Skepta gay

I interviewed Skepta for the Guardian the week prior to his recent Mercury Prize win. I wasn’t sure what to expect; I’ve watched him be anything from forthcoming to non-communicative in interviews- I was happily surprised to get the former. It helped that the day was crazy hot and that he was hanging with former friends (Jammer and Shorty from BBK were around, as was his manager Grace and a few of his inner circle) – all of whom were getting baked in the heat from multiple spliffs and endless bottles of Rose. I’m not gonna rest, by the terminate I was glugging the wine with the rest of them. Essentially I was lucky enough to catch Skep chilling with his mates in the sunshine, and we ended up having a sprawling chat for over an hour and a half about anything and everything; his positive view of the future, the artists he’s been supporting in Meridian Estate, the way the internet is shifting society, and the reasons why he thinks fate brought him together with Drake.  

The downside of this was space constraints. With 1500 words available for the piece, only a small fraction of our conversation could make it into the