a collaboration with Ahmed, With Love.
He cites Earl Sweatshirt, Kojaque and Wiki as influences.
Curtisy released What Was The Question, his first album, in 2024, which reached #3 on the Irish Independent Albums Chart and was nominated for the Choice Music Prize. The Irish Times praised it, saying "For someone at the start of a creative career, it’s a brilliantly accomplished album. The sound and feel, if not coming wholly from the depths of the wooziness of pandemic-era lockdowns, is certainly informed by a sort of existentialism or purgatorial state. And yet it’s neither wallowing nor a drag." His mixtape Beauty In The Beast followed in 2025.
Discography Albums What Was The Question (2024) Get a Life! (with owin) (2026)
Mixtapes Beauty In The Beast (with Hikii) (2025) EPs
EP OF SORTS (with D*mp) (2022) BLACKMGC* (with Tape Eater) (2023) Ahmed, With FRIENDS! Vol.1: Friday at Kylté's (with Ahmed, With Love and Kylté) (2025)
Awards
RTÉ Choice Music Prize
2024 Irish Album of the Year - What Was The Question (Nominated)
Personal life Curtisy still lives in his family home, in a garden shed, due to the high price of housing in Ireland.
References
External links Curtisy on Soundcloud Curtisy on Bandcamp