NOUGHTIES garage star Mike Skinner looks unrecognisable 20 years after hit number 1 song as he rocks huge beard and tours Australia.
The rapper and singer-songwriter shot to fame in the early 2000s as the lead vocalist of The Streets, a UK garage collective originating from Birmingham.
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Their biggest hit was the anthemic Dry Your Eyes, which reached number one in 2004.
45-year-old Mike looked unrecognisable as he took to Tik Tok to show off his new bearded look and his grown-out locks, worlds apart from his usual buzz cut and shaved beard.
Fans took to the app to comment on the music star’s video,with one user saying: “Love the beard!”
Another added: “ We just want UK Garage anthems again”
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The Tik Tok post showed Mike in Australia doing a skit of him supposedly cancelling his tour, this featured the star in various locations, such as the beach and in the studio with the tour resuming in the end.
The Streets are touring Australia this month with five big shows, including headlining the Golden Plains festival, promising to deliver an incredible live show experience.
The group includes other instrumentalists such as Robert Harvey, Leo the Lion and Kevin Mark Trail.
The musical project was founded in the early 90s, while Skinner was still a teenager, however, no music would be released until the early 2000s.
Their debut album, Original Pirate Material, is now considered one of the best British hip-hop albums of all time.
Famously stepping away from the limelight, Mike retired from the group in 2011 after becoming sick of the weight a music career brought.
He revealed at the time that he“genuinely never wanted to rap again.”
The singer-songwriter started therapy after spiralling and struggling with his mental health.
Last year The Streets made their comeback with both a film and their first album in twelve years called The Darker the Shadow the Brighter the Light.
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