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Skepta

Skepta

English Musician

Born: Sep 19, 1982

Life Me Music People Think You

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There are different things to wear in different places, and if you want to fit in and show respect, you can dress to do that, or you can dress to show that you are foreign and not from there. That can work, too. Skepta

Work You Respect Too Wear Dress Foreign Fit Different Want Places Show Different Places Different Things Things

I was about 18 when I started making music, making beats. My mindset was totally different. Skepta

Music Mindset Totally About Beats Making Different Started

I know that I'm in grime, but I had to separate myself and do things myself. Skepta

Myself Had Know Separate Things

Songs like 'One Love' by Bob Marley - they stand the test of time - it doesn't matter - so anytime I write music, I try to write in tune with an emotion, and I hope there are more times like that for everyone. Skepta

I'm paranoid of people hating on me. Skepta

Me People Paranoid Hating

I can't make hard street music for the rest of my life. Your references change. Skepta

Life Music Change Rest My Life Make References Your Hard Street

I hear all the big department stores like Macy's and Bloomingdale's in the U.S. playing hard hip-hop records to the shoppers, like Rick Ross at his gnarliest. That's amazing. It makes me think grime can do a similar thing. Skepta

Me Amazing Big Think Similar Records Like Makes Hip-Hop Hear His Department Department Stores Stores Hard Rick Thing Playing

I want to show the young generation that success is not something you search for externally: it is from within. Skepta

Success You Generation Young Something Within Want Success Is Show Search

I feel like I'm the chosen one, but I chose myself. Skepta

Myself Feel Like Chose Chosen

'That's Not Me' video cost me 80 English pounds. Skepta

Me Cost Pounds Video English

Air Max is from when we were running the streets. It was comfortable to wear in London, whether you were going out to a club or kicking a ball in the streets. Those kinds of things stick in my mind from the young, magical, fantasy years of my life. Skepta

Life You Mind My Life Young Club Air Kicking Those Out Running Wear Kinds London Magical Comfortable Stick Ball Were Years Max Going Whether Fantasy Things Streets

I don't think grime has ever been respected; it's not seen as a nice sound. Skepta

Seen Nice Think Respected Sound Been Ever

It's almost a blessing for a new generation to say somebody like myself went to their school. It helps kids dream, and now they're getting into acting, football, whatever. Skepta

Myself Blessing Generation School Somebody Whatever Say Kids Dream Football Almost New Like New Generation Getting Acting Helps Now

There's a lot of oppressed people in Tottenham, but people in Tottenham also know how to turn pain into triumph. Skepta

People Pain Triumph Know Also How Oppressed Lot Turn

You won't feel inferior in my sportswear! Skepta

You Feel Inferior

When I was younger, I was very wild, and I didn't really have my head screwed on properly. Skepta

Wild Properly Head Very Screwed Younger Really

At every stage of my life, I've always wanted to do good for Earth. Skepta

Life Good My Life Stage Every Earth Always Wanted

Basically, a lot of people have asked to jump on 'Shutdown' remix, I'm not gonna front. But 'cause of quality control, we wanted to make it really big: it's all about spreading the British sound and culture. Skepta

'Konnichiwa' was made because I don't like the industry. I really had to remove myself from it to understand myself. Skepta

Myself Made Remove Had Like Industry Because Understand Really

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