5. Jay ZThe Blueprint
That’s my guy. That’s my favourite rapper of all time. To tell you the honest truth, I was incarcerated and my mum bought me Blueprint. I’d heard ‘Izzo’ on the radio and I thought it was alright – I wasn’t thinking it was sick or anything, but I thought it was a good single. When I got the album, I was blown away. ‘Takeover’, ‘Renegade’ – hard songs. Hard shit. That was my CD! It was comforting, listening to my music and getting to pass the time.

Selected in other Baker’s Dozens: Dizzee Rascal
