The artists from hip-hop group Foreign Beggars on street-rooted storytelling and why they won't dumb down their music.
You both have international backgrounds – do you carry them with you?
E. I’m London born and bred but I lived in Ghana, where my parents came from, from the age of seven to eleven. I definitely feel like a Londoner, but when I go to Ghana I feel at home. I don’t feel I particularly fit 100 per cent in either place. But a lot of the values I learnt in Ghana are reflected in my music and how I carry myself.
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