Reading’s Trevor “Deadly Hunta” Samuels is one of the UK’s most respected MCs. After apprenticing on the African Roots and Sky Juice sound systems, an encounter with Bobby Digital on a trip to Jamaica encouraged the young Samuels to improve his craft, choosing the name Deadly Hunta in honour of his idol Bounty Killa. His …
Reggae journalist Angus Taylor recently spoke to the Anglo-Nigerian roots chanter, broadcaster and thinker Afrikan Simba. Born in East London on 11th January 1967, he fell under the influence of sound systems and Rastafari in his teens, first recording for the producer/singer (and now Twinkle Brothers bassist) Dub Judah. He endured the casual racism of …