Skepta: ‘My dad used to DJ when I was younger, so it’s kind of all I’ve ever known’

Ebro sits down with UK grime MC and rapper Skepta to discuss his musical journey, from DJing in his youth to becoming a grime MC, as well as his latest collaboration with Flo Milli. He also talks about his influences from hip-hop legends like Busta Rhymes and Missy Elliott, and reveals details about his upcoming album featuring Project Pat. Skepta tells Apple Music how DJing was his first true passion Ebro Darden: I was privy to you being a DJ first, your love for just music and playing music for people and bringing people together, culturally together, whether you’re playing dance hall, whether you’re playing house records, whether you’re playing hip hop records. That was your original love, right? Skepta: Yeah, for sure. My dad used to DJ when I was younger, so it’s kind of all I’ve ever known, bass music in the house. Even when I’m sleeping at night, I’ll just always hear bass through the walls and stuff. So I feel like as an extension of that, I remember my dad had this karaoke … It was a tape player, but it was a karaoke. But you could adjust the speed on it, and I had another...