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Skepta’s surprise Glastonbury set review – British rap’s MVP has matchless mic technique
Filling in last minute after Deftones pulled out, the Londoner shows he’s still top of his game with a kinetic performance that jumps from garage to grime to Fred Again bangers
Skepta happens to be kicking around because last night, at Glade, he performed a DJ set alongside Mochakk from São Paulo and Carlita from Istanbul – an advertisement of his house-techno project Más Tiempo, launched with Jammer in 2023, with regular slots in Ibiza. And who better to teleport to the slot than the MC and rapper who always seems to be in a million places at once, revealing numerous side missions, whether that’s heading up a luxury fashion house, auctioning off paintings to Sotheby’s, or getting a chieftaincy in Ogun State, Nigeria? His flow is so explosive and complex and his tracks are peppered with memorable lyrics and puns such as: “We don’t talk about beef, by the way, did I mention I just turned vegan?” But what also shines through is the multigenerational appeal Skepta has over 20 years on from his beginnings in the Tottenham-based grime collective Meridian Crew.
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