“Lately, there has been a lot of discourse around the idea of how rappers should age gracefully. André 3000’s answer to this was to make a flute album, something far removed from the rhythm and poetry that earned him the best selling rap album of all time, Outkast’s ‘Speakerboxxx/The Love Below’. As the UK rap and grime scenes move towards their middle ages, this question is now being levelled at m”
“Remarkably, rappers who were teens when grime went national are now turning 40. After half a lifetime at the mic, Ghetts is one of the few rap veterans who can still be considered on the up. He’s never had a crossover radio hit yet was a popular winner of this year’s Mobo Pioneer award, as “a true inspiration and icon” to UK black music. And last album Conflict of Interest was his most successful ”