{"id":767888,"date":"2026-09-12T02:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T02:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/767888\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T02:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T02:06:10","slug":"max-luke-dean-nafe-smallz-release-not-a-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/767888\/","title":{"rendered":"Max &#038; Luke Dean, Nafe Smallz Release &#8216;Not A Problem&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Max &amp; Luke Dean have teamed with UK rapper and songwriter Nafe Smallz for a new single, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/maxlukenafe.lnk.to\/NotAProblem?utm_campaign=products&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=udiscovermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Not A Problem<\/a>,\u201d released via Interscope Records. The track, written by all three artists and produced by Max and Luke, is their first release together as a trio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot A Problem\u201d grew out of a session held the day after one of Max Dean\u2019s gigs in Ibiza. The production pairs string stabs, a heavy bassline and synths with Smallz\u2019s lyrics about luxury, while crowd noise is worked into the track. An official video, directed by Double Or Nothing Productions and produced by Thomas Kral, follows Max, Luke and Smallz through Ibiza, Cannes and St. Tropez.<\/p>\n<p>Max and Luke Dean are cousins who have developed separate careers in house music as well as a growing run of joint releases. Max is associated with a minimal, driving tech-house sound, while Luke\u2019s work leans toward melodic deep house. Their collaboration with Locky, \u201cCan\u2019t Decide,\u201d went viral and entered the UK Top 40, and they released their first joint EP, The Finest, in 2025. In 2026, the pair also played back-to-back sets at EDC and Coachella. Both are touring through the end of the year, with dates scheduled across Europe, the UK, Australia and the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Smallz and Max first met at London\u2019s KOKO in 2023 after each had considered working with the other. The collaboration developed from an idea to bring Smallz\u2019s \u201cOzone rap\u201d approach together with Max\u2019s house production. Their earlier track \u201cFeel Much Better\u201d also featured Timbaland; Luke later remixed the song and contributed production to Smallz\u2019s 2026 EP It\u2019s Not You It\u2019s Me. Smallz has also released songs including \u201cWhat Do You Mean\u201d and \u201c5AM\u201d with M Huncho, while several of his mixtapes have reached the Top 10 of the UK\u2019s Official Hip Hop and R&amp;B Albums chart.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maxlukenafe.lnk.to\/NotAProblem?utm_campaign=products&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=udiscovermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Listen to \u201cNot A Problem\u201d here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max &amp; Luke Dean have teamed with UK rapper and songwriter Nafe Smallz for a new single, \u201cNot&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":767889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,677,72177,253442,128,253443,253444,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-767888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-hip-hop","tag-homepage-featured","tag-max-and-luke","tag-music","tag-nafe-smallz","tag-not-a-problem","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/767889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}