There is no better education than rap battling in terms of performance. It makes you fearless.
I never gave up rapping - it gave up on me. There was no industry and no appetite for UK rap back then and I had a daughter to feed. I couldn't keep doing something full time that didn't pay the bills.
While I was rapping I was always involved in youth work - I ran music workshops for teenagers and young offenders all the time and also ran a charity for refugee kids for a time.
I got into music via the competitions; the first time I ever performed was in a kind of rap battle, competing for money.
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