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KAY GREYSON WHO ARE YOU?
My name is Kay Greyson. Despite popular belief it’s not my real name, but it’s the name I rap under.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
I am a rapper and a writer. I make hip hop music that is heavily influenced by current US Hip Hop but brings some of my own UK flavour to it. BC (before COVID) I was a prolific live performer but now I mostly write lots of music, sing in my room and practice my basketball skills. I will do until the government sets us free again!
WHY DO YOU DO IT?
It sounds cliché but I’ve always made music. My Dad is a musician and has been his whole life. So when I decided that I wanted to Words by Kay Greyson
do the same I had lots of support and it didn’t seem like a weird choice. In my house growing up, music was always playing and now I have my own house music always plays there too. So, making my own music just feels like the right thing to do.
WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW?
Right now, I am writing a lot. I am putting together a project to release very soon and I can’t wait to put out a body of work. Releasing music is a nervewracking but really fun experience for me. I can’t wait for more people to hear what I’ve been working on other than just me and my friends.
WHAT'S THE HOT TOPIC?
My music taste is all over the place; I listen to rock from the 23
’70s, folk from the ’60s, whatever was going on in the ’80s, etc., so I always feel a little behind the times with music. For example, my current obsession is Fleetwood Mac, I haven’t been listening to much else for the past year or so! Outside of that, I can’t deny my current favourite is James Blake with his new-ish project ‘Before’ and Chance the Rapper with his new track ‘The Heart and the Tongue’. They are amazing. Right now, I’m just waiting for a new Childish Gambino album. ‘Out of Time’ out now on Soul Kitchen Recordings, available on all streaming services. Music video available on YouTube. Preceded by Paris EP available on all streaming sites. New project coming summer 2021. Photography by Orianne Elliot
