Skepta

Everyone knows their wrong from right, so when people are being racist, they know they're being ignorant.

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It's important for anybody who finds success to show other people where to find it.

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I was like, 'I can't do grime. That's for kids.' - I was 20 at the time, and I thought I was…

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With the music that I've put out, I realized that putting pressure on an album isn't always the right thing to do…

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Becoming a commercial scene? I don't think people in grime would be happy about that.

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Thank you to everybody who was there for me when I was going through depressed times.

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I don't know what I'm going to end up doing, but its definitely in the right direction for freedom and truth.

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'No fear' is a mindset that I stand for. It's the reason why I've got to where I am today.

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When I was a kid, I used to stop bullies. I'd get so angry when I saw people being bullied. I'd be…

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The worst thing that happened to me at a gig was when the microphone wasn't on one time, and for the three…

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I hear all the big department stores like Macy's and Bloomingdale's in the U.S. playing hard hip-hop records to the shoppers, like…

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Songs like 'One Love' by Bob Marley - they stand the test of time - it doesn't matter - so anytime I…

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'Konnichiwa,' to me, is a classic because I don't make music for today where everyone is going to judge what I did…

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I think about this every day. I wonder, 'Is today the day where everybody stops lying to themselves and realises that the…

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They respect rappers in the U.S., but in England, it's the Queen's country. She'll forever be putting out the message on these…

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It's almost a blessing for a new generation to say somebody like myself went to their school. It helps kids dream, and…

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I can't make hard street music for the rest of my life. Your references change.

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There's a lot of oppressed people in Tottenham, but people in Tottenham also know how to turn pain into triumph.

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Boy Better Know, when we die, people are going to realise that we are just seven guys who just, like, try to…

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I don't watch the news because I understand that I'm like a science lab. Whatever I take in is how I feel.

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I am for feminism. I stand up for women standing up for themselves in the same way I stand up for being…

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When I was trying to make songs to go to America, to go to Japan, they'd never work.

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I think the grime scene is one of the sickest, most diverse scenes ever.

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Everything makes sense to me in Lagos; I even understand myself.

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A lot of us who've made grime might be in the chart, but that is because of the country we are in.

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I feel like the Earth is a re-print of a re-print of a print of a re-print.

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Radio 1 doesn't exist to me. I don't judge my success by anything they say.

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England is so black and white, so plain, like a burger with nothing on it. No salad, nothing. That's why it's so…

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When I was younger, I was very wild, and I didn't really have my head screwed on properly.

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I have been wearing Air Max for so long, since I was seven playing around in the estate; I feel like I…

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I don't think grime has ever been respected; it's not seen as a nice sound.

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I know that I'm in grime, but I had to separate myself and do things myself.

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Basically, a lot of people have asked to jump on 'Shutdown' remix, I'm not gonna front. But 'cause of quality control, we…

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We've been ahead for so long in the U.K., we're so multicultural, and that's the beauty. That's why grime was formed, from…

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After touring so much, I was looking for some peace. I found Morocco, and it was perfect. Everything I wanted to feel…

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Air Max is from when we were running the streets. It was comfortable to wear in London, whether you were going out…

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Some artists are like ready-salted crisps and just do what they are supposed to do. But I'm every flavour in one. I'm…

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For a long time, men weren't respecting women. They weren't understanding Mother Earth, Mother Nature, the Motherland, all the motherly stuff. And…

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I'm happy that grime remains underground. A lot of people talk like it's some underrated or ignored genre, but to me, that's…

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I've been into clothes since I was a kid, going to garage raves and seeing all the Tottenham gangsters wearing Moschino and…

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