Smack One

Who is Smack One?

Smack One, real name Jakub Janeček, is a rapper, DJ and producer from Prague's Strašnice district who used to perform as Smack. He was born in 1986. According to the National Institute for Culture, he was the first to bring grime to the Czech rap scene in the late 2000s, and Headliner writes that many call him the godfather of Czech grime. He started out in Iscream Boyz with Fuckstroy and Shadow D and hosted his own show on Rádio Spin. He played The Culture five times, in 2023, 2025 and 2026, in Liberec, České Budějovice and Olomouc.

His album P's A Love won the Anděl in the Hip hop category for 2014. P's A Love 2 from 2019 entered the album chart at no. 2. The Chimera trilogy came out in 2020 and 2021: Goat entered at no. 2 and Snake spent four weeks at no. 2. Chimera Pt. 3: Snake won the Anděl in the Rap category for 2021, and on the same night he also won the Fans' Award. Další rok from that album spent nine weeks at no. 2 on the Czech digital chart.

With producer Huclberry he released the album END 2 END (2023), which peaked at no. 4 and was nominated for the Anděl in the Rap category. With British MC P Money he made the album Champions League (2024). He has rapped on shows on BBC Radio 1Xtra and Rinse FM, and according to Headliner he brought British MCs such as D Double E and P Money to the Czech Republic. The album Smack One from June 2026 entered the album chart at no. 6, and Radio Wave calls it his second debut and a return to the raw sound of the British Isles.

What are Smack One's best-known songs?

His best-known songs on the Czech IFPI digital chart include:

• Amnezia (Yzomandias with Nik Tendo and Smack, 2020, no. 1)
• Další rok (album Chimera Pt. 3: Snake, 2021, 9 weeks at no. 2)
• Bad Man Song (with Ca$hanova Bulhar, 2020, no. 6)
• Puff Puff Pass (Yzomandias, Dokkeytino and Smack One, 2024, no. 15)
• ČISTÁ PRÁCE (CA$HANOVA BULHAR with Smack, 2022, no. 16)
• Ice (with P Money, album Champions League, 2024, no. 18)
• Mezcal (2024, no. 21)
• Molotow (2021, no. 24)
• Molotow 2 (2023, no. 25)
• V pytli (with White Russian, Nik Tendo and Karlo, 2021, no. 39)

What albums has Smack One released?

His releases include:

• Smack One (2026)
• HUDBA PRO ZMRDY 2 (2025)
• Champions League (with P Money, 2024)
• END 2 END (with Huclberry, 2023)
• Chimera Nekonečno (2022)
• Chimera Pt. 3: Snake (2021)
• Chimera Pt. 2: Goat (2020)
• Chimera Pt. 1: Lion (2020)
• P's A Love 2 (2019)
• Terapie (2017)
• Sick (2015)
• P's A Love (2014)
• Iscream III (with Shadow D, 2013)
• 2051 (2012)

He has also released the EPs 160 with Huclberry (2018) and Dangerous Team with British MC Milli Major (2026), and the mixtapes Iscream Mixtape Vol. 2 with Shadow D, Bullet Time and Hudba Pro Zm+dy.

Who has Smack One worked with?

In Iscream Boyz he worked with Shadow D and Fuckstroy, and he has 35 joint tracks with Shadow D on Deezer. With producer Huclberry he made END 2 END and the EP 160, with P Money the album Champions League and with Milli Major the EP Dangerous Team. He has seven to twelve joint tracks each with Yzomandias, Sergei Barracuda, Hugo Toxxx and Tchagun. On his label Archetyp 51 he released Dollar Prync's mixtape Jeb System 2. Pohoda festival says he has guested on albums by Gleb, Hugo Toxxx, Orion, Pil C and Yzomandias.