UK Rap juggernaut Skepta credits his mother Ify Adenuga and her love of the royal family for helping him develop his unique fashion sense and influencing his love of fashion.
He said:
“She styled her whole life [like] Princess Diana, rest in peace,’ the rapper, 43, told GQ ahead of this year’s GQ Men of the Year event, during which he will be honoured.
“She used to dress me and [brother and fellow rapper] Jamie like Harry and William all the time, insane. She literally lived like a Diana moodboard.”
The rapper will also drop his long-delayed new album – originally scheduled for release in 2024 – finally drops.
The official release date for what will be his sixth studio album is inspired by his working class upbringing as the child of Nigerian immigrants in Tottenham, north London.
“I wanted the album to be about the immigrant mindset – being in my house and it smelling this way and looking this way and feeling this way and sounding this way, and then I leave my house and [through] the front door is like going to Narnia, you’re in the UK,’ he said.
“I’m just talking about my story on my album. I can only speak about my story and what I think, what I’ve learned as an immigrant growing older.
“There’s a lot of negative things spoken when we talk about immigrants, but I’m someone who definitely just tries to look for the positives.”
This comes just a week after he was nominated for a GRAMMY for his monumental collaboration with Fred again…, for ‘Victory Lap’ for Best Dance / Electronic Recording category.
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