Stories about London, Culture & Creativity

This week on the F24 Podcast we’ve got Maddy or as some of you may know him, Amba SDF.

Maddy’s had some adventures and we get into quite a few including his introduction to hip hop and graffiti culture, travelling and living in cities and also about his Syrian family and roots. We’re very close in age so it was amazing for me to hear about his side of London whilst I was exploring mine and also hearing about his run in’s with famous BTP officers.

Real great having him over, look out for his show today and on the first Friday of every month on k2kradio.com at 4pm.. Enjoy!

This weeks interview is with artist Bill Daggs. Bill has just finished his BA in fine art and had his first  show since graduation, I went.. It was dope and you’ll hear us talk about that.

Really great having him coming over as we have been in the same circles for 20 odd years from Kilburn, graffiti and hip hop but never really got to meet properly. He went under the name Pryme / PrymeSource with the Def Defiers and Underground Alliance. I’m sure he rapped at the shop with Undali I know for sure Doobie ‘ Lucid Mover’ introduced me to his music and with his ear I knew I’d be onto a good thing, that was years ago, Bill cracked on and went in, we have a great conversation about his influences in music, living in London and honest chats about thraphy and growing and his art.. The music in the background, its his.. check his Soundcloud and his art @billdaggs on Instagram.

Enjoy..

This weeks interview is with Britain’s very own TY, a musician from Brixton. I found TY’s music early on in moving to Brighton, I was in HMV on western rd. with my best mate Nick and we heard some amazing sounds over the stores speakers, I asked what it was and copped the vinyl straight away. It became one of the larger parts of the soundtrack for that time in my life and it was also one of the first UK Hip Hop albums I bought a culture that would become incredibly important to me over the following years, not a bad intro huh Amazing to have him round, a real pleasure. Enjoy!

This week’s chat is with Novar FLIP a rapper, journalist and host of The Flip Life Show on Pyro Radio. We’ve known each other for years but really got to know each other alongside another good friend, Snail when we were all in Brighton and I had the Shop. We have loads of mutual friends including North London’s much beloved Mud Family, and I’ll never forget that he got me on one of his record covers with Old School Don Crymien. He did a dope illustration, I crowed it with a hand style. It was great catching up and talking with him this week, this is his experience with London, culture and creativity. enjoy.

This weeks chat is with Micall Parknsun, Husband, Father, lyricist and producer.
Parky is from Kilburn, North West London, where I’m from. We’re the same age and know the same people but didn’t meet until the mid 2000’s when he walked into my shop in Brighton. It was dope chatting about the manor and hearing about his experiences. He’s been at the game a long time and worked with a wide array of rappers and producers. We talk about the early days and meeting his to-be wife. Travelling, late nights and good times with friends. This is his London, Culture and Creativity story.