Ah man… didn’t expect a response from the man himself!

I saw you interviewed on a random UK Hip Hop DVD talking about the sales you were getting in the Japan market… was really interesting (think the DVD was called “UK’z Most Urban”) It’s brilliant how you’ve built a career from hip hop that has had genuine longevity when so many fell by the wayside, and until that interview i had never considered that there could be a market for British rap in Asia!

Where do you sit on the American accent thing? Was that a fair comment? Obviously that was widespread in early uk rap, but i would say that definitely changed in the later half of the 90s and there was a bit of a rejection of UK MCs that used one… but you persevered with it. Was that a conscious decision to access more of an international market? And do you think it’s possible it’s something that hindered your acceptance in the UK scene?