Ed Skrein On The F24 Podcast

Welcome back to the F24 Podcast, my name is David every couple weeks I go and sit with a creative either at my studio on theirs to chat about their lives and interactions with London Culture and Creativity. This is the 50th Episode! yes.. I’ve done 50 of these recordings.. I’ve been building an archive on the culture coming out of our city and country, getting stories from people’s experiences, thoughts and adventures and what a journey we’ve been on. I’ll be eternally grateful for everyone’s honesty and frankness about their experiences, the graffiti writer in me has fully geeked out on some of the insight we’ve been given and the wonderer in me gets to know why and how they became them. So happy I made this project come to life, it’s made me think about the other things I’ve made happen over the years, I got to say I’m proud.. Because at times like all of us I aint got a clue what where or when, thinking about what’s next, how so sort that.. we get bogged down and before you know it one problem becomes two. But a couple hours later, I’ve looked back at my achievements and they give me the strength to deal with the issue. I’ve done lots, yes, but it’s the all from the first achievement, whether that was sticking up for yourself and fighting, getting some dope tags in your manor, getting them grades in school, these are all things to be built from. I’ve hit some milestones this year, my 39th. Ones I thought were not possible or not going to happen, I did it.. It put a bit of pressure on next year but as I say.. take a minute, look back for sec, see the math and step forward. Step by step.. and you know what it seems like this guy did just that, the achievements he has hit in his life are one of rare occurrence. I’ve known him for nearly 20yrs.. He's been a creative force since I met him and he also mentioned my son in a couple tracks he was on when he rapped which made him invincible to me, another Norf Londoner, Actor Ed Skrien. Ed and I, we chat every so often on the phone, real great in-depth conversations that I truly look forward to and thoroughly enjoy so getting these 2 hours face to face was amazing with my brother was great. It’s been a minute. We get into loads of his history in London and specifically the influence of Camden, his unorthodox introduction to Hip Hop and how that passion grew through school years and his choices over the rest of his education. We chat about the great impact growing up in a multicultural city is like, meeting like-minded people and how Ed put his hand to many creative projects but always stayed himself. I have some great memories of the times him and the crew spent at the shop in Brighton. He’s achieved great things for him and his family and also for the culture has from, it’s been amazing watching his come up, his music, energy on the mic and now acting in major roles around the world.. Big up Ed this is some of his story // enjoy this is F24. Make sure you check the the recording out right till the end.. a dope throwback for you all.