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🚨 NEW WORKS 🚨 For the last 2024 instalment of my @huckmagazine column on fatherhood and masculinity, I spoke to the indomitable @sarahljaffe about grief as a prism through which to understand the world and the people, systems, and communities within it.

🚨 NEW WORKS 🚨 For my @huckmagazine column on fatherhood and masculinity I spoke to @kolabokinni about his amazing dad, Taiwo, who Kola lost to vascular dementia last year. If you know my dad’s story, then you know why this was a special conversation. Link in bio & story. 💚

🚨 NEW WORKS 🚨 For @britishgq ‘s third Men Of The Year cover story, I spent some time with @centralcee talking about life ahead of the release of his debut album Can’t Rush Greatness. It was an honour. Thank you @olifranklinwallis , @joss_ism & the Man Of The Year himself CC for trusting me with this. 💚 #GQMOTY Written by MOI Photography by @williamarcandd Styling by @angelomitakos Tailoring by @frankieblesss Barbering by @barbercorzz Grooming by @nicolasvensen Set design by @lyndonogbourne Production by @chlomedley

🚨 NEW WORKS 🚨 Me x @capo_lee for @djmagofficial ‘s Meet The MC feature. North LDN is STRONG 💪🏽 📸 by @kevin_agastra Link in bio & story!

🚨 NEW WORKS 🚨 For October’s @djmagofficial Meet The MC feature, I spent an hour talking to the G @lexysaluteme about her magical new project Forward Ever, gentrification in North East London and bending reality. This one’s special. Take it in. Link in bio & story. 💚

For the cover of October’s @crackmagazine I bombed it down the A127 to link up with @joejamesworld in Southend. Joe’s grown into a great son. He’s a great dad. And he’s your favourite rapper’s favourite rapper. This is the first time he’s told his story outside of his circle of friends and it was an honour to sit on the seawall with him and just listen. 🌊 Thank you @codeinedrums not only for trusting my instincts with this idea but for helping me elevate the piece into what it is. “Joe is a grime kid who writes about love and loss with the clarity of a bluesman, over mellow beats braided with backlit soul loops and pitched-up R&B samples. In this fast-food era of UK rap, where viral hits come and go, and longevity for those outside the cabal of legendary MCs is elusive, Joe feels like an important counterweight. He has no agent, no publicist: just steady, real growth, with raw music painted in shades of blue and pink; like a sunset or a bruise, depending on his perspective. Rapping in an earthy baritone, Joe’s descriptions of drug sales by derelict amusement parks, grow houses on Canvey Island, Basildon boys on the block and tit-for-tat violence in Pitsea reveal a parallel Southend to the outsider’s view of funfairs and fish and chips.“ Art Director: Michelle Helena Janssen @michellehelenajanssen Photographer: George Muncey @gmuncey Creative Director: TJ @tj.saw1 Movement Director: Joe Adams @joegreyadams Stylist: Connor Gaffe @consgaffe

🚨 NEW WORKS 🚨 For @djmagofficial I spoke to @bxksintokyo about sprinting, Vybez Kartel, duppying MCs on Victory Lap & more. Lock in through the link in my bio. ✅

Summer ‘24. 💚

🚨 NEW WORKS 🚨 For my latest @huckmagazine Daddy Issues interview I spoke to @jordanfstephens about his childhood, vulnerability, our relationships with our mums & more. Read it. And buy his book ‘ADHD’ too. Link in bio & story. 💚

🚨 NEW WORKS 🚨 My profile of @bashy for @djmagofficial is live online now. This is the product of a two hour conversation and ends with a moment of raw emotion that I’ll never, ever forget. Read it. Link in bio & story. 💚

🚨 NEW WORKS 🚨 My @djmagofficial profile of @onlyscorch is live online now. This conversation started in Edmonton County School, and was more than a quarter of a century in the making. Five years since our last link up too. Full circle moment. Link in bio & story. ✅

🚨 NEW WORKS 🚨 For @crackmagazine I profiled one of U.K rap’s rising young stars. Croydon’s @pozer_bigcrd is a grime and U.K rap scholar, who’s cooked up a madness and made chart history by blending elements of Jersey club with the cold glint of U.K drill. We spoke about Channel U, writing lyrics at the bus stop, gentrification in Croydon & more. 📸 by @kiakova Read the piece via the link in my bio or grab a copy of Issue 157 of @crackmagazine ✅