DJing, producing and writing. I currently write for the urban webzine thesituation.co.uk and the free urban magazine SVM:Street Vibes Mag (hit me up for interview/review requests). I produce music under the name Dook and am working on a new project entitled 'HopsKotch'. MC's needed!
Erykah Badu! And pretty girls who read The Guardian.
UK hip hop and soul mostly, but grime, roots, drum 'n' bass and broken beat too ... Skinnyman, Sway, Minnie Ripperton, Erykah Badu, JME, Plan B, Chic, Public Enemy, Barrington Levy, Sade, Prince, Blondie, Roy Ayers, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Ghostface, Bahamadia, D'Angelo, High Contrast, Massive Attack, The O'Jays, Jill Scott, Sister Sledge, Klashnekof, Doc Brown, Nas, The Stylistics, Gil Scott Heron, Jah Cure, Bear Man, Duran Duran, Richie Spice, Wiley, Sizzla, Marvin Gaye, Goldie, Stevie Wonder, Randy Crawford, IG Culture, Donny Hathaway, Omar, David Bowie, I Wayne, Tricky, Miles Davis, Talib Kweli, Soul II Soul, London Elektricity, Neneh Cherry, Chaka Kahn, Loose Ends .... & on & on
La Haine, Purple Rain, Carlito's Way, Beat Street, Scum, Dazed & Confused, Rize, 25th Hour, American Gigolo, Withnail & I, Y Tu Mama Tambien, The Karate Kid, Full Metal Jacket...
Planet Earth, Channel U, decent boxing, Sugar Rush, Seinfeld & old Popworld with Simon and Miquita and anything with Russell Brand.Also, Radio:1Xtra all day
Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray, James Baldwin: Another Country, Iceberg Slim: Pimp, William Burroughs: Junky, Luke Rhinehart: The Dice Man, Zadie Smith: On Beauty, Charles Dickens: David Copperfield, Charles Bukowski: Factotum, Hubert Selby Jr: Requiem for a Dream.
Kate Bush, Malcolm X, Paula Radcliffe, Erykah Badu and Oscar Wilde