His family comes from Nigeria but Skepta grew up in Tottenham in the suburbs of London. He was present at the very beginning of grime; the British answer to American hip hop that connects machine-gun-like rap and claustrophobic beats. When the genre drowned in commercial sellout, Skepta decided to save it and revived its roots on his own label Boy Better Know. “Yeah, I used to wear Gucci / Put it all in the bin ’cause that’s not me,” he raps in That’s Not Me; a hit which started the regeneration process for grime alongside the song Shutdown. His 2016 record Konnichiwa got him a Mercury prize and he also holds three nominations for Brit Awards. He is one of the few British rappers that succeeded overseas; the likes of Drake, ASAP Rocky or Pharrell Williams featured him on their tracks. He is now finally coming to Brno.